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/slapnowski 25d ago

No. Fuck declaring them, he shouldn’t have accepted them in the first place. It’s insane that as a nurse I can’t accept a gift from a patient I’ve cared for, but one of the most influential judges in the country (world even?) can legally be bribed.

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u/FearCure 25d ago edited 25d ago

Exactly. Regardless our role ( scientist, procurement, commercial, etc etc) in our company with 110,000 employees, we are all required to declare ALL gifts and NO ONE is allowed to accept any gift with a market value greater than eighty dollars.

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u/blonderengel Louisiana 25d ago

ya, no shit!

according to the yearly ethics training to which we (uni profs in Louisiana) have to submit:

  1. the individual gift can't be worth more than $25
  2. the yearly max from any one student or former student in a calendar year is $75

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u/OlderThanMyParents 25d ago

Justice Thomas: "sucks to be you."

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u/blonderengel Louisiana 24d ago

Same guy: "it's good to be king."

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u/Dispro 24d ago

Well his one trip was only 3,000 times that maximum, it's barely even a violation!

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u/blonderengel Louisiana 24d ago

Barely makes a dent in that avalanche of ethically questionable crap enveloping Clarence.

Maybe he has trouble seeing it like the lion by the same name ... lol