Crash Course: Clarence Thomas and the price of feigned originalism

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Clarence Thomas and the price of feigned originalism [From Sabrina Haake](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmllK-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbzI0dHJsOGU3ay8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXlzdTU0bDQ5bTImbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZKXBzbNk46ckrlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo): The Thomases have luxuriated in conservative donor Harlan Crow's extreme wealth for decades, while most federal judges won't even accept a free lunch. 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