Anytime a member of Congress wants to travel abroad - which we do from time to time as part of our official duties - we are required to check with the House Committee on Ethics as to whether the trip follows the ethics rules by which federally elected officials are bound. Not so with Supreme Court justices.

One hundred and fifty years after Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, equality for many Americans remains elusive.

In the end, the public has the right to know about any undertakings top public officials engage in that may influence how they conduct the people's business.

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