I want to know what they did to twist the arms of Jackson, Kagen and Sotomayor to sign that letter that Roberts submitted..... they the only ones that no dirt has come to light on.... yet
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Ain't no way you telling me that senior SCOTUS COON Clarence Thomas ain't on the take- GORSUCH GOT THAT STINK ON HIM TOO ,Neil Gorsuch property deal
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I want to know what they did to twist the arms of Jackson, Kagen and Sotomayor to sign that letter that Roberts submitted..... they the only ones that no dirt has come to light on.... yet
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Something else he didn't report 
Here are some details:
Here are some details:
- Crow paid for Clarence Thomas’ grandnephew, Mark Martin, to attend a $6,000 per month boarding school called Hidden Lake Academy around 2008-2009.
- Thomas had acquired legal custody of Martin when he was 6 years old.
- Additional tuition was picked up by Crow as well for a subsequent boarding school that Martin attended.
- These tuition payments were never declared on any reports filed by Thomas.
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Something else he didn't report
Here are some details:
- Crow paid for Clarence Thomas’ grandnephew, Mark Martin, to attend a $6,000 per month boarding school called Hidden Lake Academy around 2008-2009.
- Thomas had acquired legal custody of Martin when he was 6 years old.
- Additional tuition was picked up by Crow as well for a subsequent boarding school that Martin attended.
- These tuition payments were never declared on any reports filed by Thomas.
Thank you for posting this, was just coming to post this new Coonery
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Conservative Activist Urged Clarence Thomas’ Wife ‘Ginni’ Be Left Off Billing Paperwork: Report
Conservative Activist Urged Clarence Thomas' Wife 'Ginni' Be Left Off Billing Paperwork: Report
The conflict-of-interest scandal surrounding the Supreme Court justice and his wife is growing bigger by the day
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Kelly Ann Conway
"I'm of normal stock and I prefer being around that.... in my RV, in a Walmart parking lot."
Problem being, this is what the interior of his RV probably looks like...
Problem being, this is what the interior of his RV probably looks like...
Watched this documentary this afternoon.
Pretty informative on these two. The first hour goes into their origins.
The 2nd hour goes into how they met, became a power couple and where they are today.
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court
FRONTLINE’s new documentary, which premieres Tues., May 9 on PBS and online, tells the inside story of Clarence and Ginni Thomas’ path to power and includes unique insights into the evolution of Thomas’ views on race. From veteran filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team (Putin and the Presidents, Lies, Politics and Democracy), the documentary examines the couple’s stories from formative moments in childhood and defining issues that shaped their lives and ambitions, to their influence over American law and politics and their involvement in recent controversies.
Pretty informative on these two. The first hour goes into their origins.
The 2nd hour goes into how they met, became a power couple and where they are today.
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court
FRONTLINE’s new documentary, which premieres Tues., May 9 on PBS and online, tells the inside story of Clarence and Ginni Thomas’ path to power and includes unique insights into the evolution of Thomas’ views on race. From veteran filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team (Putin and the Presidents, Lies, Politics and Democracy), the documentary examines the couple’s stories from formative moments in childhood and defining issues that shaped their lives and ambitions, to their influence over American law and politics and their involvement in recent controversies.
Justice Alito accepted Alaska resort vacation from GOP donors, report says
AP
June 21, 2023
apnews.com
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accepted a 2008 trip to a luxury fishing lodge in Alaska from two wealthy Republican donors, one of whom repeatedly had interests before the court, and he did not disclose the trips on his financial disclosure for that year, ProPublica reports.
A story published late Tuesday by the nonprofit investigative journalism organization states that in July 2008 Alito flew to a remote corner of Alaska aboard the private plane of businessman and Republican donor, Paul Singer. A hedge fund founded by the billionaire has brought roughly a dozen cases before the court since then, ProPublica reported. Alito did not recuse himself from participating in any of those cases.
Alito’s three-day stay at the King Salmon Lodge was paid for by another wealthy donor, Robin Arkley II, the owner of a mortgage company then based in California. Leonard Leo, then a leader of the conservative legal group The Federalist Society, helped make arrangements for the trip, including securing a spot for Alito aboard Singer’s jet, which would have cost Alito at least $100,000 if he chartered the jet himself, ProPublica reported.
Supreme Court justices, like other federal judges, are required to file annual financial disclosure reports, w hich ask them to list gifts they have received. However, the high court is not subject to a binding code of conduct that applies to lower court judges, giving individual justices latitude to write and enforce their own rules.
Alito vigorously disputed the findings in a Wall Street Journal opinion article released before ProPublica published its story, stating he faced no obligation to disclose the details of the trip or recuse himself from cases involving Singer’s hedge fund.
“My recollection is that I have spoken to Mr. Singer on no more than a handful of occasions, all of which (with the exception of small talk during a fishing trip 15 years ago) consisted of brief and casual comments at events attended by large groups,” Alito wrote. “On no occasion have we discussed the activities of his businesses, and we have never talked about any case or issue before the Court.”
“As for the flight, Mr. Singer and others had already made arrangements to fly to Alaska when I was invited shortly before the event, and I was asked whether I would like to fly there in a seat that, as far as I am aware, would have otherwise been vacant. It was my understanding that this would not impose any extra cost on Mr. Singer,” Alito wrote.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, center, and hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer, right, hold king salmon with another guest.
The revelation about Alito’s acceptance of the trip comes as the court is facing heightened scrutiny over issues of ethics, including the justices’ obligation to disclose the details of expense-paid travels. That’s led Democrats in Congress to call for legislation that would impose binding ethics rules on the court.
ProPublica previously reported that Justice Clarence Thomas accepted decades of undisclosed trips from a longtime friend, Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, that included stays at Crow’s private resort, flights aboard his jet, and a vacation aboard Crow’s yacht in Indonesia. Crow also purchased property from Thomas and paid private school tuition for a Thomas nephew whom the justice helped raise.
Since the passage of a Watergate-era law, the justices are supposed to report gifts they receive. But both Thomas and Alito have argued that a “personal hospitality” provision in the law exempts them.
In March, the federal judiciary increased disclosure requirements for all judges, including the high court justices, although overnight stays at personal vacation homes owned by friends remain exempt from disclosure.
The lodge where Alito stayed often drew celebrities and wealthy businessmen, and typically charged guests $1,000 a night.
A picture from the trip published by ProPublica shows Alito in hip waders with a fishing guide, posing with a massive king salmon. On another day, the group flew aboard a bush plane to a waterfall in Katmai National Park, where bears snatch salmon from a waterfall.
