No surprise - Clarence Thomas is completely corrupt

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What did Crow get in exchange?

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Those darn "leftists" who think that SCOTUS justices shouldn't be corrupt religious extremists. Always out to get him.

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Anonymous wrote:What did Crow get in exchange?

Friendship! Don't you take your friends on half million dollar vacations, while also giving their parents a free place to live, and paying the private school tuition for their extended family?

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Those darn "leftists" who think that SCOTUS justices shouldn't be corrupt religious extremists. Always out to get him.

"Those darn leftists" have been out to get him from the moment he took the oath on SCOTUS.
It has ramped up recently because the left is recognizing that they cannot control SCOTUS.

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Thomas makes 250+ as a Justice plus teaching 0-30k per year plus investments plus book deal plus talking circuit plus his wife's income and they cant afford the 46k at RM? Even if HC only paid 1 year at each, it doesn't matter. Thomas is more than financially capable of paying and from this article "At age 6, Martin moved in with the Thomases in Virginia after the justice became his legal guardian around January 1998 following Martin’s father’s arrest. He stayed with the Thomases until he was 19." he was his legal guardian and it should have been included since it was for a direct relation.

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Anonymous wrote:Clarence Thomas is a wealthy guy. Why did he need someone else to pay the tuition? If Crow was concerned about funding education for poor kids, why couldn't he have paid the tuition of a truly poor kid who doesn't have a wealthy great-uncle raising him?

How do you know he hasn't done this?

DP - but I don't care if Crow paid for some random poor kid. I hope he has. The issue is that Crow developed tight connections with Thomas after Thomas became a justice on the Supreme Court and he paid private school tuition for Thomas' family member.

It's impossible to believe that Crow helped Thomas's nephew by accident.

Ooops. Accidentally paid that tuition of that SCOTUS justice's family member. Hate it when that happens.

Whoopsies!

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Anonymous wrote:Thomas makes 250+ as a Justice plus teaching 0-30k per year plus investments plus book deal plus talking circuit plus his wife's income and they cant afford the 46k at RM? Even if HC only paid 1 year at each, it doesn't matter. Thomas is more than financially capable of paying and from this article "At age 6, Martin moved in with the Thomases in Virginia after the justice became his legal guardian around January 1998 following Martin’s father’s arrest. He stayed with the Thomases until he was 19." he was his legal guardian and it should have been included since it was for a direct relation.

That’s not even counting the hundreds of thousands that Ginni made from the RWNJ orgs that Crow set up for her.

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Anonymous wrote:Thomas makes 250+ as a Justice plus teaching 0-30k per year plus investments plus book deal plus talking circuit plus his wife's income and they cant afford the 46k at RM? Even if HC only paid 1 year at each, it doesn't matter. Thomas is more than financially capable of paying and from this article "At age 6, Martin moved in with the Thomases in Virginia after the justice became his legal guardian around January 1998 following Martin’s father’s arrest. He stayed with the Thomases until he was 19." he was his legal guardian and it should have been included since it was for a direct relation.

But also, forget about whether it's appropriate or not for Thomas to have this uncomfortably cozy relationship with Crow. He should have disclosed the gifts! That part is clear.

What IS this?!

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Crow is a major donor to conservative advocacy groups who seek to influence the Supreme Court. For example, Crow serves on the board of trustees for the American Enterprise Institute which routinely lobbies the Supreme Court through amicus briefs. Kathy Crow serves on the board of trustees for the Manhattan Group which also files amicus briefs with the Supreme Court.

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Anonymous wrote:What did Crow get in exchange?

Read the thread. Trammell Crow had business in front of the Court and so did the right wing organizations Crow has saved on boards for.

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"And, also, I like free stuff. Make that check payable to Quittin'-Time Clarence."

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Anonymous wrote:Harlan Crow paid private school tuition for Clarence Thomas’s kid.
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-private-school-tuition-scotus

Oh Clarence, what have you done?

He devoted time and attention to his great nephew.
You have an issue with that?

STATEMENT OF MARK PAOLETTA, FRIEND OF JUSTICE THOMAS

The Thomases have rarely spoken publicly about the remarkably generous efforts to help a child in need. They have always respected the privacy of this young man and his family. It is disappointing and painful, but unsurprising that some journalists and critics cannot do the same.

The Thomases—quietly and honorably—devoted twelve years of their lives to helping a beloved child in desperate need of love, support, and guidance. In 1997, Justice Thomas and his wife brought their great nephew to live with them. They agreed to take in this young child much as Justice Thomas’s grandparents had done for him and his brother in 1955. Justice Thomas’s grandparents changed the trajectory of his life, and the Thomases hoped to do the same for a child in need.

Justice Thomas and his wife made immeasurable personal and financial sacrifices and poured every ounce of their lives and hearts into giving their great nephew a chance to succeed. In the summer of 2006, the Thomases were struggling to find a school where they could send their great nephew. In discussing these challenges with their dear friends, Harlan and Kathy Crow, Harlan recommended that the Thomases consider one more option: sending their great nephew to Randolph Macon Academy. Harlan had attended Randolph Macon, and he thought the school would be a good fit.

Harlan had financially supported Randolph Macon since the 1980s, and funded scholarships for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Harlan offered to pay the first year of Justice Thomas’s great nephew’s tuition in 2006, and that payment went directly to the school. Harlan Crow’s Office confirmed that he did not pay the great nephew’s tuition for any other year at Randolph Macon.

After some time, Randolph Macon recommended the great nephew attend a boarding school in Georgia for one year. Harlan offered to pay the first year of tuition for their great nephew at the Georgia school, and again, those tuition payments went directly to the school.

By the next school year (2009), the Thomases’ great nephew returned to Randolph Macon. He moved back to Savannah in December 2009, after he turned 18. The Thomases love their great nephew. It is despicable that the press has dragged him into their effort to smear Justice Thomas.

This story is another attempt to manufacture a scandal about Justice Thomas. But let’s be clear about what is supposedly scandalous now: Justice Thomas and his wife devoted twelve years of their lives to taking in and caring for a beloved child—who was not their own—just as Justice Thomas’s grandparents had done for him. They made many personal and financial sacrifices to do this. And along the way, their friends joined them in doing everything possible to give this child a future.

Harlan Crow’s tuition payments made directly to these schools on behalf of Justice Thomas’s great nephew did not constitute a reportable gift. Justice Thomas was not required to disclose the tuition payments made directly to Randolph Macon and the Georgia school on behalf of his great nephew because the definition of a “dependent child” under the Ethics in Government Act (5 U.S.C. 13101 (2)) does not include a “great nephew.” It is limited to a “son, daughter, stepson or stepdaughter.” Justice Thomas never asked Harlan Crow to pay for his great nephew’s tuition. And neither Harlan Crow, nor his company, had any business before the Supreme Court.

This malicious story shows nothing except for the fact that the Thomases and the Crows are kind, generous, and loving people who tried to help this young man.

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Why didn't he disclose any of this? That's the issue. If he thought it was really NBD, just a little grifting between friends, why didn't he disclose?

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This is all absolutely insane.

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Anonymous wrote:This is all absolutely insane.

Any judge who thinks it is okay to accept gifts valued in this range is frankly clueless and no doubt is neither a good unbiased judge or even a good lawyer. Being unbiased (or at least trying) requires a certain amount of self awareness that Thomas simply lacks.