The Supreme Court keeps tripping over its own robes. Last week, ProPublica revealed that a conservative megadonor has been secretly subsidizing the lifestyle of Justice Clarence Thomas. In a rare public statement, the justice claims he asked others on the Court and in the judiciary, who assured him he need not disclose such beneficence.
It’s not clear which is worse: if this is true, or if it isn’t.
Thomas said all this merely involved “personal hospitality” from a friend (albeit a billionaire who befriended Thomas only after he was appointed to the Court). That might evoke a dinner party or a weekend at a friend’s lake house. Hardly: Thomas frolicked on Harlan Crow’s superyacht, flew on his personal jet, vacationed at his private resort, and traveled with him to Bohemian Grove, an all-male retreat in California. According to ProPublica, the largesse was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Thomas claimed to want to avoid chichi vacations. “I prefer the RV parks. I prefer the Walmart parking lots […]
I think, since there are two major parties in this country. They both have different views. That should be promoted in the Supreme Court by having half Republicans and half Democrats with an added independent added to the court who could be a tie breaker. A lot of proplr think the same as I do!
P.S.: I missed that mistake: “propir” should be people. Sorry. I have to use a wired keyboard now, which I am not used to. I have always used wireless keyboards, but Microsoft, through their Windows product have made it impossible to use wireless keyboards any more. The bastards want us to buy new computers even I and many other poor people will not have the money, so we won’t even be able to use a computer any more. This will shut off a lot of older people especially to have no communication with the internet and their friends as well.