The Supreme Court justice switched sides on a landmark legal doctrine, satisfying his benefactors’ conservative advocacy machine.
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The prospect of luxury gifts and outside cash is designed to halt the historical trend of GOP appointees becoming more liberal.
The Roberts court appears willing to ignore its purported judicial principles in order to end Biden’s student debt relief plan.
The Chief Justice questioned Congress’ ethics rules a decade ago; now he’s punted the Clarence Thomas corruption review to a secret committee.
The American Hospital Association feted the former House speaker for “advancing health care” following her years-long effort to obstruct Medicare for All.
Harlan Crow’s company said tenant protections threatened its profits. Thomas twice voted to end them while Crow lavished him with gifts.
The school pumped billions into a Blackstone real estate fund eager to evict tenants and jack up student rents in the midst of a major housing crisis.
A GOP operative involved with the conservative activist’s record-breaking $1.6 billion political advocacy fund is now leading Ron DeSantis’ super PAC.
“This court should invalidate mandatory disclosure and reporting requirements,” wrote Clarence Thomas, who did not disclose years of gifts from a billionaire.
Right-wing pundits rushed to defend Harlan Crow’s gifts to Clarence Thomas and his Nazi memorabilia collection — without disclosing their ties to the mega-donor.