Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire: SCOTUS Justice Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor
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Island-hopping on a superyacht.

Private jet rides around the world.

The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court.

“It’s incomprehensible to me that someone would do this,” says one former judge.

#SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #ClarenceThomas #Ethics #Travel #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Books are literally being banned in public schools and the far right authoritarian party is seeking to destroy public university systems by dismantling governance structures that ensure academic freedom. So here’s another op-ed in the Paper of Record about how conservatives are under siege at Ivy League institutions 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/opinion/campus-conservative-freethinkers.html

RT @BGrueskin
It's very hard to win a defamation suit over an opinion column. Even harder when there appears to be a factual basis behind it.

Moral of the story: Always link to your sources!

Janai Nelson, president of LDF, wrote an excellent @nytimes opinion piece about the affect of educational gag orders and book bans.

I have gifted the article for all to read. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/opinion/ron-desantis-black-history.html?unlocked_article_code=LS2RUsBfZDcQH0ogzkvxsi5jC72CZgP8qJYOyQ108WrEhwe48HH5pyEZeLW6eIZLGptcKMYt6vzpkPcxukw0_hzYG425Y7sofL6aGFW3_qoVXLRDmun4d9Cnhff5ppb7AAHt5KSna-GaI4wu1H8ZY4CyLmG24Th5BBjn_rNTxUG1Bqo2cQRi1Wmz2BzC9iUD47m9wzZ74gowRXkTx1H7-7lXTwO-fJ4i6cvv-eTWKl-DmeeVpyLCoOF3uzPQbqSV9SbaDrFdg4_rPf1gJ4PfgLBfMphm6k_brKz3vipwkRoqlFRm5c_-nS5dAZxefZ40ODobAAAdMrzjeSVwdo-_AXnMAkg&smid=share-url

#education #democracy #politics #law #lawprofs #lawfedi