New scandal with the declaration of a Supreme Court judge
Judge Neil Gorsuch, along with two other owners, could not sell a house in the mountains of Colorado for two years. However, 9 days after the confirmation of the candidacy of the future Supreme Court judge in the Senate, a buyer was found. Accidentally or not, the house was bought by Brian Duffy, the chief executive officer of the large law firm Greenberg Traurig, which, among other things, represents interests in the Supreme Court. Gorsuch reported receiving his share from the sale of the house, but did not disclose the identity of the buyer, leaving the corresponding field blank in the declaration. The buyer himself stated that he never personally knew the judge and was not personally involved in the cases that he presided, and when he learned that the seller of the house was a current appellate judge and a future Supreme Court judge, he consulted with an expert in legal ethics within the company.
Since the deal, the company has been involved in cases in the Supreme Court 22 times, 12 of which resulted in a judge's decision: 8 times the judge ruled in favor of the company's clients and 4 times against it. Even before the new scandal in the Supreme Court became known, but as a result of the old one, the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Dick Durbin, sent a letter to Chief Justice Roberts with an invitation to speak at the committee hearing on May 2 on the issue of legal ethics in the high court. But Chief Justice Roberts politely declined, pointing to the separation of powers and reviewing the modest history of Supreme Court chief justices testifying before Congress.
Author: Igor Slabykh
