
Clarence Thomas: The Convenient Textualist
Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer
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Clarence Thomas's Not Reporting Flavor
Harlan Crow bought Justice Thomas's mom's house. His mom still lives in the house. He personally felt like the issue was that he took a loss on these deals and therefore didn't think he had to disclose them. This of course makes no sense. If you were getting, if you got involved in a land deal with somebody that you thought you're going to make money on and then you didn't, that doesn't mean that you weren't influenced. The fact that it didn't work out is irrelevant. And obviously that's why the rule doesn't have a line in it that says profitable or loss, you have to disclose it. But Clarence Thomas cannot read what happened in
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