ProPublica reported that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had accepted luxury trips for more than two decades, including travel on a superyacht and private jet, from a prominent Republican donor without disclosing them.
that he had accepted trips around the globe for more than two decades, including travel on a superyacht and private jet, from Harlan Crow, a Dallas business executive and influential donor to causes related to the law and judiciary.
Judges are prohibited from accepting gifts from anyone with business before the court. Until recently, however, the judicial branch had not clearly defined an exemption for gifts considered “personal hospitality.” “Despite the seven-figure dollar value of Crow’s hospitality over the decades, Thomas apparently did no independent research at the time or in ensuing years to ensure that he was acting lawfully,” Gillers wrote in an email. “Yet that was his personal responsibility under the Ethics in Government Act, which he abdicated.”on an array of trips funded by Crow, saying Thomas typically spends about a week every summer at Crow’s private resort in the Adirondacks.
has reported receiving just two gifts, according to a Washington Post review of his financial disclosure forms: One was an award from his alma mater, Yale Law School, and the other a bronze bust of Frederick Douglass given to him by Crow that’s valued at $6,484.12.
But critics said the extravagant travel provided by the Crows — described by Thomas as “family trips” — showed the need for a specific code of conduct for the Supreme Court. The justices for years have discussed such a code, without reaching agreement.
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