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Apparently,
Clarence
Thomas
just
didn’t
understand
how
to
read
the
nearly
50-year-old
statute
requiring
him
to
report
massively
expensive
gifts.
That’s
the
Judicial
Conference’s
official
take
in
a
new
letter
to
the
Senate
panel
looking
into
the
ethical
cesspool.
The
letter
becomes
public
just
as
Chief
Justice
Roberts
releases
his
annual
report
asserting
that
most
criticism
of
the
Court
should
be
seen
as
improper
intimidation
and
even
violence.
Before
the
holidays,
we
discussed
Biglaw
firms
bucking
the
trend
and
not
paying
out
special
bonuses.
Happy
to
report
that
they’ve
reversed
course.