Justice Thomas pulls an "Uncle Leo" defense

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Remember when Anita Hill claimed Justice Thomas didn't understand the meaning of the word "no". Maybe she was lying.

But Justice Thomas just admitted he didn't understand the meaning of the word "none."

Wall Street Journal: Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court acknowledged in filings released on Monday that he erred by not disclosing his wife’s past employment as required by federal law.

In filings dated Friday, Justice Thomas asked court officials to amend disclosures going back to 1989, when he served as a federal appellate-court judge. An item on the forms asks judges to disclose any “noninvestment income” for their spouse. The form asks only for the name of the employer or other party paying the spouse and doesn’t seek a dollar figure.

Justice Thomas had checked “none” for that item, but now he wants the forms to reflect the names of the employers for whom Mrs. Thomas worked, including the Heritage Foundation from December 1998 through October 2008.

Justice Thomas wrote that the information about his wife’s employment “was inadvertently omitted due to a misunderstanding of the filing instructions.”

Sounds like the uncle Leo defense: "I'm an old man, I'm confused..I thought I paid for it...will sombody take me home?"

[Mindcrime]

You know Clarence, "none," as in the number of questions you've asked as a sitting Supreme Court Justice...