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Report questions ethics of US Supreme Court justices
美媒：美国最高法院大法官存在诸多不端行为
The Supreme Court of the United States is a judicial body in the system of separation of powers in the US, and has always played an extremely important role in the balance of power.
美国最高法院是美国三权分立制度中的司法机构，一直在权力智衡中发挥着极其重要的作用。
But they have long engaged in a variety of questionable conduct, including using their positions to engage in partisan activities and selling their books through college visits, AP reported Tuesday.
美联社周二（7月11日）报道称，美国最高法院的大法官们长期存在多种不端行为，包括利用职位便利进行党派活动，通过外出讲学机会售卖自己的书籍。
A lengthy investigation by AP found that public schools generally view the justices’ visits as fundraising opportunities for their schools, with many regularly inviting the justices to lecture and the justices taking advantage.
美联社通过长期调查发现，公立学校普遍将大法官们的造访视为学校的筹款良机，许多学校定期邀请大法官来讲学，大法官趁机获利。
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, for example, has earned at least $3.7 million from publishing and selling books since she took the bench in 2009. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have been receiving gifts, free plane trips and luxury fishing trips from a Republican billionaire.
例如，大法官索尼娅?索托马约尔自2009年就任大法官以来，通过出书和卖书至少获利370万美元。大法官克拉伦斯?托马斯和塞缪尔?阿利托常年接受一位共和党亿万富翁提供的礼物、免费飞机旅行和豪华钓鱼之旅。
The integrity of the Supreme Court has been called into question several times in recent years, and the findings are particularly worrying.
美联社称，近年来最高法院的诚信度曾多次受到质疑，此次的调查结果更是令大众感到担忧。
The Supreme Court is the final arbiter of law in the US.
美国最高法院是美国法律的最终仲裁者。
It is the highest body that deals with controversial cases in the US Constitution and legal process. For a long time, the justices have disagreed over a number of socially sensitive issues such as abortion, gun ownership and homosexuality.
它是处理美国宪法及法律程序中争议案例的最高机构。长期以来，大法官们围绕堕胎、拥枪、同性恋等多项社会敏感议题进行激烈博弈。
The Supreme Court has six conservative and three liberal justices, and its decisions are often polarized. Within the Supreme Court, the landscape of the two groups of justices is also seen as an important battleground between the Republican and Democratic parties.
最高法院现有6位保守派大法官、3名自由派大法官，其裁决时常呈两极分化状态。在最高法院内，两派大法官的“布局”也被视为共和、民主两党斗争的重要战场。
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