The Clarence Thomas Problem (with Michael Waldman)

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

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🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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A bombshell report from ProPublica found that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been receiving undisclosed gifts from a conservative billionaire for decades, including luxury vacations and yacht outings. Is this an ethical crisis? Andy poses that question to Michael Waldman, the president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and a former adviser to President Clinton and Biden. Michael explains why our judicial system is spinning out of control and how an ethics code and term limits would help restore integrity to the Supreme Court.

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Read Michael’s opinion piece, “Clarence Thomas, a billionaire benefactor and the Supreme Court’s ethics crisis”: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-04-10/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-supreme-court-ethics-crisis
Check out Michael’s forthcoming book, “The Supermajority: How the Supreme Court Divided America”: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Supermajority/Michael-Waldman/9781668006061
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