Clarence Thomas is a lawbreaker, but that's okay because he's a Republican.
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-real-estate-scotus
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What law did he break?
The Court says he consulted legal council who cleared his dealings with Crow as legal.
And Propublica has a long history of sensationalizing stories based on misleading and cherrypicked claims.
@volkris You'll find this article of interest. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/clarence-thomas-broke-the-law-harlan-crow.html
I do know that Thomas has said the (unnamed) people he talked to (perhaps Harlan Crow?) said it was fine for him to accept such largesse without reporting it. (He said he would belatedly report it, now that he's been caught.)
He said he'd report it now that the guidelines on reporting have been changed.
Seriously, there's no need to reach for the dramatic story. They only serve to obscure what's actually going on.
That story has been debunked already as the court pointed out that he is neither getting millions in gifts nor is the party someone who has an active interest in court decisions, which is exactly why this has already been considered and rejected as a concern.
And the Supreme Court does have their own codes, which are the ones that Thomas had third parties consult when they cleared him of these issues.
There's just so much factually wrong with this conspiracy theory, above and beyond even the sensationalized story ProPublica is trying to sell once again.
@volkris I am speaking of the gift of travel, lodging, and so on.
We'll see.
@volkris What actually is going on is that Thomas is getting millions in gifts from someone who has an active interest in court direction, and Thomas's own ethics were already suspect (e.g., not refusing himself in cases in which his wife has direct involvement).
I find it also objectionable that all Federal judges have a code of ethics they observe *except* those on the Supreme Court.