The law and Justice Clarence Thomas

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Two liberal groups have asked the Judicial Conference of the United States to investigate whether Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has violated the federal Ethics in Government Act. The prospect of such an investigation is remote, but the conduct cited by Common Cause and the Alliance for Justice is troubling.

The groups have asked the Judicial Conference to consider two possibilities: that Thomas knowingly withheld information about his wife's income from financial disclosure forms, and that he misrepresented the amount of free air travel he received from a wealthy friend.

Between 2003 and 2007, Thomas' wife, Virginia, received $686,589 in compensation from the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington, but the justice wrongly checked the box marked "none" on the question related to spousal income. Thomas says his omission resulted from a misunderstanding of the reporting requirement, and he has since amended his answers. But the situation is peculiar: How could a Supreme Court justice, who must pay attention to the nuances of complicated legal cases, misread instructions on a disclosure form?

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-ed-thomas-20110916,0,2326086.story

Back to business on this scumbag...I wonder what phony scandal will be presented to try and take this off the radar this time. (Weiner gate)

[sinkingfeeling]

1. OMG, this finally made it into a real live newspaper!

[Wait Wut]

2. This needs to be done.

He's made a mockery of the Supreme Court. He's a disgrace to this country.

Oh...and his wife is a fucking hateful, ignorant twit.