House GOP Ignores Thomas Ethics Scandal To Launch Frivolous Attack On Justice Kagan

By Ian Millhiser on Jun 30, 2011 at 2:47 pm

Last week, the New York Times reported that Justice Clarence Thomas received a series of lavish gifts and other favors from a leading Republican donor, including $500,000 to allow Thomas’s wife to start a Tea Party group and a $19,000 Bible that belonged to Frederick Douglass. Additionally, Thomas received a gift worth $15,000 from the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank that often files briefs in Justice Thomas’ Court. Justice Thomas did not recuse himself from at least three cases where AEI filed a brief.