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The calls for Thomas s removal from the bench were renewed recently after Pro Publica published a report alleging that Thomas and his wife had taken a number of trips during the past 20 years paid for by Republican billionaire Harlan Crow. Indeed, it seems that nary a year goes by without someone accusing Justice Thomas of something that, the accuser insists, necessitates his resignation or impeachment.

I strongly suspect that the latest brouhaha about Justice Thomas s personal life will go nowhere. Although journalists who have long opposed Thomas will continue to write articles with inflammatory titles such as Clarence Thomas Broke the Law and It Isn t Even Close, many experts on judicial ethics disagree. Stephen Gillers of NYU School of Law, for one, told NBC News shortly after the release of the Pro Publica report that In my view, before the recent amendments [to the disclosure rules], the situation was sufficiently vague to give Thomas a basis to claim that reporting was not required.

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