Sheldon Whitehouse vs. the Supreme Court

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing Tuesday on “Supreme Court ethics” was another chance for Democrats to proclaim the importance of public trust in the High Court, while simultaneously working overtime to destroy it. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, long overdue for his fitting of a tinfoil hat, attacked Justice Clarence Thomas for hanging out with “people dedicated to turning the Court into a tool for right-wing billionaires.”

Sorry, but the members of another branch of government don’t need to run their personal social calendars past Mr. Whitehouse for approval before they meet up with old friends. After weeks of spelunking into the financial disclosures of the conservative Justices, the media has emerged with only innuendo.