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Fordyce resigns, there is a move to impeach him, which he has to get out ahead of. and the chief justice calls them. professor, there are people, the argument, the best i can tell, on behalf of thomas here is that it was oversight or misinterpretation of the rules of disclosure, a. b, there is nothing illegal about having phenomenally rich friends who shower you with largess. in c, he believes what he believes, and this would have no influence on him. what do you make of that defense? well, a year before his confirmation hearing in 1990, the aba delegates convened in order to put together rules of professionalism and ethical conduct for judges. and the very first canon addresses matters such as this. which is that judges are not to engage in matters of impropriety, or even the perception of impropriety. this ....
$150,000 in current dollar currency. so he was getting another salary from a rich friend. it was an enormous controversy at the time, as you can see from that a nightly news clip. fordyce was even on track to become chief justice on the supreme court before his career was derailed by a number of ethics scandals. most damning was when he agreed to the 20,000 legal retainer for life to provide unspecified counsel to financier lewis wilson. at the time, wilson was already under investigation for security fraud. he was ultimately convicted a year later and served nine months in prison. again, this was, correctly, a huge deal. you can t have a justice sitting on the supreme court, even though he did not violate any laws, as the report indicated, be dependent on the largess of some rich buddy. ....
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Group fix the court, gabe roth is here. also joining us is melissa murray, law professor. matt dowd is back, and with me for the hour, molly john fast is here. gabe, i start with your thoughts. thanks for highlighting the report we put out yesterday. clarence thomas is head and shoulders above the other jurisdictions in terms of largess. even though he announce he was including retroactively he go, a trip to bali and bohemian grove in 2019, that s just the tip of the iceberg, there are dozens, if not hundreds of gifts, in terms of private jet flights, trips on yacht. meals and lodging at luxury resorts that justice thomas is ....