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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