John Roberts, chief justice of the US supreme court, was brief in his missive to Democratic senator Dick Durbin, who chairs the Senate judiciary committee.
The committee summoned Roberts to testify because it appears that he’s not exactly running a tight ship.
None of those transactions had been detailed on Thomas’s ethics forms, either.
He has been accused of having perjured himself in his subsequent testimony about his behavior toward Hill at his confirmation hearings.
During his long tenure on the court, he has repeatedly had trouble filling out his financial disclosure forms correctly.
Although Thomas may be uniquely prolific in his alleged ethical violations, the problem isn’t unique to him.
Ironically enough, his nonchalance has made the reality even more plain than it was before: the court will not police itself. »
