“We are hopeful that the Judicial Conference takes a long, hard look at the ethics concerns surrounding Justice Jackson and ensures there is not a double standard for justices,” Vought, who is also a former Trump administration official, said.
“While the Left has made it a sport to attack the character of conservative Supreme Court justices, they’ve turned a blind eye to actual indiscretions and appearances of corruption actively happening,” he also said, referring to heavy criticism of Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
The original complaint states that Jackson “repeatedly failed to disclose that her husband received income from medical malpractice consulting fees” and it suggested for the Judicial Conference to refer Jackson’s potential violations to Attorney General Merrick Garland for an investigation.
[The allegations about Justice Sonia Sotomayor seem more of an issue. Sotomayor took in millions from a publisher which had cases before the court, cases from which Sotomayor did not recuse herself. This tit-for-tat won’t discourage progressive activists, though, or force them to apply such ethics issues equally. They just want to force Thomas and Alito off the court and let Biden pick their successors. — Ed]
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