The New York Times just published a 2,783-word story, headlined “Friendship of Justice and Magnate Puts Focus on Ethics” — published three days after Justice Clarence Thomas’s chief congressional tormentor (Anthony Weiner) announced his resignation after a three-week sexting scandal.
The Times story reveals a relationship between Thomas and Texas real estate magnate Harlan Crow, a high-dollar funder of conservative causes fighting the health care legislation with whom Thomas and his wife, Virginia, have shared vacations and traded gifts. Thomas, the Times writes, connected Crow with people in his hometown of Pin Point, Ga., looking to raise money to build a local museum. [ READ MORE ]
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Anita Hill’s “Long Don” is a coward of a justice who prefers to remain silent during supreme court deliberations — and reportedly, sometimes sleeps during hearings.
Thomas speaks in the court only on the few occasions during the year when he is called upon to read a decision. Throughout his nearly 20 years on the bench, he has sat silently and watched as his colleagues quiz the lawyers on their cases.
When asked to explain his silence, Thomas has said the oral arguments are unnecessary to deciding the cases, and perhaps even a sideshow. The justices rely on the written briefs and the lower-court opinions in making their decisions, he says. He has also suggested that more of his colleagues should follow his example, rather than interrupt the lawyers who making their arguments.
“So why do you beat up on people if you already know? I don’t beat up on them. I refuse to participate. I don’t like it, so I don’t do it,” he told law students at the University of Alabama two years ago.
The other justices do not agree with him on the value of oral arguments. They say that back-and-forth exchanges with the lawyers give them an opportunity to clarify aspects of the case they find puzzling. Sometimes, they also use the arguments to throw out ideas to get the attention of their colleagues.
And on occasion, the justices say, the answers they hear during the oral arguments persuade them to change their decision in a case. Thomas, by contrast, indicates he has his mind made up prior to the argument.
He says that when he is feeling down, he watches ["Saving Ryan's Privates
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I think it’s time to disrobe this greedy “Chicken-and-Biscuit Eating” “NEGRO-NEGROPHOBIAC”
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Playlist: Justice Clarence Thomas & Virginia Thomas
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