At night, the group dined on king crab legs or Kobe beef. One member of the group boasted that the wine they were drinking cost $1,000 a bottle, one of the lodge’s fishing guides told ProPublica.
But Alito wrote that the accommodations were far less opulent, calling the lodge “comfortable but rustic.”
“I cannot recall whether the group at the lodge, about 20 people, was served wine, but if there was wine it was certainly not wine that costs $1,000,” he wrote.
Justice Samuel Alito
AP
June 21, 2023
Justice Alito accepted Alaska resort vacation from GOP donors, report says
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accepted a 2008 trip to a luxury fishing lodge in Alaska from two wealthy Republican donors, one of whom repeatedly had interests before the court.
apnews.com
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accepted a 2008 trip to a luxury fishing lodge in Alaska from two wealthy Republican donors, one of whom repeatedly had interests before the court, and he did not disclose the trips on his financial disclosure for that year, ProPublica reports.
A story published late Tuesday by the nonprofit investigative journalism organization states that in July 2008 Alito flew to a remote corner of Alaska aboard the private plane of businessman and Republican donor, Paul Singer. A hedge fund founded by the billionaire has brought roughly a dozen cases before the court since then, ProPublica reported. Alito did not recuse himself from participating in any of those cases.
Alito’s three-day stay at the King Salmon Lodge was paid for by another wealthy donor, Robin Arkley II, the owner of a mortgage company then based in California. Leonard Leo, then a leader of the conservative legal group The Federalist Society, helped make arrangements for the trip, including securing a spot for Alito aboard Singer’s jet, which would have cost Alito at least $100,000 if he chartered the jet himself, ProPublica reported.
Supreme Court justices, like other federal judges, are required to file annual financial disclosure reports, w hich ask them to list gifts they have received. However, the high court is not subject to a binding code of conduct that applies to lower court judges, giving individual justices latitude to write and enforce their own rules.
Alito vigorously disputed the findings in a Wall Street Journal opinion article released before ProPublica published its story, stating he faced no obligation to disclose the details of the trip or recuse himself from cases involving Singer’s hedge fund.
“My recollection is that I have spoken to Mr. Singer on no more than a handful of occasions, all of which (with the exception of small talk during a fishing trip 15 years ago) consisted of brief and casual comments at events attended by large groups,” Alito wrote. “On no occasion have we discussed the activities of his businesses, and we have never talked about any case or issue before the Court.”
“As for the flight, Mr. Singer and others had already made arrangements to fly to Alaska when I was invited shortly before the event, and I was asked whether I would like to fly there in a seat that, as far as I am aware, would have otherwise been vacant. It was my understanding that this would not impose any extra cost on Mr. Singer,” Alito wrote.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, center, and hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer, right, hold king salmon with another guest.
The revelation about Alito’s acceptance of the trip comes as the court is facing heightened scrutiny over issues of ethics, including the justices’ obligation to disclose the details of expense-paid travels. That’s led Democrats in Congress to call for legislation that would impose binding ethics rules on the court.
ProPublica previously reported that Justice Clarence Thomas accepted decades of undisclosed trips from a longtime friend, Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, that included stays at Crow’s private resort, flights aboard his jet, and a vacation aboard Crow’s yacht in Indonesia. Crow also purchased property from Thomas and paid private school tuition for a Thomas nephew whom the justice helped raise.
Since the passage of a Watergate-era law, the justices are supposed to report gifts they receive. But both Thomas and Alito have argued that a “personal hospitality” provision in the law exempts them.
In March, the federal judiciary increased disclosure requirements for all judges, including the high court justices, although overnight stays at personal vacation homes owned by friends remain exempt from disclosure.
The lodge where Alito stayed often drew celebrities and wealthy businessmen, and typically charged guests $1,000 a night.
A picture from the trip published by ProPublica shows Alito in hip waders with a fishing guide, posing with a massive king salmon. On another day, the group flew aboard a bush plane to a waterfall in Katmai National Park, where bears snatch salmon from a waterfall.
At night, the group dined on king crab legs or Kobe beef. One member of the group boasted that the wine they were drinking cost $1,000 a bottle, one of the lodge’s fishing guides told ProPublica.
But Alito wrote that the accommodations were far less opulent, calling the lodge “comfortable but rustic.”
“I cannot recall whether the group at the lodge, about 20 people, was served wine, but if there was wine it was certainly not wine that costs $1,000,” he wrote.
Justice Samuel Alito
Alito in the hot seat over trips to Alaska and Rome he accepted from groups and individuals who lobby the Supreme Court
By Devan Cole and Audrey Ash, CNN
Published 6:00 AM EDT, Thu June 22, 2023
…Last July, Alito was feted in Rome by Notre Dame’s Religious Liberty Initiative, which has in recent years joined the growing ranks of conservative legal activists who are finding new favor at the Supreme Court – and forging ties with the justices. The group’s legal clinic has filed a series of “friend-of-the-court” briefs in religious liberty cases before the Supreme Court since its founding in 2020.
After the high court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, the group paid for Alito’s trip to Rome to deliver a keynote address at a gala hosted at a palace in the heart of the city. It was his first known public appearance after the decision.
At the start of his speech, he thanked the group for the “warm hospitality” it provided to him and his wife, which, he later said, included a stay at a hotel that “looks out over the Roman Forum.”…
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By Devan Cole and Audrey Ash, CNN
Published 6:00 AM EDT, Thu June 22, 2023
…Last July, Alito was feted in Rome by Notre Dame’s Religious Liberty Initiative, which has in recent years joined the growing ranks of conservative legal activists who are finding new favor at the Supreme Court – and forging ties with the justices. The group’s legal clinic has filed a series of “friend-of-the-court” briefs in religious liberty cases before the Supreme Court since its founding in 2020.
After the high court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, the group paid for Alito’s trip to Rome to deliver a keynote address at a gala hosted at a palace in the heart of the city. It was his first known public appearance after the decision.
At the start of his speech, he thanked the group for the “warm hospitality” it provided to him and his wife, which, he later said, included a stay at a hotel that “looks out over the Roman Forum.”…
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Kagan worried about ethics of free bagels as Thomas accepted lavish trips from billionaire: report
Thomas got tuition for his nephew, a house for his mom and free trips while Kagan was "too ethical" to accept lox
By TATYANA TANDANPOLIE
News Fellow
PUBLISHED MAY 11, 2023
Associate Justice Elena Kagan, with Associate Justice Clarence Thomas and Chief Justice John Roberts in front of her, stands during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on April 23, 2021.
