The chief justice thinks checks and balances don’t apply to his court.
that Harlan Crow, Justice Clarence Thomas’ GOP mega-donor billionaire friend, also had business before the court, yet his lavish gifts to Thomas were not disclosed because the justice said Crow had no business before the court. Note also that Gorsuch’s failure to disclose has beenfriends with the purchaser of his land, whereas Thomas’ failure to disclose Crow’s gifts has beenclose friends with him. Which “friend” rule wins? Who can possibly know.
Perhaps the most depressing part of Roberts’ refusal to appear before the Senate is his claim that such appearances should be “exceedingly rare.” It seems the rule is that it’s only everthat will determine when it has an ethics problem. Correcting that is precisely why Sen. Durbin invited him to testify.
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