I Stipulate That Clarence Thomas is an Arrogant Goon. Move Along.

Presumably you know that the Honorable Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sort of forgot to mention on his financial disclosure forms that his wife pulled in about 700 large by "working" for some of the wingnut welfare think tanks.

Nothing is going to happen about that, ever.

First off, the Supremes answer to no one other than themselves. There is no judicial board of ethics that they are governed by. They set their own rules. And if you think that Clarence's buddies are going to vote him off the island, then do try to catch a shuttle back to this particular spacetime continuum.

The only other remedy is impeachment. In case you've been off in an alternate reality for the last few months, the party of the Confederacy controls the House of Representatives. And the Teabagging Lovers of All Things Dixie are currently holding the GOP by the gonads. Add to that the point that Clarence Thomas is the house nigger beloved by the Teabaggers. Top that off with the fact that the last thing that the Confederates want to do is have President Obama appoint another Supreme Court judge and you have a complete recipe for why Thomas will skate on this issue.

So feel free to be outraged and to point out this bit of financial hypocrisy every chance you get. No opportunity should be lost to pour hot shame and scorn over the public image of Clarence Thomas.

But don't expect anything to happen. He doesn't give a shit what you think and neither do his buddies. If anything, by the time the furor dies down, ol' Clarence will just add another notch to his "I'm the real victim, here" card.