AOC and Raskin call out ‘outlandish’ ethics rules at ‘rogue’ Supreme Court, propose strict gift restrictions

Rep.JamieRaskinandRep.AlexandriaOcasio-CortezattackedthecurrentethicsstandardsattheSupremeCourtamidmediascrutinyofJusticesThomasandAlito. Rep.JamieRaskin,D-Md.,andRep.AlexandriaOcasio-Cortez,D-N.Y.,attackedthecurrentethicsstandardsattheSupremeCourtamidmediascrutinyofJusticesThomasandAlito,amongothers,forreceivinggiftsduringtheirservice.  “It’sthehighestcourtinthelandwiththelowestethicalstandards,”RaskintoldMSNBCanchorChrisHayesinaninterviewonTuesday.  TheSupremeCourtJustices,Raskinsaid,are“theonlygovernmentalofficialsinthelandwhoarenotgovernedbyabindingethicscode.”  “Thereisnoprocessbywhichwecanholdanyofthemaccountable,”headded.“It’sjustoutlandishforustocontemplate,”RaskinlatersaidofreportsoflargegiftstojusticeslikeThomasandAlito.  CLARENCETHOMASFORMALLYREPORTS2019TRIPSPAIDBYFRIENDANDGOPDON