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Report questions ethics of US Supreme Court justices
美媒：美國最高法院大法官存在諸多不端行為
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.
美國最高法院是美國三權分立制度中的司法機構，一直在權力智衡中發揮著極其重要的作用。
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.
美聯社周二（7月11日）報道稱，美國最高法院的大法官們長期存在多種不端行為，包括利用職位便利進行黨派活動，通過外出講學機會售賣自己的書籍。
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.
美聯社通過長期調查發現，公立學校普遍將大法官們的造訪視為學校的籌款良機，許多學校定期邀請大法官來講學，大法官趁機獲利。
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，大法官索尼婭?索托馬約爾自2009年就任大法官以來，通過出書和賣書至少獲利370萬美元。大法官克拉倫斯?托馬斯和塞繆爾?阿利托常年接受一位共和黨億萬富翁提供的禮物、免費飛機旅行和豪華釣魚之旅。
The integrity of the Supreme Court has been called into question several times in recent years, and the findings are particularly worrying.
美聯社稱，近年來最高法院的誠信度曾多次受到質疑，此次的調查結果更是令大眾感到擔憂。
The Supreme Court is the final arbiter of law in the US.
美國最高法院是美國法律的最終仲裁者。
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.
它是處理美國憲法及法律程序中爭議案例的最高機構。長期以來，大法官們圍繞墮胎、擁槍、同性戀等多項社會敏感議題進行激烈博弈。
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.
最高法院現有6位保守派大法官、3名自由派大法官，其裁決時常呈兩極分化狀態。在最高法院內，兩派大法官的“布局”也被視為共和、民主兩黨斗爭的重要戰場。
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