Res Publica's Jose Lino is joined by Assistant Professor Sahar Abi-Hassan of Northeastern University.

An expert on the civic structures that underline America’s judiciary, she offers her thoughts on the recent scandal surrounding Associate Justice Clarence Thomas and his extensive personal and financial relationship with Conservative real-estate billionaire Harlan Crow. Professor Abi-Hassan opines on the implication in the short term and long term as well as the general trends that have caused the Supreme Court to be besieged by so many scandals in the past few years. Finally, the professor offers theoretical solutions as well as an outsized look at the overall legacy of the Roberts Court.