On Thursday, 20 House Democrats, led by Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY), called for an ethics investigation of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for allegedly failing to report that his wife was paid $700,000 for her work at the Heritage Foundation between 2003 and 2007.
The Democrats issued a letter requesting that the Judicial Conference determine whether the matter should be referred to the Justice Department to decide whether Thomas violated the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. The Act mandates that all federal justices disclose spouse’s or dependent’s place of employment and financial holdings.
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It’s about damned time. How about two-year terms for SCOTUS justices?
This is weak.
The Democrats will cave in, in a week. Three tops.
We need the justices in the Supreme Court to have life tenures (barring serious misbehavior–something worse than lying about sex). Yes, this means we have to endure long periods of having people like Thomas on the bench. But Thurgood Marshall was there a long time too. The last thing we need is the chaos short-term justices would cause.
Don’t like the current justices? Get your ass to the polls. Remember: If you didn’t vote, you can’t bitch.