r/politics • u/TimesandSundayTimes ✔ Verified • 25d ago

Clarence Thomas: I should have declared free holidays from billionaire Paywall

https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/clarence-thomas-i-should-have-declared-free-holidays-from-billionaire-7ngkc3hxj
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u/Tballz9 25d ago

And yet you didn't, which makes them bribes, you corrupt ass.

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u/Thue 25d ago edited 25d ago

It is not like declaring them makes them not bribes. Why do you think those billionaires gave Thomas $millions in gifts, instead of e.g. giving that money to me?

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u/b0x3r_ 25d ago

What is the quid pro quo?

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u/In2TheMaelstrom 24d ago

And even then, it doesn't matter. It's up to him to decide if there is a reason to recuse himself from a case, no higher court to worry about deciding that he should have, and no real penalty. Supreme Court was supposed to be a lifetime appointment to make sure they could operate based solely on law without pressure from the executive and legislative branches. Instead it's become a lifetime of do whatever you want.