The Clarence Thomas Scandal Is Somehow Looking Even Worse
“I intend to look into a bill to raise the salaries of members of The Supreme Court,” Stearns wrote to Thomas afterward.
At the time, Thomas’ salary was $173,600, equivalent to over $300,000 today
“His importance as a conservative was paramount,” Stearns told ProPublica in a recent interview.
Thomas accepted a stream of gifts from friends and acquaintances that appears to be unparalleled in the modern history of the Supreme Court. Some
Stearns later wrote to Thomas that he intended to “look into a bill to raise the salaries of members of The Supreme Court.”
Thomas, nominated to the high court in 1991 by then-President George H.W. Bush, has come under fire for his acceptance of lucrative gifts.
Generals retire to join military contractors. Former senators get jobs lobbying Congress.
He took and largely failed to declare gifts from Republican donors including luxury travel and resort stays, school fees and a property purchase.
But there is no revolving-door payday waiting on the other side of a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.
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