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Apr 10, 2023·edited Apr 10, 2023Author

This could have been avoided with some basic disclosures Thomas stopped making the last time this came topic up:

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-04-06/the-times-reported-about-justice-thomas-gifts-20-years-ago-after-he-just-stopped-disclosing-them

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Apr 10, 2023·edited Apr 10, 2023

The "garden of evil" stuff is a distraction from the very real concerns that need be addressed. The rules definitely need to change to avoid even the appearance of corruption: it should be noted that cases have been brought by AEI- should Thomas have recused himself in those due to receiving gifts from one of their board members?

The secret exchange of material value is what makes it corrupt.

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Well, this sure doesn't help Thomas's deniability of a financial relationship: https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-real-estate-scotus

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I think the liberals who go after every prominent black conservative are RACIST!! RACIST I say! How dare well-off blacks leave the democrat plantation and have conservative white spouses and well-off white friends?

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