OnPolitics: Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts stays silent on ethics, will it change?

Hi there, OnPolitics readers. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said back in May that justices were "continuing to look at things" connected with issues of ethics.

Since then, ethics concerns have only worsened and Roberts has remained silent, USA Today's Supreme Court reporter John Fritze reports.

The debate over Supreme Court ethics may gain new attention in coming days as annual financial disclosure reports for Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito are released. Thomas, in particular, has been at the center of controversy involving private jet travel and luxury vacations paid for by a Republican megadonor.

The two justices were granted extensions to file their reports. What the financial disclosures include could provide more insight – or raise more questions.

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