About the editor: It puts a smile on my face. Dream vacations, fantastic accommodation and the pleasure of a warm friendship from a billionaire who offers everything and remains unaffected by the sordid issues of the day, according to the same billionaire. (“Justice Clarence Thomas Says He Will Publish His Free Trips in Future,” Apr. 7)

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Bub about those unknown gifts to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas? It never seems to occur to him that this size

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can be seen as subtle, smooth persuasion, even reinforcement of political principles.

“We are gentlemen with limits,” the deal might be. These journeys of her life had no life beyond them. Just special memories.

It goes against common sense that a person who is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court with enormous power over the lives of millions of Americans should never have given it much thought. Maybe some bureaucrats just forgot to put up such a wealth sign that says “Keep off the weeds.”

Today Thomas declares that from today he will never make that mistake again. As a sequel to.

Andy Siegel, Santa Barbara

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About the editor: Thomas said he got bad advice from his billionaire friend about gift and travel disclosure. For almost 20 years.

Is this an acceptable defense against ethical error for everyone else on the Supreme Court?

Martin Foster, San Francisco