Supreme Court justices remain above the law, despite Barrett’s claims

Supreme Court justices remain above the law, despite Barrett’s claims

In her rebuttal to Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Amy Coney Barrett claimed that federal judges are not above the law. She was wrong and she is one of judges above the law as well as the other eight justices on the court. There is no enforceable code of ethics that the court is bound by. Justice Clarence Thomas took in millions of dollars in so-called gifts from billionaires, who had cases before the court. It is rare for him to recuse himself…