"Richard Painter once coached Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and John Roberts on ethics ahead of their confirmation hearings. Now, he is disgusted with the state of the court whose nominees he helped advise.
He appeared on MSNBC to rage against their inability to follow basic ethics, following a controversial term of decisions against a backdrop of scandal, with multiple Republican justices caught accepting luxury gifts and travel, and their families accepting paid commissions, from billionaires and interest groups with litigation before the court.
'The justices, I am sure, are off on their yachts and planes with the billionaires, and fishing expeditions and the like,' said Painter. 'We've had a number of decision from this court the past few years that benefit the very, very well-to-do and continue to put the disadvantaged, women, minorities, those struggling with student loans.'"
~ Matthew Chapman
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