A jury convicted four proud boys on the rare charge of seditious conspiracy in relation to the January 6th riot at the United States Capitol. ProPublica reported this week on a seemingly similar case, one alleging that Clarence Thomas engaged in wrongdoing when a wealthy conservative paid for his grand nephew to attend a private school. How do these stories compare? Well, to me, one involves the actual business of the court. There are questions about whether a personal conflict could have impacted a vote and actually all of copyright law in America. And you're talking about a justices primary source of income, not some distant relative.