Thomas got tuition for his nephew, a house for his mom and free trips while Kagan was "too ethical" to accept lox
By TATYANA TANDANPOLIE
News Fellow
PUBLISHED MAY 11, 2023
Associate Justice Elena Kagan, with Associate Justice Clarence Thomas and Chief Justice John Roberts in front of her, stands during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on April 23, 2021.
And now pre-emptive defenses are a thing.Justice Alito accepted Alaska resort vacation from GOP donors, report says
AP
June 21, 2023
Justice Alito accepted Alaska resort vacation from GOP donors, report says
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accepted a 2008 trip to a luxury fishing lodge in Alaska from two wealthy Republican donors, one of whom repeatedly had interests before the court.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accepted a 2008 trip to a luxury fishing lodge in Alaska from two wealthy Republican donors, one of whom repeatedly had interests before the court, and he did not disclose the trips on his financial disclosure for that year, ProPublica reports.
A story published late Tuesday by the nonprofit investigative journalism organization states that in July 2008 Alito flew to a remote corner of Alaska aboard the private plane of businessman and Republican donor, Paul Singer. A hedge fund founded by the billionaire has brought roughly a dozen cases before the court since then, ProPublica reported. Alito did not recuse himself from participating in any of those cases.
Alito’s three-day stay at the King Salmon Lodge was paid for by another wealthy donor, Robin Arkley II, the owner of a mortgage company then based in California. Leonard Leo, then a leader of the conservative legal group The Federalist Society, helped make arrangements for the trip, including securing a spot for Alito aboard Singer’s jet, which would have cost Alito at least $100,000 if he chartered the jet himself, ProPublica reported.
Supreme Court justices, like other federal judges, are required to file annual financial disclosure reports, w hich ask them to list gifts they have received. However, the high court is not subject to a binding code of conduct that applies to lower court judges, giving individual justices latitude to write and enforce their own rules.
Alito vigorously disputed the findings in a Wall Street Journal opinion article released before ProPublica published its story, stating he faced no obligation to disclose the details of the trip or recuse himself from cases involving Singer’s hedge fund.
“My recollection is that I have spoken to Mr. Singer on no more than a handful of occasions, all of which (with the exception of small talk during a fishing trip 15 years ago) consisted of brief and casual comments at events attended by large groups,” Alito wrote. “On no occasion have we discussed the activities of his businesses, and we have never talked about any case or issue before the Court.”
“As for the flight, Mr. Singer and others had already made arrangements to fly to Alaska when I was invited shortly before the event, and I was asked whether I would like to fly there in a seat that, as far as I am aware, would have otherwise been vacant. It was my understanding that this would not impose any extra cost on Mr. Singer,” Alito wrote.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, center, and hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer, right, hold king salmon with another guest.
The revelation about Alito’s acceptance of the trip comes as the court is facing heightened scrutiny over issues of ethics, including the justices’ obligation to disclose the details of expense-paid travels. That’s led Democrats in Congress to call for legislation that would impose binding ethics rules on the court.
ProPublica previously reported that Justice Clarence Thomas accepted decades of undisclosed trips from a longtime friend, Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, that included stays at Crow’s private resort, flights aboard his jet, and a vacation aboard Crow’s yacht in Indonesia. Crow also purchased property from Thomas and paid private school tuition for a Thomas nephew whom the justice helped raise.
Since the passage of a Watergate-era law, the justices are supposed to report gifts they receive. But both Thomas and Alito have argued that a “personal hospitality” provision in the law exempts them.
In March, the federal judiciary increased disclosure requirements for all judges, including the high court justices, although overnight stays at personal vacation homes owned by friends remain exempt from disclosure.
The lodge where Alito stayed often drew celebrities and wealthy businessmen, and typically charged guests $1,000 a night.
A picture from the trip published by ProPublica shows Alito in hip waders with a fishing guide, posing with a massive king salmon. On another day, the group flew aboard a bush plane to a waterfall in Katmai National Park, where bears snatch salmon from a waterfall.
At night, the group dined on king crab legs or Kobe beef. One member of the group boasted that the wine they were drinking cost $1,000 a bottle, one of the lodge’s fishing guides told ProPublica.
But Alito wrote that the accommodations were far less opulent, calling the lodge “comfortable but rustic.”
“I cannot recall whether the group at the lodge, about 20 people, was served wine, but if there was wine it was certainly not wine that costs $1,000,” he wrote.
Justice Samuel Alito
This mofokr ran to his pals to defend himself from a story that hadn't been printed yet.
Behind the Scenes of Justice Alito’s Unprecedented Wall Street Journal Pre-Buttal
The Journal editorial page accused ProPublica of misleading readers in a story that hadn’t yet been published.
Chief Justice Roberts is next.
All three of them mofos were on the bench when Justice Scalia was alive.
Scalia was taking bribes like crazy hanging out with then VP Dick Cheney and partying it up.
They learned the ropes from Scalia. If ProPublica goes check Scalia’s financial’s they will find shit for sure.
All three of them mofos were on the bench when Justice Scalia was alive.
Scalia was taking bribes like crazy hanging out with then VP Dick Cheney and partying it up.
They learned the ropes from Scalia. If ProPublica goes check Scalia’s financial’s they will find shit for sure.
His biggest was from the NRA and is why he hijacked the court's rulings on the 2nd Amendment and changed the narrative that caused the bullshit we have today.
GOP senators want Roberts to take action on Supreme Court
While Republicans don’t support Supreme Court ethics reform legislation sponsored by Democrats, they think the reports that Thomas and Alito accepted expensive vacations funded by wealthy donors has created a real public relations problem for the court.
BY ALEXANDER BOLTON
06/26/23
SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts
While Republicans don’t support Supreme Court ethics reform legislation sponsored by Democrats, they think the reports that Thomas and Alito accepted expensive vacations funded by wealthy donors has created a real public relations problem for the court.
BY ALEXANDER BOLTON
06/26/23
SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts
Clarence Thomas received a Super Bowl ring from Jerry Jones
As chairman of the EEOC, Thomas appeared in a PSA from the Cowboys regarding equal employment opportunity. Per the report, Thomas then struck up a friendship with Jones. Thomas, according to the Times, has flown on Jones’s private jet, attended training camp practices, and when the team played in Washington sat in Jones’s private suite. The article also states bluntly and matter-of-factly that Jones gave Thomas a Super Bowl ring.
By Mike Florio
Published July 11, 2023
www.nbcsports.com
As chairman of the EEOC, Thomas appeared in a PSA from the Cowboys regarding equal employment opportunity. Per the report, Thomas then struck up a friendship with Jones. Thomas, according to the Times, has flown on Jones’s private jet, attended training camp practices, and when the team played in Washington sat in Jones’s private suite. The article also states bluntly and matter-of-factly that Jones gave Thomas a Super Bowl ring.
