"Hello, John. What Color Is the Sky in Your World?"

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has accepted tens of thousands of dollars worth of gifts since joining the high court, including $1,200 worth of tires, valuable historical items and a $5,000 personal check to help pay a relative's education expenses....

He also took a free trip aboard a private jet to the exclusive Bohemian Grove club in Northern California--arranged by a wealthy Texas real estate investor who helped run an advocacy group that filed briefs with the Supreme Court....

Thomas, through a court spokeswoman, declined to comment when asked in writing why he deemed it appropriate to accept some of the larger gifts. But a former clerk to Thomas defended the practice....

"I don't see why it is inappropriate to get gifts from friends," John C. Yoo, now a law professor at the UC Berkeley.... If one of these people were to appear before the Supreme Court, Justice Thomas would recuse himself."

Really? Hmm, let's check with Justice Scalia on that?