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<p>Sadly believable...</p>
<p>Debi R-S<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/10/2023 11:57 AM, Tom Hansen
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<div dir="ltr">Courtesy of the <i>New Yorker</i> . . .
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THOMAS HIKES PRICE OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS TO KEEP PACE
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(<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report"
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moz-do-not-send="true">The Borowitz Report</a>)—Citing
“unfortunate economic realities,” Clarence Thomas is hiking
the price of Supreme Court decisions to keep up with
inflation.</p>
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jurist disclosed his new rate card in a mass e-mail sent to
more than a hundred super-donors.</p>
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have tried to keep my prices reasonable, but, as inflation
proves more stubborn than predicted, I have no choice but to
adjust my rates accordingly,” he wrote.</p>
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the days of shredding civil rights in exchange for ten
private-jet flights are over,” he added.</p>
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remains to be seen whether the billionaires who received
Thomas’s e-mail will tolerate his steeper prices or whether
they will explore a budget option such as Neil Gorsuch.</p>
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<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya
'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div>
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<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom
Hansen</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow,
Idaho</span></div>
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