Senate Democrats condemn ethical lapses by Thomas, Supreme Court justices 

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee condemned the Supreme Court for an “ethical crisis of its own making” in a new report released Saturday. 

The report follows Democrats’ 20-month investigation into the court’s ethics, spurred by ProPublica reports last year detailing how Justice Clarence Thomas accepted various luxury gifts and trips from a billionaire while on the court. 

In particular, the majority staff report critiques Thomas, Justice Samuel Alito and the late Justice Antonin Scalia...