happened to me and never wil happen for most americans. clarence thomas inherite something. most people never get to d that he inherited his co-ownershi of his mother s house from his grandfather in 2007. clarence thomas lovingly title his memoir, my grandfather s son. a house acquired honorably b clarence thomas s grandfathe is now owned by a billionair who approached clarence thomas only after clarence thomas became a supreme court justice and the only reason the only reason a billionaire owns the house clarence thomas s mother lives in is because clarence thoma is a supreme court justice harlan crow did not want t know clarence thomas one minut before clarence thomas became supreme court justice. and in fact, they did not meet until a few years into clarenc thomas s tenure on the supreme
embodies the historic role o the supreme court in america politics, not as liberator o defender of the right politica and social minorities, but as partner to and ally of moneyed interests. and so he fits in perfectly in the longer historical flow o the court. that s exactly right. regardless of whether or not w think of clarence thomas a being criminal, in some of his defenders tried to frame it in those terms, he did nothin illegal, sure, and certainly it s the case he s don something improper and perhaps unethical. it means hitting this clos relationship with a billionair and accepting gifts and trip and such from him. and entangling himself and imagining him self in this relationship that is maybe not the behavior is typical but i kind of marital relationship between social forces in the country
what you were just getting to, in effect, in your piece i wanted to read for the audience with his close ties to a powerful property owning billionaire, clarence thomas embodies the historic role o the supreme court in america politics, not as liberator o defender of the right politica and social minorities, but as partner to and ally of moneyed interests. and so he fits in perfectly in the longer historical flow o the court. that s exactly right. regardless of whether or not w think of clarence thomas a being criminal, in some of his defenders tried to frame it in those terms, he did nothin illegal, sure, and certainly it s the case he s don something improper and perhaps unethical. it means hitting this clos relationship with a billionair and accepting gifts and trip and such from him. and entangling himself and
landmark cases the report put out b propublica this week, allege decades of luxurious trips tha justice clarence thomas and hi wife have taken, including two exotic islands and exclusive resorts. all paid for by a billionair republican donor named harla crow none of that information had been publicly disclosed by thomas however, the conservativ justices pushing back and said he believed he was not require to report the trips, and tha crow is a longtime famil friend nbc senior legal correspondent laura, has the details justice clarence thomas breaking his silence after a report detailed his secret lavish vacations paid for by a top republican donor thomas writes real estate mogul, harlan crow, among his dearest friends, and that colleagues advised him this sort of personal hospitality from clos personal friends, who did no have business before the court did not need to be reported. according to propublica, thoma joined crow on the swanky trip for over two decades including to this lak
talking and the judge is force to do something like a gag order or almost that far you are right, we haven t even gotten to the discovery part we don t know that the evidenc to back up these charges tha the da has, so people will tal about whether it is weak, like they have read the case. the only know the indictment they don t know the documented evidence april, let s go to this pro published, - luxury vacations taken b supreme court justice clarence thomas over decades, decades all paid for by billionair republican donor thomas has had numerou scandals over the years, fro sexual harassment allegation and his confirmation all the way to his wife s involvemen in the lead up to the januar 6th insurrection is anything different abou this latest controversy? well this, latest convert