alt Hacker NewsPlease don't forget the gifts and donations the judges receive because "Until recently, the judiciary’s ethics guidance didn’t explicitly address the ownership issue."
> If Thomas had chartered the plane and the 162-foot yacht himself, the total cost of the trip could have exceeded $500,000
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-un...
Are you of the opinion that he would decide cases differently if not for those gifts? Because the general consensus is that Thomas is one of the most ideologically pure justices (whether one thinks his ideology is good or bad). I've not seen anyone identify even a single case where his vote seems to coincide with a benefactor, but not his typical ideology.