This piece does a great job of contextualizing Justice Thomas's various ethical failings within a SCOTUS culture that is rife with ethical...drift, to put it mildly.

And it does nothing to excuse them, because they're inexcusable, regardless of whether (and to what degree) "everyone else was doing it."

The main argument for asking Holy Cross to revoke the honorary degree is still strong: he clearly no longer deserves to be among those the College has given one of its highest honors.https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/12/nation/luxury-trips-an-opera-costume-fishing-rod-strange-world-supreme-court-ethics-comes-under-fire-after-clarence-thomas-disclosures/?et_rid=1758593860&s_campaign=todaysheadlines:newsletter