Marion McKeone: The unknown cost to American democracy of 20 years of gifts to a Supreme Court judge

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US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has had his holidays underwritten by a billionaire for the last two decades and it’s one more sign of the erosion of the country’s institutions – the tent poles of democracy

If you want to have a pint with a justice of the US Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas, bon vivant and a raconteur of some renown, is by all accounts the best person for the job. Unlike the irascible Samuel Alito or the prissy Amy Coney Barrett, Thomas has a reputation as a gregarious, affable guest.

Clearly Dallas billionaire Harlan Crow thinks so: he’s spent the past two decades underwriting Thomas’s holiday bills and dinner expenses. ...

 

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