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Clarence Thomas’ 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the Supreme Court Justice to Luxury Travel (www.propublica.org)

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The fullest accounting yet shows how Thomas has secretly reaped the benefits from a network of wealthy and well-connected patrons that is far more extensive than previously understood.

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[–] FuglyDuck 24 points 1 year ago

it has nothing to do with his skin color. you're accusation of racism absolutely has zero merit... and I suspect you're making it because it's quite literally the only defense you have for this guy.

My dislike of him has everything to do with how he's ruling, and the asininely stupid arguments he uses to make them.

Oh. Did you know that Clarence Thomas has:

Aided in destroying Roe v. Wade... because the 14th doesn't explicitly say that women have the right to an abortion? or that we have the right to use contraceptives.
attacked affirmative action (this one's complicated and I'm of the... "we gotta do something about inequality" camp. I don't have answers... but I suspect neither does Thomas, and some of the bribes are making sure he doesn't)
Was the sole dissenter, in the Jan 6 hearings, when the matter of trump's documents came before them. which is one case he should have recused himself from because his wife was a potential witness in the case. (and are you really going to tell me that he remained unbiased?)
is a speaker for the Federalist Society, and organization which exists solely to impose far-right ideals (including evangelical christian religious law... i.e. anti-abortion) on americans.
voted to gut the ability of the EPA to protect americans from climate change (or any other form of new environmental threats.) or indeed, more broadly, for any federal government regulatory agency to create new regulations without the express permission of a non-functional congress.

and that's all just in the last few years. Thomas, along with Roberts (an idiot who thinks that the problem with SCOTUS' lack of integrity isn't... you know... justices lacking integrity... it's people talking about how they don't have integrity) , Kavenaugh (a frat boi who really wants us to know he likes beer, and also a rapist), Barret (.... where do I even start...) and Gorsuch (who also has problems with corruption.)

Oh and if the gifts were entirely legitimate and not at all scandalous... why not report them... like... you know... he's technically obligated to...? receiving millions of dollars worth of gifts from billionaires who are all very likely to have matters come before the court... and to have indirect interests as well... IS FUCKING CORRUPT.

lets say that again louder:
CLARENCE THOMAS IS ACCEPTING BRIBES AND YOUR ACCUSING PEOPLE POINTING THIS OUT OF RACISM, WITHOUT EVER DENYING THAT HE IS IN FACT ACCEPTING MILLIONS IN BRIBES.