Harlan Crow Sets Stage for a Constitutional Contest Over Senate’s Powers To Impose Ethics Code on Supreme Court

A major constitutional showdown over separated powers is in the works.

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Justice Clarence Thomas in 2018. AP/J. Scott Applewhite, file

Billionaire Harlan Crow’s letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee defending his relationship with Justice Clarence Thomas reaches beyond a personal defense, setting the stage for a major constitutional battle on the Framers’ conception of separated powers and whether Congress can impose an ethics code on the high court.

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