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