The pertinent questions are, what are norms for this kind of thing in the rest of the federal court system, and is Thomas’ behavior in the same universe as thos

The pertinent questions are, what are norms for this kind of thing in the rest of the federal court system, and is Thomas’ behavior in the same universe as those? The answers are “you turn down gifts of far, far less, from much less-risky associates” and “not in the same multiverse, even”.