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Nonilex<p>The 2019 trips, one to Bali &amp; the other to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BohemianGrove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BohemianGrove</span></a>, a rich men only retreat, were first revealed by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ProPublica</span></a></span>. Last year, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> argued that he did not need to disclose the gifts.</p><p>In the new filing, however, Thomas amended his 2019 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FinancialDisclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialDisclosure</span></a>, writing he “inadvertently omitted” the trips on previous reports.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ProPublica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProPublica</span></a> documented the undisclosed luxury vacations &amp; gifts Thomas has received over the yrs from several <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a>, incl <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarlanCrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarlanCrow</span></a>.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> will issue rulings soon on a slate of controversial topics,such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a>, public <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a>, &amp; if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is entitled to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> for life….<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JesseBarrett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JesseBarrett</span></a>’s work for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FoxCorp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoxCorp</span></a> highlights one of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> experts’ biggest complaints about SCOTUS: Justices are not required to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disclose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disclose</span></a> spouses’ clients,so the public has no way to track who is paying <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> directly to their families. In her 2021 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FinancialDisclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialDisclosure</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmyConeyBarrett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmyConeyBarrett</span></a> even <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/redacted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>redacted</span></a> the name of her husband’s firm….</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> justices &amp; federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> can no longer avoid disclosing the value of travel-related <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gifts</span></a> they receive by classifying such free trips as "reimbursements" on their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FinancialDisclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialDisclosure</span></a> forms under new regulations now in effect.<br>The regs, announced by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalJudiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalJudiciary</span></a> late on Fri, follow revelations that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> SCOTUS Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> had not disclosed luxury trips paid for by a wealthy benefactor.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a><br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-justices-judges-face-new-rules-disclosing-free-trips-2024-03-18/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/us-suprem</span><span class="invisible">e-court-justices-judges-face-new-rules-disclosing-free-trips-2024-03-18/</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>New Yorker article 2/29/24 unpaywalled The Scandal of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a>’s New <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Clerk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clerk</span></a><br>Crystal Clanton became notorious for sending outlandishly <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> texts. Now she’s been hired to work for the Justice—and a dubious new story has surfaced to clear her name.<br><a href="https://archive.is/tP0M7#selection-653.0-653.42" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.is/tP0M7#selection-653</span><span class="invisible">.0-653.42</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/partisan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>partisan</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/financialdisclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>financialdisclosure</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>Report: <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> May Also Be <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Dodging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dodging</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tax</span></a> Bill With Failure to Report <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Gifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gifts</span></a>. The likely millions of dollars worth of gifts Thomas has received may count as <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/taxable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxable</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/income" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>income</span></a>, a recent report found.<br><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/report-thomas-may-also-be-dodging-tax-bill-with-failure-to-report-gifts/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">truthout.org/articles/report-t</span><span class="invisible">homas-may-also-be-dodging-tax-bill-with-failure-to-report-gifts/</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/taxevasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxevasion</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/lying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lying</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cheating</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/federaltaxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federaltaxes</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/financialdisclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>financialdisclosure</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FederalistSocietyOwnsGOPSCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalistSocietyOwnsGOPSCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HarlanCrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarlanCrow</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/recuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recuse</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/investigateThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>investigateThomas</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ImpeachThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachThomas</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> Needs a Real <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/EthicsCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EthicsCode</span></a>. The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/justices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justices</span></a> have rightly responded to public criticism. But the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/selfpolicing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfpolicing</span></a> system they’ve proposed doesn’t inspire much confidence.<br>Bloomberg Editorial Board<br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ethicsreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethicsreform</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/financialdisclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>financialdisclosure</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/legalresearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legalresearch</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalistSociety</span></a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-11-27/us-supreme-court-still-needs-a-real-ethics-code" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/opinion/articles</span><span class="invisible">/2023-11-27/us-supreme-court-still-needs-a-real-ethics-code</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The annual reports have drawn increased attention in recent years, amid pressure from Congressional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> &amp; outside <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> experts for the justices to strengthen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disclosure</span></a> requirements for travel &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gifts</span></a>, &amp; adopt specific <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> guidelines.</p><p>…In his report Thurs, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> said he prepared his 2022 report w/guidance from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> office, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/counselor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>counselor</span></a> to Chief Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a>, staff of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judicial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judicial</span></a> Conference’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FinancialDisclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialDisclosure</span></a> cmte &amp; an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/attorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>attorney</span></a>.