Clarence Thomas and the Supreme Court's Conflicts of Interest.

Dallas billionaire Harlan Crow, a close friend of US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, had a financial stake in a company that was involved in a case that reached the Supreme Court in 2005, according to Bloomberg. Thomas had already reported a 1997 private flight and high-dollar gifts from Crow, both documented in a December 2004 report from the Los Angeles Times. The justice had described Crow and his wife Kathy as “personal friends.” The recent revelations about Thomas and Crow’s friendship have prompted renewed calls for the Supreme Court to adopt a code of conduct and disciplinary process similar to the one that covers lower federal court judges.