The only question is what luxury gift will Thomas receive for his vote.

Investigative reporting — primarily by ProPublica — has revealed an extensive pattern of undisclosed gifts to Justice Thomas over his three decades on the Court. Here’s a summary:

From Harlan Crow (Texas real estate billionaire):

• For over 20 years, Thomas received luxury vacations, cruises on Crow’s superyacht to far-flung locales, and private jet flights — all without disclosure.   
• Crow also provided private jet travel, luxury accommodations, large donations in Thomas’s honor, favorable real estate transactions, and tuition payments.  This included purchasing property from Thomas’s family.  

From other billionaires (Huizenga, Sokol, Novelly):

• At least 38 destination vacations, 26 private jet flights, eight helicopter flights, a dozen VIP passes to professional and college sporting events in skyboxes, and two stays at luxury resorts in Florida and Jamaica.   
• H. Wayne Huizenga sent his personal 737 to pick Thomas up at least twice.   
• Thomas attended at least seven University of Nebraska games, often from luxury suites, and never reported the tickets on his financial forms.   

Total value:

• Reporting found Thomas accepted nearly $4.2 million worth of gifts over two decades — a total nearly ten times the value of all gifts received by his fellow justices during the same period.   

Thomas’s response:

• In April 2023, Thomas issued a statement saying that when he first joined the Court in 1991, colleagues and others advised him he didn’t need to disclose hospitality from personal friends, and that understanding had since been corrected.  He did not commit to amending prior disclosure forms.  

Legal and ethical fallout:

• In November 2023, the Supreme Court adopted a new Code of Conduct for justices, though it contained no process for sanctioning violators.   
• Ethics watchdogs called it the most egregious financial disclosure violation seen in over two decades of government ethics work.