What's the vibe at the Supreme Court right now?

Well, the vibe is anticipation.

This is the end of the Supreme Court term.

The last opinions are coming out typically, the most important cases, the ones that everyone's

really looking at closely come out at the end.

That's our colleague Jess Braven.

He covers the US Supreme Court.

And he's waiting for decisions on big issues like student loan debt and affirmative action.

There's a lot to write about.

I mean, but I will say this, you know, as someone who's covered the court now, I mean,

I've only covered the court for 18 years.

We've never focused on the conduct of individual justices the way that we are now.

The reason for that focus is some new reporting that justices had received gifts from deep

pocketed friends without disclosing them.

Things are heating up for the Supreme Court's longest serving justice as Democrats call

for Clarence Thomas to be held accountable for his alleged ethical lapses.

An exclusive resort in upstate New York, island hopping around Indonesia via yacht rides

on a private jet, luxury vacations for a sitting Supreme Court justice.

This time, it's just a Samuel Alito under scrutiny for luxury travel paid for by a billionaire

Republican mega donor.

This is Alito and Thomas have both said that their conduct didn't violate any rules.

But concerns about ethical misconduct have put the Supreme Court in a tight spot.

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