Stamford, Conn.: The revelation that Clarence Thomas has been secretly taking gifts from a billionaire political donor for decades is a chilling example of unabashed and serious judicial misconduct (“Clarence Thomas got millions in travel for free,” April 7). It is now public record that Thomas has been a habitual violator of financial disclosure rules that bind all federal judges. Thomas’s objectivity and ability to engage in legitimate jurisprudence has been irreparably and permanently compromised.