Clarence Thomas isn't the only Supreme Court justice with an eyebrow-raising property deal. (via Deadline: Legal Blog)
Gorsuch not listing the buyer in his deal just adds to the notion that the powerful justices don’t think the public deserves to know what they're up to.
And while the Gorsuch story isn't the Thomas scandal, Gorsuch not listing the buyer in his deal just adds to the notion that the powerful justices don’t think the public deserves to know what they're up to. At the very least, it shows room for improvement on the justices' financial disclosures.
The lawyer who bought the property, Brian Duffy, told Politico he's never personally argued cases before Gorsuch or met the justice. He said he cleared the sale with his firm's ethics department once he learned Gorsuch was a co-owner of the property. Gorsuch didn't respond to Politico's questions, so it's unclear what vetting, if any, the justice undertook regarding the deal and its disclosure.
Certainly, disclosure reforms are something for the Senate Judiciary Committee to explore as it purports to take on the Supreme Court’s low ethical standards. To be sure, the committee has not been as aggressive as it can be in that regard. For example, committee chair Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said on Sunday that heto testify because he thought the justice would ignore the invitation. Seriously.
But whoever testifies or doesn't, this latest report shows that shoring up disclosure requirements is the least that can be done if the justices want to regain some semblance of public trust.
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