Hiding Behind the Robes: Clarence Thomas and Judicial Scandal

We rarely think of the Supreme Court, or any court for that matter, as a part of pop culture. We would prefer to think of courts as far away from scandal and corruption as we can get, yet this chapter discusses just such a confluence: judicial scandal and pop culture. While the behavior of Clarence Thomas, both before his nomination and more recently, dominates this discussion, others have certainly added to the growing need to scrutinize the Court’s own rules about appropriate behavior.