Legal Commentary

Justice Thomas?s Disclosure Problem

By Michael Froomkin

Crooks & Liars goes to town on the unfolding Supreme Court disclosure scandal: Clarence Thomas “Forgot” 20 Years of Disclosure? Really?. The author argues that there might even be felony exposure under 18 USC § 1001. I’m a little dubious, although it’s not the sort of law I do so I welcome comments from those who know this stuff.

And even if it’s theoretically right, there’s surely about a zero percent chance that the Obama Justice Department would act, or that the Tea Party House would indict.

Although I have to say that this all reminds me of the classic Steve Martin routine

(Apologies for the silly cartoon version, but it is all I could find on YouTube.)

Full post as published by Discourse.net on February 10, 2011 (boomark / email).