Supreme court ethics: Senate committee approves new rules as fresh Clarence Thomas claims emerge – as it happened

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Here's a rundown of the ethical controversies supreme court justices have been involved in.

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Just about every week now, we learn something new and deeply troubling about the justices serving on the supreme court, the highest court in the land in the United States, and their conduct outside the courtroom.

Let me tell you, if I or any member of the Senate failed to report an all-expense paid luxury getaway or if we used our government staff to help sell books we wrote, we'd be in big trouble.