</p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SenateJudiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SenateJudiciary</span></a> Chair <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DickDurbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DickDurbin</span></a> said Sunday that “everything is on the table” as the panel scrutinizes new ethics concerns around <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a>. “The bottom line is this: Everything is on the table. Day after day, week after week, more and more disclosures about Justice Thomas – we cannot ignore them,” the Illinois Democrat told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/07/politics/supreme-court-clarence-thom" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2023/05/07/politics/su</span><span class="invisible">preme-court-clarence-thom</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FinancialDisclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialDisclosure</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/EthicsReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EthicsReform</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a>: "In very simple terms, if you are a public servant you can't take <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FreeStuff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeStuff</span></a>, it is as simple as that. If you want free stuff don't be a public servant. But guess what? When you are not a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/PublicServant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicServant</span></a>, people don't want give you free stuff" - @BarbMcQuade w/ @NicolleDWallace <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FinancialDisclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialDisclosure</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/EthicsRules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EthicsRules</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/LegalResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalResearch</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FinancialSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialSystem</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> sent teenage grandnephew to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HiddenLakeAcademy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HiddenLakeAcademy</span></a> private boarding school in foothills of northern GA. Thomas had legal custody of Martin when he was 6 yrs old / had told an interviewer he was “raising him as a son.” Tuition at the boarding school $150,000 in 2009 <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/bankstatement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bankstatement</span></a> buried in unrelated court filings shows source of Martin’s tuition = the company of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/RealEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RealEstate</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/magnate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>magnate</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HarlanCrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarlanCrow</span></a>. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FinancialDisclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialDisclosure</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/EthicsReforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EthicsReforms</span></a> <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-private-school-tuition-scotus" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/clarenc</span><span class="invisible">e-thomas-harlan-crow-private-school-tuition-scotus</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ChiefJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChiefJustice</span></a> John G. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Roberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Roberts</span></a> Jr. told Senate leaders Tuesday he would “respectfully <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/decline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decline</span></a>” to testify at a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Senatehearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senatehearing</span></a> focused on the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a>, offering instead a statement signed by all the justices in which they “reaffirm and restate foundational ethics principles and practices” to which they abide." <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ethical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethical</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/conduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conduct</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ConflictofInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictofInterest</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FinancialDisclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialDisclosure</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/legalresearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legalresearch</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/disclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disclosure</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/partisanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>partisanship</span></a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/25/supreme-court-roberts-durbin-ethics-thomas/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">23/04/25/supreme-court-roberts-durbin-ethics-thomas/</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>4/14/23 CREW Request to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Garland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Garland</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Roberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Roberts</span></a> for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Investigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Investigation</span></a> of Justice <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a>’ <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/conduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conduct</span></a> to determine whether he <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/violated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violated</span></a> the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/EthicsinGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EthicsinGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Act" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Act</span></a> by repeatedly accepting <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/privateplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privateplane</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/luxury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>luxury</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/vacation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vacation</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trips</span></a> over two decades without <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/disclosing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disclosing</span></a> them as <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/gifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gifts</span></a> or in-kind travel-reimbursements on his <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/financial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>financial</span></a> disclosure reports &amp; by engaging in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/realestate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>realestate</span></a># transactions without properly <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/disclosing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disclosing</span></a> them on his <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/financialdisclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>financialdisclosure</span></a> reports.<a href="https://www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Justice-Clarence-Thomas-DOJ-Complaint-April-14-2023-5.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">citizensforethics.org/wp-conte</span><span class="invisible">nt/uploads/2023/04/Justice-Clarence-Thomas-DOJ-Complaint-April-14-2023-5.pdf</span></a></p>
jackhutton 🇺🇸<p>Quid Pro Crow<br>Clarence Thomas’ position toward disclosure is actually clarified by his jurisprudence.</p><p>BY Dahlia Lithwick &amp; Mark Joseph Stern for Slate </p><p><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/clarence-thomas-disclosure-history-jurisprudence.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slate.com/news-and-politics/20</span><span class="invisible">23/04/clarence-thomas-disclosure-history-jurisprudence.html</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Dahlialith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Dahlialith</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/slate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slate</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scotus</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/harlancrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harlancrow</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/clarencethomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clarencethomas</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/financialdisclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>financialdisclosure</span></a></p>
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