Judicial record undermines Clarence Thomas defence in luxury gifts scandal
Source: The Guardian
Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow was linked to a conservative group that had court business while Thomas was on the bench.
The justice, who is the longest-serving member of the nation’s highest court and arguably its most staunch conservative, insisted he had taken advice that “this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends” did not have to be reported under federal ethics laws. He emphasized that the friend in question “did not have business before the court”.
But a close look at Thomas’s judicial activities from the time he became friends with Crow, in the mid-1990s, suggests that the statement might fall short of the full picture. It reveals that a conservative organization affiliated with Crow did have business before the supreme court while Thomas was on the bench.
In addition, Crow has been connected to several groups that over the years have lobbied the supreme court through so-called “amicus briefs” that provide legal arguments supporting a plaintiff or defendant.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/20/clarence-thomas-supreme-court-harlan-crow-luxury-gifts
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I have also posted about not fat-shaming TFG because there are a million other things he should be shamed for, all of them based on his actions rather than his physical shape. It's intellectually lazy when talking about politics. Every time I read about the clothing, hair, face, body type, and accent on here it just sounds to me like the left version of Republicans whining about HRC's looks or love of pantsuits and Michelle Obama being referred to as an ape. Or, to quote Michelle, our ideal should be that when they go low, we go high.
Asked whether he ever considered their friendship as a ticket to quid pro quo, he replied: “Every single relationship – a baby’s relationship to his mom – has some kind of reciprocity.”
