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Judging the judges: Scandals have the potential to affect the legitimacy of judges – and possibly the federal judiciary, too

  • Written by Ali S. Masood, Assistant Professor of Politics, Oberlin College and Conservatory
imageActivists call for ethics reform in the Supreme Court at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 2, 2023. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is no stranger to controversy.

In 1991, during his confirmation hearings in the Senate, Thomas faced accusations of sexual harassment from a former colleague and law...

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