Perspective
Nov. 30, 2011
A cloud on impartiality: Has Justice Clarence Thomas committed impeachable or prosecutable offenses?
Reimbursed expenses from the Federalist Society and failure to report his wife's income raise questions about the justice's impartiality. By Barry S. Willdorf
Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court decided Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 130 S.Ct.876 (2010), Common Cause, a nonprofit, nonpartisan citizen's lobbying organization, questioned whether Justice Clarence Thomas should have reported that the Federalist Society, an influential conservative legal group, reimbursed him for expenses he incurred during a retreat organized by the Koch brothers, well-known funders of con...
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