By Mike Florio
Published July 11, 2023
Clarence Thomas received a Super Bowl ring from Jerry Jones
When it comes to legal controversies, the NFL likes to resolve them in-house, through a secret, rigged, kangaroo court of compelled arbitration controlled by the Commissioner.
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Lawyers with supreme court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo
Payments to Rajan Vasisht, an aide from 2019-21, underscore ties between the justice and lawyers who argue cases in front of himSeveral lawyers who have had business before the supreme court, including one who successfully argued to end race-conscious admissions at universities, paid money to a top aide to Justice Clarence Thomas, according to the aide’s Venmo transactions. The payments appear to have been made in connection to Thomas’s 2019 Christmas party.
The payments to Rajan Vasisht, who served as Thomas’s aide from July 2019 to July 2021, seem to underscore the close ties between Thomas, who is embroiled in ethics scandals following a series of revelations about his relationship with a wealthy billionaire donor, and certain senior Washington lawyers who argue cases and have other business in front of the justice.
Vasisht’s Venmo account – which was public prior to requesting comment for this article and is no longer – show that he received seven payments in November and December 2019 from lawyers who previously served as Thomas legal clerks. The amount of the payments is not disclosed, but the purpose of each payment is listed as either “Christmas party”, “Thomas Christmas Party”, “CT Christmas Party” or “CT Xmas party”, in an apparent reference to the justice’s initials.
However, it remains unclear what the funds were for.
The lawyers who made the Venmo transactions were: Patrick Strawbridge, a partner at Consovoy McCarthy who recently successfully argued that affirmative action violated the US constitution; Kate Todd, who served as White House deputy counsel under Donald Trump at the time of the payment and is now a managing party of Ellis George Cipollone’s law office; Elbert Lin, the former solicitor general of West Virginia who played a key role in a supreme court case that limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions; and Brian Schmalzbach, a partner at McGuire Woods who has argued multiple cases before the supreme court.
Other lawyers who made payments include Manuel Valle, a graduate of Hillsdale College and the University of Chicago Law School who clerked for Thomas last year and is currently working as a managing associate at Sidley, and Liam Hardy, who was working at the Department of Justice’s office of legal counsel at the time the payment was made and now serves as an appeals court judge for the armed forces.
Will Consovoy, who died earlier this year, also made a payment. Consovoy clerked for Thomas during the 2008-09 term and was considered a rising star in conservative legal circles. After his death, the New York Times reported that Consovoy had come away from his time working for Thomas “with the conviction that the court was poised to tilt further to the right – and that constitutional rulings that had once been considered out of reach by conservatives, on issues like voting rights, abortion and affirmative action, would suddenly be within grasp”.
None of the lawyers who made payments responded to emailed questions from the Guardian.
According to his résumé, Vasisht’s duties included assisting the justice with the administrative functioning of his chambers, including personal correspondence and his personal and office schedule.
Vasisht did not respond to an emailed list of questions from the Guardian, including questions about who solicited the payments, how much individuals paid, and what the purpose of the payments was. The Guardian also asked questions about the nature of Thomas’s Christmas party, how many guests were invited and where the event took place.
Reached via WhatsApp and asked if he would make a statement, Vasisht replied: “No thank you, I do not want to be contacted.”
Legal experts said the payments to Vasisht raised red flags.
Richard Painter, who served as the chief White House ethics lawyer in the George W Bush administration and has been a vocal critic of the role of dark money in politics, said it was “not appropriate” for former Thomas law clerks who were established in private practice to – in effect – send money to the supreme court via Venmo.
“There is no excuse for it. Thomas could invite them to his Christmas party and he could attend Christmas parties, as long as they are not discussing any cases. His Christmas party should not be paid for by lawyers,” Painter said. “A federal government employee collecting money from lawyers for any reason … I don’t see how that works.”
Painter said he would possibly make an exception if recent law clerks were paying their own way for a party. But almost all of the lawyers who made the payments are senior litigators at big law firms.
Kedric Payne, the general counsel and senior director of ethics at the Campaign Legal Center, said that – based on available information – it was possible that the former clerks were paying their own party expenses, and not expenses for Thomas, which he believed was different than random lawyers in effect paying admission to an exclusive event to influence the judge.
He added: “But the point remains that the public is owed an explanation so they don’t have to speculate.”
Thomas has been embroiled in ethics scandals for weeks following bombshell revelations by ProPublica, the investigative outlet which published new revelations about how the billionaire conservative donor Harlan Crow has paid for lavish holidays for the justice, bought Thomas’s mother’s home, and paid for the judge’s great-nephew’s private school education. The stories have prompted an outcry on Capitol Hill, where Democrats have called for the passage of new ethics rules.
Thomas is known for having close relationships with his former clerks. A 2019 article in the Atlantic noted that the rightwing justice has a “vast network” of former clerks and mentees who are now serving as federal judges and served in senior positions throughout the Trump administration. The large presence of former Thomas clerks, the Atlantic noted, meant that the “notoriously silent justice may end up with an outsize voice in the legal system for years to come”.
Thomas’s chamber did not respond to a request for comment.
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Lawyers with supreme court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo
Payments to Rajan Vasisht, an aide from 2019-21, underscore ties between the justice and lawyers who argue cases in front of him
Coon Thomas: "You see, I'm a man of the people, someone who prefers “the RV parks [and] the Walmart parking lots to the beaches and things like that. There's something normal to me about it. I come from regular stock, and I prefer that — I prefer being around that.”
In 1999, Thomas, who was appointed to the nation's highest court eight years earlier, paid $267,230 for a Prevost Marathon RV, according to a title for the vehicle obtained by the Times.
In the years since, Thomas has used the 40-foot behemoth to tour the country and visit luxury resorts. In remarks to the Supreme Court Historical Society, Thomas said he and his wife, Ginni — a right-wing activist who worked to overturn the 2020 election — visited 23 states in the RV just over the summer of 2018.
But Thomas has never disclosed the fact that the vehicle was financed, in part, by Anthony Welters, a former executive at UnitedHealthCare who worked alongside Thomas in the Reagan administration. Welters' wife, Beatrice, served as an ambassador under Obama, to whom the couple donated between $200,000 and $500,000 during the 2008 presidential campaign and another $100,000 for his 2009 inauguration.
The revelation comes after reporting from ProPublica showing that Thomas has accepted gifts valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars from another friend, Republican donor Harlan Crow.
