Thomas, Alito delay financial disclosure reports

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito delayed filing annual financial disclosure forms as the Supreme Court faces unprecedented scrutiny on ethics issues. Legally mandated reports for seven of the current justices were made public Wednesday, while those for Thomas and Alito remained unreleased after they received extensions, a court spokesperson said. Justices are allowed a 90-day extension to file the forms. This is the fourth year in a row that Alito has received an extension. The release of most of the annual disclosures came as the high court reels from reports about largely undisclosed luxury vacations Thomas took in recent years to far-flung locales on a private plane and yacht owned by a Texas real estate developer, Harlan Crow. Senate Democrats are looking into Thomas’ relationship with Crow as part of an examination into potential court-reform legislation.