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The original was posted on /r/neutralpolitics by /u/Epistaxis on 2023-04-17 16:38:53+00:00.

News reports recently illuminated some arrangements between US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and a Republican “megadonor” named Harlan Crow:

• Thomas and his wife have been routinely taking vacations with Crow on Crow’s private jet and superyacht at Crow’s expense, which Thomas does not include as in-kind gifts in his financial disclosure forms. After this report, Thomas released a statement that he was advised “this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends, who did not have business before the Court, was not reportable.” However, the Los Angeles Times recalled that it had already reported both trips and gifts from Crow to Thomas in 2004, after which Thomas stopped disclosing them.
• One of Crow’s companies purchased Thomas’s childhood home from Thomas and his family in 2014, and Thomas’s mother still lives there rent-free, but Thomas did not include the transaction in his financial disclosure forms. After this report, Thomas announced he will amend his 2014 financial disclosure.

What are the specific rules or laws on financial transparency that apply to US federal judges and Justices - what is on the disclosure forms? What are the precedents for disputes about financial disclosures from other federal judges and Justices? And how do these reports about Thomas align?