Greg, do you think there's any political pressure that would lead Clarence Thomas to step down? Greg, I cannot see it. Richard Nixon resigned in large part because the very gold waters of the world said, Mr. President, you need to resign. Stephen Lubit is an emeritus professor of law at Northwestern University. He has written for years about judicial ethics, including the court's current situation.
US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s failure to disclose lavish vacations paid for by a Texas billionaire have cast a harsh light on the High Court’s ethics rules—or lack of them. Bloomberg Supreme Court correspondent Greg Stohr joins this episode to talk about the fallout and why the justices are pushing back against greater disclosure rules. And Northwestern University law professor Steven Lubet explains what if anything can be done to require more transparency from the most powerful judges in the nation.
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