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throw0101a • yesterday at 9:30 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> Definitely has nothing to do with SCOTUS's retirement accounts, no sir.

Who needs retirement accounts when you can just accept gifts-do-not-call-them-bribes?

* https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-un...

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Thomas#Nondisclosure_...


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toast0 • yesterday at 11:24 PM

It's just a gratiuty, not a bribe if payment comes after the act:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snyder_v._United_States