A spokesperson for the Supreme Court did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In a statement to the Times, Welters said he had provided Thomas a loan so he could buy the RV. He also provided a copy of a "lien release," which shows the loan was "satisfied," he told the Times.
But Welters refused to say how much money he had lent the Supreme Court justice, nor on what terms. And while he said the loan was satisfied, that does not necessarily mean it was paid off, raising questions about whether it should have been disclosed as a gift.
The revelation comes amid a push to impose new ethics requirements on Supreme Court justices.
"They should adopt the same code of ethics as every other federal judge in America," Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat who has sponsored new ethics legislation, said last month. "The disclosures that have come out recently... really compel us to do something for the sake of the court."
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Clarence Thomas purchased his luxury $267K RV with the help of a wealthy former healthcare executive: NYT
- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas purchased a $267,000 RV with the help of a wealthy friend.
- Thomas received a loan from Anthony Welters, a former executive at UnitedHealthCare, The New York Times reported.
- Welters, who is a big-time Democratic donor, would not say how much money he lent Thomas.
In 1999, Thomas, who was appointed to the nation's highest court eight years earlier, paid $267,230 for a Prevost Marathon RV, according to a title for the vehicle obtained by the Times.
In the years since, Thomas has used the 40-foot behemoth to tour the country and visit luxury resorts. In remarks to the Supreme Court Historical Society, Thomas said he and his wife, Ginni — a right-wing activist who worked to overturn the 2020 election — visited 23 states in the RV just over the summer of 2018.
But Thomas has never disclosed the fact that the vehicle was financed, in part, by Anthony Welters, a former executive at UnitedHealthCare who worked alongside Thomas in the Reagan administration. Welters' wife, Beatrice, served as an ambassador under Obama, to whom the couple donated between $200,000 and $500,000 during the 2008 presidential campaign and another $100,000 for his 2009 inauguration.
The revelation comes after reporting from ProPublica showing that Thomas has accepted gifts valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars from another friend, Republican donor Harlan Crow.
A spokesperson for the Supreme Court did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In a statement to the Times, Welters said he had provided Thomas a loan so he could buy the RV. He also provided a copy of a "lien release," which shows the loan was "satisfied," he told the Times.
But Welters refused to say how much money he had lent the Supreme Court justice, nor on what terms. And while he said the loan was satisfied, that does not necessarily mean it was paid off, raising questions about whether it should have been disclosed as a gift.
The revelation comes amid a push to impose new ethics requirements on Supreme Court justices.
"They should adopt the same code of ethics as every other federal judge in America," Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat who has sponsored new ethics legislation, said last month. "The disclosures that have come out recently... really compel us to do something for the sake of the court."
Clarence Thomas purchased his luxury RV with the help of a wealthy former healthcare executive: NYT
The Supreme Court justice did not disclose that a former healthcare executive helped finance the purchase of his $267,000 recreational vehicle.
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Coon Thomas: "You see, I'm a man of the people, someone who prefers “the RV parks [and] the Walmart parking lots to the beaches and things like that. There's something normal to me about it. I come from regular stock, and I prefer that — I prefer being around that.”
THIS.... and Propublica is still digging in this coons finances.....
GIFTS TO JUSTICE THOMAS INCLUDE:
38 DESTINATION VACATIONS
26 PRIVATE JET FLIGHTS
8 HELICOPTER RIDES
12 VIP PASSES TO PRO & COLLEGE SPORTS EVENTS
2 STAYS AT LUXURY RESORTS IN FLORIDA AND JAMAICA
STANDING INVITATION TO UBER-EXCLUSIVE GOLF CLUB
YACHT VOYAGE AROUND THE BAHAMAS
"I COME FROM COMMON STOCK AND PREFER TO LIVE THAT WAY"
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THIS.... and Propublica is still digging in this coons finances.....
GIFTS TO JUSTICE THOMAS INCLUDE:
38 DESTINATION VACATIONS
26 PRIVATE JET FLIGHTS
8 HELICOPTER RIDES
12 VIP PASSES TO PRO & COLLEGE SPORTS EVENTS
2 STAYS AT LUXURY RESORTS IN FLORIDA AND JAMAICA
STANDING INVITATION TO UBER-EXCLUSIVE GOLF CLUB
YACHT VOYAGE AROUND THE BAHAMAS
"I COME FROM COMMON STOCK AND PREFER TO LIVE THAT WAY"
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Clarence Thomas’ 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the Supreme Court Justice to Luxury Travel
During his three decades on the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas has enjoyed steady access to a lifestyle most Americans can only imagine.
by Brett Murphy and Alex Mierjeski
Aug. 10, 2023
www.propublica.org
During his three decades on the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas has enjoyed steady access to a lifestyle most Americans can only imagine.
by Brett Murphy and Alex Mierjeski
Aug. 10, 2023
Clarence Thomas’ 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the Supreme Court Justice to Luxury Travel
The fullest accounting yet shows how Thomas has secretly reaped the benefits from a network of wealthy and well-connected patrons that is far more extensive than previously understood.
Clarence Thomas purchased his luxury RV with the help of a wealthy former healthcare executive: NYT
Thomas received a loan from Anthony Welters, a former executive at UnitedHealthCare, The New York Times reported.
Charles R. Davis
Aug 5, 2023
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Thomas received a loan from Anthony Welters, a former executive at UnitedHealthCare, The New York Times reported.
Charles R. Davis
Aug 5, 2023
Clarence Thomas purchased his luxury RV with the help of a wealthy former healthcare executive: NYT
The Supreme Court justice did not disclose that a former healthcare executive helped finance the purchase of his $267,000 recreational vehicle.
www.businessinsider.com
What Ginni Thomas and Leonard Leo wrought: How a justice’s wife and a key activist started a movement
Thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, a trove of so-called “dark money” was about to be unleashed. Two activists prepared to seize the moment.
By HEIDI PRZYBYLA
09/10/2023
www.politico.com
Leonard Leo’s role as the central figure in the conservative legal movement has long been known, culminating in his acquisition last year of what many believe to be the largest political donation in history.
Thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, a trove of so-called “dark money” was about to be unleashed. Two activists prepared to seize the moment.
By HEIDI PRZYBYLA
09/10/2023
What Ginni Thomas and Leonard Leo wrought: How a justice’s wife and a key activist started a movement
Thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, a trove of so-called "dark money" was about to be unleashed. Two activists prepared to seize the moment.
www.politico.com
Leonard Leo’s role as the central figure in the conservative legal movement has long been known, culminating in his acquisition last year of what many believe to be the largest political donation in history.
