ProPublica reports that Thomas was in debt, frustrated with his salary, and implying he'd resign from the Supreme Court if his financial situation didn't change—just before Harlan Crow and other conservatives started lavishing him with expensive gifts and luxury vacations.

ProPublica reports that Thomas was in debt, frustrated with his salary, and implying he’d resign from the Supreme Court if his financial situation didn’t change—just before Harlan Crow and other conservatives started lavishing him with expensive gifts and luxury vacations.

Before he began receiving expensive gifts and luxury vacations from Harlan Crow and other conservative benefactors, Clarence Thomas reportedly expressed significant concerns about his financial situation—even prompting concerns from a Republican lawmaker more than 20 years ago that he might resign from the Supreme Court if he could not boost his salary.

“One or more justices will leave soon” if justices aren’t given a raise, Thomas told then Republican Representative Cliff Stearns in 2000, as they flew home from a conservative conference at a Georgia resort, according to ProPublica.

    • Unaware7013@kbin.social
      34·
      11 months ago

      how the fuck is he still there?

      Because republicans wouldn’t know ethics if it walked up and grabbed them by the crotch. All they care about is implementing their christo-fascist agenda, and ol’ Uncle Clarence is more than happy to sell every poor minority to help them do it for a pretty penny.

      • highenergyphysics@lemmy.world
        17·
        11 months ago

        This is what liberals pretend to not understand.

        Thomas is perfectly ethical in the eyes of conservatives. He protects his donors and fucks over the nation.

        These subhumans will not stop until the Fourth Reich is established.

        Good fucking luck voting them out, that has totally worked even once in the entire history of oppressed peoples struggling against fascism.

        • evatronic@lemm.eeEnglish
          7·
          11 months ago

          I am really, really not looking forward to the watershed moment when we have to do something more than vote. It’s going to be extremely shitty.