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Topic: Ethics Code

Virginia Thomas, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The mockery of an unelected monarchy

Sabrina Haake
Justices of the US Supreme Court pose for their official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on October 7, 2022. Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito and Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

SCOTUS plays dumb about the public's ire

Amanda Marcotte