Clarence Thomas recuses himself as Supreme Court rejects ex-Trump lawyer John Eastman's appeal
Thomas, who is under fire over claims of ethical lapses, was criticized for not recusing himself from a separate Jan. 6-related case because his wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, supported then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
By Lawrence Hurley
Oct. 2, 2023
www.nbcnews.com
WASHINGTON — Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas for the first time recused himself from a case involving the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by then-President Donald Trump's supporters as the Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal brought by former Trump legal adviser John Eastman.
Thomas, under fire over claims of ethical lapses, had participated last year when the court rejected Trump's bid to prevent White House documents from being handed over to the House committee investigating Jan. 6.
Then, Thomas was the only justice to signal support for Trump's legal arguments.
This time, Thomas stepped aside in the case involving Eastman, who had served as a law clerk to the justice.
Eastman’s case also involved the now-defunct Jan. 6 committee, centering on the former law professor’s efforts to prevent his former employer, Chapman University, from handing over archived emails sent from or to Eastman's account.
As is typical for justices, Thomas did not explain why he recused himself. In addition to Thomas' professional history with Eastman, another reason he might have stepped aside is that some of the released emails reportedly mentioned Thomas as being the justice likely to be most receptive to Trump's arguments.
The case was effectively moot even before the Supreme Court's action on Monday as the committee obtained relevant emails and has concluded its investigation.
Eastman had pushed the discredited argument that then-Vice President Mike Pence had the power to refuse to certify the 2020 presidential election results.
He has also been indicted over efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.
Eastman recently vouched for Thomas following various news reports alleging that the justices had fallen short of ethical standards. Separately, he is facing disbarment proceedings in California over his role in the election.
Thomas earlier had faced criticism for failing to recuse himself from Trump's Jan. 6 case because his wife, conservative political activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, had been a vocal supporter of Trump’s efforts to overturn the election.
Anthony Caso, Eastman’s lawyer, said in an email Monday he was “disappointed” that the Supreme Court did not throw out the district court ruling that allowed the emails to be disclosed now that the case is moot.
Caso previously wrote in a court filing for the appeal that the lower court decision "cast aspersions not just on Dr. Eastman but also on his former client, the former president of the United States."
John Eastman had pushed the discredited argument that then-Vice President Mike Pence had the power to refuse to certify the 2020 presidential election result..
Thomas, who is under fire over claims of ethical lapses, was criticized for not recusing himself from a separate Jan. 6-related case because his wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, supported then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
By Lawrence Hurley
Oct. 2, 2023
Clarence Thomas recuses as Supreme Court rejects ex-Trump lawyer John Eastman's appeal
Thomas, who is under fire over claims of ethical lapses, was criticized for not recusing himself from a separate Jan. 6-related case because his wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, supported then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
WASHINGTON — Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas for the first time recused himself from a case involving the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by then-President Donald Trump's supporters as the Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal brought by former Trump legal adviser John Eastman.
Thomas, under fire over claims of ethical lapses, had participated last year when the court rejected Trump's bid to prevent White House documents from being handed over to the House committee investigating Jan. 6.
Then, Thomas was the only justice to signal support for Trump's legal arguments.
This time, Thomas stepped aside in the case involving Eastman, who had served as a law clerk to the justice.
Eastman’s case also involved the now-defunct Jan. 6 committee, centering on the former law professor’s efforts to prevent his former employer, Chapman University, from handing over archived emails sent from or to Eastman's account.
As is typical for justices, Thomas did not explain why he recused himself. In addition to Thomas' professional history with Eastman, another reason he might have stepped aside is that some of the released emails reportedly mentioned Thomas as being the justice likely to be most receptive to Trump's arguments.
The case was effectively moot even before the Supreme Court's action on Monday as the committee obtained relevant emails and has concluded its investigation.
Eastman had pushed the discredited argument that then-Vice President Mike Pence had the power to refuse to certify the 2020 presidential election results.
He has also been indicted over efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.
Eastman recently vouched for Thomas following various news reports alleging that the justices had fallen short of ethical standards. Separately, he is facing disbarment proceedings in California over his role in the election.
Thomas earlier had faced criticism for failing to recuse himself from Trump's Jan. 6 case because his wife, conservative political activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, had been a vocal supporter of Trump’s efforts to overturn the election.
Anthony Caso, Eastman’s lawyer, said in an email Monday he was “disappointed” that the Supreme Court did not throw out the district court ruling that allowed the emails to be disclosed now that the case is moot.
Caso previously wrote in a court filing for the appeal that the lower court decision "cast aspersions not just on Dr. Eastman but also on his former client, the former president of the United States."
John Eastman had pushed the discredited argument that then-Vice President Mike Pence had the power to refuse to certify the 2020 presidential election result..
What Ginni Thomas and Leonard Leo wrought: How a justice’s wife and a key activist started a movement
Thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, a trove of so-called “dark money” was about to be unleashed. Two activists prepared to seize the moment.
By HEIDI PRZYBYLA
09/10/2023
What Ginni Thomas and Leonard Leo wrought: How a justice’s wife and a key activist started a movement
Thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, a trove of so-called "dark money" was about to be unleashed. Two activists prepared to seize the moment.
Leonard Leo’s role as the central figure in the conservative legal movement has long been known, culminating in his acquisition last year of what many believe to be the largest political donation in history.
Part 3: Leo Turns His Attention to State Supreme Courts | On the Media | WNYC Studios
And leans on a governor.
Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events
by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski
Sept. 22, 2023
www.propublica.org
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was at the Bohemian Grove, a secretive all-men’s retreat in Northern California, with billionaire industrialist David Koch, right, and Ken Burns, whose films Koch has financially supported.
by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski
Sept. 22, 2023
Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events
Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was at the Bohemian Grove, a secretive all-men’s retreat in Northern California, with billionaire industrialist David Koch, right, and Ken Burns, whose films Koch has financially supported.
Angry About Your Kid’s After-School Satan Club? Blame Clarence Thomas.
The Satanic Temple is helping students form after-school clubs, and parents are furious—but they’re blaming the wrong people.
Adam Laats
December 22, 2023
newrepublic.com
…Those outraged about Satan in schools and other public buildings—reasonable and unreasonable alike—are directing their anger in the wrong direction. The people most responsible for allowing Satan into these spaces are not the leaders of the Satanic Temple. They are not even school administrators or heathen Democrats. No, the people most to blame are some of America’s most prominent conservatives—including Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. And protesters’ efforts to block Satanic clubs and displays would, if successful, undermine decades of conservative Christian activism.
