As far back as 1995, when several SCOTUS Justices were discovered taking luxury trips, backroom dealing is believed to have squashed a congressional hearing. As recently as 2011, Justice Clarence Thomas was accused of refusing to disclose the source of his wife's income; the Conference agreed to look into it, but no investigation materialized. This pattern continues to this day.

This has to stop. Our judiciary is supposed to be impartial and outside the influence of politics or money. Instead, federal judges are receiving luxury gifts without disclosing them, and the Judicial Conference has been blocking accountability for decades. The problem has been festering and has reached a boiling point.

We’re calling on the Judicial Conference to restore faith in the Supreme Court -- and our entire judiciary system -- by rewriting rules to prohibit judges from accepting expensive gifts without prior approval, close gaps in financial disclosure instructions, and require those who file briefs in Supreme Court cases to disclose their funders so that lawyers and the public can identify potential conflicts with the Justices.

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