It must be more than a little embarrassing for a Supreme Court justice to lament that he took some bad legal advice, writes Clarence Page.
Justice Clarence Thomas in Dallas, Texas, in May 2022. Democratic lawmakers on April 6, 2023, reiterated calls to tighten ethics rules for the Supreme Court after a report shed light on gifts and favors Thomas accepted from a major conservative donor for nearly 20 years.
The largesse came courtesy of Harlan Crow, a Dallas billionaire and longtime friend of Thomas’ and his wife. The core of the controversy is not so much that Justice Thomas received the gifts but that he did not disclose receiving them.For example, Thomas did disclose a 2015 gift from Crow — a bronze bust of abolitionist Frederick Douglass valued at $6,484, ProPublica’s report said. But his reports don’t mention the vacations and other travel on Crow’s plane.
Well, that may sound lovely, as far as the Thomases and Crows are concerned but, in today’s fashionable parlance, it’s not a good look. Well, I don’t think anyone should begrudge Thomas’ enjoyment of an old friend’s generosity, as long as he discloses it. That way, in keeping with our nation’s democratic principles of governance and accountability, we all get a chance to be the judge,
Judges below the Supreme Court are instructed to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. That’s an excellent standard that should be fundamental to all of the Supreme Court’s business.
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