Justice Elena Kagan was concerned about the ethical implications of receiving free bagels. How quaint when considering the Justice Clarence Thomas reports. (via Deadline: Legal Blog)
A group of women who went to high school with Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan wanted to send her bagels and lox from Russ & Daughters, the legendary deli on the Lower East Side. But they scrapped the plan after Kagan expressed concerns about the court’s ethics rules for reporting gifts…. The idea of sending the appetizing spread was proposed in February 2021 and abandoned soon after.
As the bagel report correctly observed, the Barack Obama appointee’s concerns “are newly relevant in contrast with the scandal surrounding Justice Clarence Thomas, who failed to disclose luxury vacations and other gifts from billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow.”and the broader issue of the Supreme Court lacking a binding ethics code.
But it reinforces that the same can’t be said for Thomas — who, it must be pointed out, is part of the court’s
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