Let's Take A Closer Look At Clarence Thomas

[babsbunny]

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Last Updated on Thursday, 27 January 2011 04:58 Written by Andrew Kreig Monday, 24 January 2011 03:25

By Andrew Kreig / Director's Blog

The Los Angeles Times published a remarkable story over the weekend about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas that deserves active follow up by bar authorities and the mainstream media, not simply legal reform organizations. We'll be pursuing this at the Justice Integrity Project. But first, we provide the basics with a link to the original story.

Los Angeles Times, Clarence Thomas failed to report wife's income, watchdog says, Kim Geiger, Jan. 22, 2011. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to report his wife's income from a conservative think tank on financial disclosure forms for at least five years, the watchdog group Common Cause said Friday. Between 2003 and 2007, Virginia Thomas, a longtime conservative activist, earned $686,589 from the Heritage Foundation, according to a Common Cause review of the foundation's IRS records. Thomas failed to note the income in his Supreme Court financial disclosure forms for those years, instead checking a box labeled "none" where "spousal noninvestment income" would be disclosed.
Updates:
Reactions varied widely, as indicated below. Roger Shuler, one of our favorite legal commentators, called for criminal charges, as did an activist group that launched a campaign also for the Justice's disbarment.

[fadedrose]

1. Hope they pursue this; I can't stand him or his wife.......eom

[SugarShack]

2. You don't ever "forget" income made by a spouse that oversaw apps for the Bush administration.

[Wickerman]

3. This should not be blown off

It's ridiculously obvious to even have to say so, but Justices should be held to the highest standards.

[Sal Minella]

4. And they should have the decency to at least pretend to be

apolitical, and encourage the spouses to do the same.

[FormerDittoHead]

5. It's kind of a shame we can't take him off the bench for just being a fucking idiot.

I was a conservative at the time. I actually supported him as I questioned the whole "sex scandal" thing and I saw it as irrelevant to his abilities as a judge.

And today, coming from the other side, I fell they should have ignored the Anita Hill thing and focused on what has become painfully obvious: he is a judicial wacko-idiot (along with Scalia), and have him face the same fate as Harriet Miers.

Seeing this payola stuff doesn't surprise me in the least. The party of personal responsibility and smaller gov't have no problem hiding their actions and sponging off of the gov't (or in this case, a tax shelter whose mission is to influence the gov't to lower the taxes of the rich).

[tularetom]

6. I'd give anything to have a candid talk with one of Obama's court appointments

Just to find out if Thomas is actually as stupid as he seems. He looks like a buffoon, talks like an idiot, and to the best of my knowledge has not produced a single opinion since he's been on the court.

It must piss off the more intelligent members of the court to have to try to work with such a dumshit on a daily basis.

We always knew he was a pervert, now it seems that he is a liar and a felon as well.

[spanone]

7. $686,589 ???? so with penalties and fines, what is his/her IRS bill?

[SpiralHawk]

8. Republicon Family Cesspool Values

as usual...the Republicons really need to clean up their so-called 'ethics'

I mean, really, the ugly reality of Republicon Family Values is such a piss poor model for young people.

[Doctor_J]

9. Fat, corrupt, and stupid is no way to go through life, son