How corrupt is the United States Supreme Court? | The Bottom Line

Americans’ trust in all levels of their government – including the presidency and Congress, and now the Supreme Court – is falling rapidly.

One of the top court’s justices, Clarence Thomas, was found to have been showered in pricey gifts from a billionaire businessman for years. The case has put the court’s ethics under scrutiny.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse tells host Steve Clemons that “dark money” – unlimited amounts of cash from undisclosed sources – has poisoned Americans’ faith in all pillars of US democracy.

So what are the consequences? And is there any way to restore faith in public institutions?

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