The Satanic Temple was on firm legal footing, thanks to the Supreme Court. Back in 2001, the justices heard the case Good News Club v. Milford Central School, about a conservative Christian group that wanted to run an after-school club at the district’s only K-12 school building in central New York. The district had turned down the group’s application, citing state law and district policy against the use of public facilities by religious groups, but the Supreme Court, in a 6–3 decision, ruled in the group’s favor.
Writing for the majority, Thomas concluded that the Constitution’s separation of church and state did not just justify Milford’s violation of the club’s “free speech rights.” “When Milford denied the Good News Club access to the school’s limited public forum on the ground that the Club was religious in nature, it discriminated against the Club because of its religious viewpoint,” he wrote. Thomas’s opinion did not, however, officially endorse the club’s religion, nor suggest that public schools could endorse religion.
The implications of the ruling, being somewhat narrowly written, seemed modest at the time. The Good News Club received no funding from the school district, and there were no school personnel involved. Perhaps most important, from a constitutional perspective, they also wouldn’t be conducting religious worship, only offering children, in the words of the club’s founder, “a fun time of singing songs, hearing a Bible lesson and memorizing scripture.”…
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Associate Justice Of The SCOTUS Clarence Thomas
The Satanic Temple is helping students form after-school clubs, and parents are furious—but they’re blaming the wrong people.
Adam Laats
December 22, 2023
Angry About Your Kid’s After-School Satan Club? Blame Clarence Thomas.
The Satanic Temple is helping students form after-school clubs, and parents are furious—but they’re blaming the wrong people.
newrepublic.com
…Those outraged about Satan in schools and other public buildings—reasonable and unreasonable alike—are directing their anger in the wrong direction. The people most responsible for allowing Satan into these spaces are not the leaders of the Satanic Temple. They are not even school administrators or heathen Democrats. No, the people most to blame are some of America’s most prominent conservatives—including Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. And protesters’ efforts to block Satanic clubs and displays would, if successful, undermine decades of conservative Christian activism.
The Satanic Temple was on firm legal footing, thanks to the Supreme Court. Back in 2001, the justices heard the case Good News Club v. Milford Central School, about a conservative Christian group that wanted to run an after-school club at the district’s only K-12 school building in central New York. The district had turned down the group’s application, citing state law and district policy against the use of public facilities by religious groups, but the Supreme Court, in a 6–3 decision, ruled in the group’s favor.
Writing for the majority, Thomas concluded that the Constitution’s separation of church and state did not just justify Milford’s violation of the club’s “free speech rights.” “When Milford denied the Good News Club access to the school’s limited public forum on the ground that the Club was religious in nature, it discriminated against the Club because of its religious viewpoint,” he wrote. Thomas’s opinion did not, however, officially endorse the club’s religion, nor suggest that public schools could endorse religion.
The implications of the ruling, being somewhat narrowly written, seemed modest at the time. The Good News Club received no funding from the school district, and there were no school personnel involved. Perhaps most important, from a constitutional perspective, they also wouldn’t be conducting religious worship, only offering children, in the words of the club’s founder, “a fun time of singing songs, hearing a Bible lesson and memorizing scripture.”…
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Associate Justice Of The SCOTUS Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas says critics are pushing 'nastiness' and calls Washington a 'hideous place'
The Supreme Court justice said that “reckless” people in Washington, D.C., will “bomb your reputation.”
By The Associated Press
May 10, 2024
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The Supreme Court justice said that “reckless” people in Washington, D.C., will “bomb your reputation.”
By The Associated Press
May 10, 2024
Justice Clarence Thomas calls Washington a 'hideous place'
The Supreme Court justice said that “reckless” people in Washington, D.C., will “bomb your reputation.”
Clarence Thomas acknowledges trips with billionaire Harlan Crow in financial disclosure
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received concert tickets worth $3,700 from pop superstar Beyoncé, her annual disclosures said.
By Lawrence Hurley
June 7, 2024
www.nbcnews.com
Justice Clarence Thomas reported a 2019 trip to Bali with billionaire friend Harlan Crow in his annual financial disclosures report released Friday — a previously reported instance of the justice's cozy relationship with the real-estate mogul.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received concert tickets worth $3,700 from pop superstar Beyoncé, according to her report.
She and other justices also announced big advances for books they are working on — with Jackson's by far the largest: $894,000 for her upcoming book, compared to $340,000 for Justice Brett Kavanaugh and $250,000 for Justice Neil Gorsuch. That Kavanaugh — whose confirmation hearing was dominated by accusations of sexual misconduct dating back decades (which he denied) — is writing a book was first reported by Axios on Thursday.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor also announced more than $86,000 in book royalties, plus a more modest $1,879 payment for doing voiceover work for her appearance on the animated children's show "Alma's Way."
The annual reports list such things as outside earnings, assets, gifts and stock holdings. Justices can ask for an extension, which Justice Samuel Alito has done, meaning his report was not available.
Thomas' disclosure of his 2019 trip to Bali as well as another trip to California the same year to the private Bohemian Grove club, both with Crow, correspond to trips that Pro Publica reported on last year in a series of Pulitzer Prize-winning stories about previously undisclosed luxury travel that raised questions about the Supreme Court's commitment to ethics rules.
In his report, Thomas mentions just one night in a Bali hotel with Crow and Crow's wife, although the Pro Publica story chronicled a more extensive trip that included island-hopping on a superyacht. Pro Publica also reported that Thomas flew to Indonesia on Crow's private jet.
Likewise, Thomas reported lodging expenses for the California trip, but not any travel costs. Pro Publica said Thomas had traveled on Crow's private jet to Bohemian Grove.
At the time of the original Pro Publica report, Thomas said that under ethics rules that were in place then, he was not required to report trips on private jets funded by friends. He said the trips were a form of "personal hospitality" that justices did not have to report.
Thomas' report said the two trips had been "inadvertently omitted" from his 2019 report. There was no mention in Thomas' report of any Crow-related trips since the Pro Publica stories were published.
The Supreme Court adopted a new code of conduct last year amid the scrutiny over the justices' ethics, although it has been heavily criticized for lacking any enforcement mechanism. The judiciary has also updated its disclosure rules to make it clear that private jet travel has to be reported.
Members of the Supreme Court released their annual financial disclosures on Friday.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received concert tickets worth $3,700 from pop superstar Beyoncé, her annual disclosures said.
By Lawrence Hurley
June 7, 2024
Clarence Thomas acknowledges trips with billionaire Harlan Crow in financial disclosure
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received concert tickets worth $3,700 from pop superstar Beyoncé, her annual disclosures said.
Justice Clarence Thomas reported a 2019 trip to Bali with billionaire friend Harlan Crow in his annual financial disclosures report released Friday — a previously reported instance of the justice's cozy relationship with the real-estate mogul.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received concert tickets worth $3,700 from pop superstar Beyoncé, according to her report.
She and other justices also announced big advances for books they are working on — with Jackson's by far the largest: $894,000 for her upcoming book, compared to $340,000 for Justice Brett Kavanaugh and $250,000 for Justice Neil Gorsuch. That Kavanaugh — whose confirmation hearing was dominated by accusations of sexual misconduct dating back decades (which he denied) — is writing a book was first reported by Axios on Thursday.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor also announced more than $86,000 in book royalties, plus a more modest $1,879 payment for doing voiceover work for her appearance on the animated children's show "Alma's Way."
The annual reports list such things as outside earnings, assets, gifts and stock holdings. Justices can ask for an extension, which Justice Samuel Alito has done, meaning his report was not available.
Thomas' disclosure of his 2019 trip to Bali as well as another trip to California the same year to the private Bohemian Grove club, both with Crow, correspond to trips that Pro Publica reported on last year in a series of Pulitzer Prize-winning stories about previously undisclosed luxury travel that raised questions about the Supreme Court's commitment to ethics rules.
In his report, Thomas mentions just one night in a Bali hotel with Crow and Crow's wife, although the Pro Publica story chronicled a more extensive trip that included island-hopping on a superyacht. Pro Publica also reported that Thomas flew to Indonesia on Crow's private jet.
Likewise, Thomas reported lodging expenses for the California trip, but not any travel costs. Pro Publica said Thomas had traveled on Crow's private jet to Bohemian Grove.
At the time of the original Pro Publica report, Thomas said that under ethics rules that were in place then, he was not required to report trips on private jets funded by friends. He said the trips were a form of "personal hospitality" that justices did not have to report.
Thomas' report said the two trips had been "inadvertently omitted" from his 2019 report. There was no mention in Thomas' report of any Crow-related trips since the Pro Publica stories were published.
The Supreme Court adopted a new code of conduct last year amid the scrutiny over the justices' ethics, although it has been heavily criticized for lacking any enforcement mechanism. The judiciary has also updated its disclosure rules to make it clear that private jet travel has to be reported.
Members of the Supreme Court released their annual financial disclosures on Friday.
Thomas has accepted $4M in gifts during career: Watchdog
Supreme Court justices have received nearly $5 million in gifts since the early 2000s, and one justice in particular, Justice Clarence Thomas, accounts for nearly all of it.
BY LAUREN IRWIN
06/06/24
Supreme Court justices have received nearly $5 million in gifts since the early 2000s, and one justice in particular, Justice Clarence Thomas, accounts for nearly all of it.
BY LAUREN IRWIN
06/06/24
Clarence Thomas accepted a free yacht trip to Russia and got flown out on a complimentary helicopter ride to Putin's hometown, 2 Democratic senators say
Democratic senators have accused Justice Clarence Thomas of accepting undisclosed gifts and trips. They say he accepted gifts such as a yacht trip to Russia and a chopper ride to Vladimir Putin's hometown. The senators want an investigation into potential tax fraud and ties between Thomas and Harlan Crow.
Aditi Bharade
Jul 11, 2024
Clarence Thomas, an associate justice of the US Supreme Court, and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Democratic senators have accused Justice Clarence Thomas of accepting undisclosed gifts and trips. They say he accepted gifts such as a yacht trip to Russia and a chopper ride to Vladimir Putin's hometown. The senators want an investigation into potential tax fraud and ties between Thomas and Harlan Crow.
Aditi Bharade
Jul 11, 2024
Clarence Thomas accepted a free trip to Putin's hometown: Dems
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Sen. Ron Wyden wrote a letter to the US attorney general with a list of undisclosed gifts they said Thomas had received.
www.businessinsider.com
Clarence Thomas, an associate justice of the US Supreme Court, and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Clarence Thomas Urges 'Reexamination' of 150-Year-Old Civil Rights Statute
Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a new opinion issued Thursday that the Court should "reexamine" a century-old section of federal law that widely enables civil rights litigation.
By Nick Mordowanec
June 28, 2025
www.newsweek.com
"The Court properly applies our precedents to resolve the question presented," Thomas writes. "As it makes clear, even under current doctrine, courts should not too readily recognize a statutory right as enforceable under §1983.
"But, given the remarkable gap between the original understanding of §1983 and its current role, a more fundamental reexamination of our §1983 jurisprudence is in order."
Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, known formally as 42 U.S.C. §1983, is a federal law that allows for the suing of state and local government officials for violating constitutional rights. It's also used widely in federal civil rights litigation...
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas appears before swearing in Pam Bondi as U.S. Attorney General in the Oval Office at the White House on February 5 in Washington, D.C
Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a new opinion issued Thursday that the Court should "reexamine" a century-old section of federal law that widely enables civil rights litigation.
By Nick Mordowanec
June 28, 2025
Clarence Thomas urges "reexamination' of 150-year-old civil rights statute
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas has had many thoughts on a section of federal code over the years.
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"The Court properly applies our precedents to resolve the question presented," Thomas writes. "As it makes clear, even under current doctrine, courts should not too readily recognize a statutory right as enforceable under §1983.
"But, given the remarkable gap between the original understanding of §1983 and its current role, a more fundamental reexamination of our §1983 jurisprudence is in order."
Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, known formally as 42 U.S.C. §1983, is a federal law that allows for the suing of state and local government officials for violating constitutional rights. It's also used widely in federal civil rights litigation...
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas appears before swearing in Pam Bondi as U.S. Attorney General in the Oval Office at the White House on February 5 in Washington, D.C
Clarence Thomas Urges 'Reexamination' of 150-Year-Old Civil Rights Statute
Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a new opinion issued Thursday that the Court should "reexamine" a century-old section of federal law that widely enables civil rights litigation.
By Nick Mordowanec
June 28, 2025
Clarence Thomas urges "reexamination' of 150-year-old civil rights statute
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas has had many thoughts on a section of federal code over the years.
"The Court properly applies our precedents to resolve the question presented," Thomas writes. "As it makes clear, even under current doctrine, courts should not too readily recognize a statutory right as enforceable under §1983.
"But, given the remarkable gap between the original understanding of §1983 and its current role, a more fundamental reexamination of our §1983 jurisprudence is in order."
Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, known formally as 42 U.S.C. §1983, is a federal law that allows for the suing of state and local government officials for violating constitutional rights. It's also used widely in federal civil rights litigation...
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas appears before swearing in Pam Bondi as U.S. Attorney General in the Oval Office at the White House on February 5 in Washington, D.C
This bastard is just even and really hates his own people
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