THE FOOTBALL TEAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA IS SO POPULAR THAT IT HAS SOLD OUT EVERY SEAT AND IS MORE THAN 85,000 SEAT STADIUM AT EVERY HOME GAME SINCE 1962. AND THAT IS WHAT MAKES THIS SO SIGNIFICANT. THIS IS A PHOTO OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS AND HIS WIFE GINNI IN THE END ZONE HAD A GAME IN 2019. AT THAT GAME THE THOMAS'S GOT TO MEET THE TEAM AND THEY GOT TO WALK OUT OF THE PLAYERS TUNNEL BEFORE KICKOFF WHICH IS PRETTY AWESOME. THEN WATCHED THE GAME FROM A LUXURY SKY BOX ACCESS TO WHICH NORMALLY COST $40,000 A YEAR. THE THOMASON'S HAD ALL ACCESS PASSES BUT THEY DID NOT HAVE TO PAY A THING FOR THEM. EVERYTHING WAS PAID FOR BY BUSINESSMAN DAVID SOPEL. AND SO PEOPLE DIDN'T JUST GET THE THOMAS IS IN THE GAME IN THE PLAYERS TUNNEL IN THE SKY BOXED, HE ALSO FLEW THEM THERE IN A PRIVATE JET, AND THEN AFTER THE GAME HE FLEW THEM OUT TO HIS PRIVATE RANCH IN WYOMING. THAT'S A PICTURE OF IT FOR AN ALL EXPENSES FISHING TRIP. NOTHING, BETTER ALL OF IT MUST BE REALLY NICE! BUT JUSTICE THOMAS DISCLOSE NONE OF THIS. NOT THE PRIVATE JET OR THE PLAYERS TUNNEL OR THE SWANKY RANCH. NONE OF IT. AND IT DOES NOT END THERE. PROPUBLICA HAS IDENTIFIED AT LEAST 38 DESTINATION VACATIONS, 26 PRIVATE JET FLIGHTS, EIGHT HELICOPTER FLIGHTS AND A DOZEN VIP PLAZAS TO SPORTING EVENTS THAT JUSTICE THOMAS AND HIS WIFE RECEIVED FROM WEALTHY FRIENDS WHO HAPPENED TO HAVE SIMILAR IDEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES AS THE JUSTICES. AND THIS NEW STORY IS DEEPLY REPORTED. THE SOURCING INCLUDES FLIGHT DATA AND TAX FILINGS, AND INTERVIEWS WITH MORE THAN 100 EYEWITNESSES. WHAT IS AN EARTH HERE IS A LIFESTYLE THAT IS VERY HARD TO FATHOM ESPECIALLY FOR A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. CREW MEMBERS OF THIS 126 FOOT LUXURY YACHT TOLD PROPUBLICA THAT THEY RECALL HAVING JUSTICE THOMAS ON BOARD MULTIPLE TIMES IN RECENT YEARS. A CHAUFFEUR IN THE BAHAMAS RECALL THAT HIS COMPANY WANTS PICKED UP JUSTICE THOMAS FROM A PRIVATE JET AND THEN DROVE INTO THE MARINA WHERE THIS YACHT DOCKS. THE IN THE PRIVATE JET BY THE WAY ARE BOTH OPENED BY A BILLIONAIRE OIL BARON CALLED PALM VALLEY. AND BECAUSE MR. NAVALNY SOMETIMES RENTED THIS LUXURY OF, WE KNOW THAT THE MARKETPLACE FOR A WEEK AND THIS THING IS $60,000. JUSTICE THOMAS AND HIS WIFE ALSO HAD THE HONOR OF FLUNG THIS CUSTOM 7:47 JUMBO STAT THAT HAS BEEN RETROFITTED WITH RECLINER SETS IN MAHOGANY DINING TABLES AND ALSO THE MIAMI DOLPHINS LOGO. GOT THAT PRIVILEGE THANKS TO THEIR FRIEND WAYNE HUIZENGA, ANOTHER BILLIONAIRE WHO USED TO OWN BOTH THE MIAMI DOLPHINS AND THE FLORIDA PANTHERS AND APPARENTLY IS THE JET TO SHUTTLE THE THOMAS IS TUNED FROM GAINS BECAUSE IT WAS A REALLY NICE GUY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WORK SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. BUT MAYBE THE MOST EXCLUSIVE THING JUSTICE THOMAS APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN COMPED FOR WAS A STANDING INVITATION TO THIS PLACE. AND MEMBERS ONLY GOLF CLUB -- IT ALSO USED TO BE LONG TO BILLIONAIRE WAYNE HUIZENGA AND, HE DIDN'T CHARGE ADMISSION. ALL OF ITS 200 PLUS MEMBERS WERE JUST INVITED BY HUIZENGA TO EAT AND PLAY AND RELAX FOR FREE. THE CLUB HAS SINCE BEEN SOLD AND NOW CHARGES $150,000 JUST AS THE INITIATION FEE. JUSTICE THOMAS HAS BEEN SPOTTED THERE MULTIPLE TIMES. NOW, THE SUPREME COURT EFFECTIVELY POLICES ITSELF NONDISCLOSURE FOR STUFF LIKE THIS AND PROPUBLICA'S UP FRONT THAT NOT ALL OF THE HOSPITALITY THEY REPORT ON HERE MAY HAVE REQUIRED DISCLOSURE. ALL THE WEALTHY BENEFACTORS INVOLVE SAY THAT THIS HOSPITALITY SHOULD NOT BE JUDGED SO HARSHLY BECAUSE THEY ARE THOMAS'S FRIENDS. PROPUBLICA HAS NOT IDENTIFIED ANY LEGAL CASES THESE WEALTHY BENEFACTORS HAD BEFORE THE COURT OF THE TIME THEY WERE WINDING AND DINING AND FLYING INJUSTICE ALL OVER THE PLACE. NBC NEWS REACHED OUT TO JUSTICE THOMAS FOR COMMENT THIS MORNING BUT WE'VE NOT YET HEARD BACK. IN A STATEMENT REPLYING TO PREVIOUS REPORTING, JUST AS THOMAS SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN ADVISED THIS SORT OF PERSONAL HOSPITALITY FROM CLOSE PERSONAL FRIENDS WHO DID NOT HAVE BUSINESS BEFORE THE COURT WAS NOT REPORTABLE. BUT IT SHOULD SAY BE SAID THAT OPTICS MATTER HERE, BECAUSE THE PUBLIC'S FAITH IN THE COURT MATTERS, THE BELIEF THAT THE JUSTICES SIT ON THAT BENCH ARE MORALLY UPRIGHT AND ARE NOT FOR EXAMPLE IN THE POCKET OF ANYONE. SO REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ALL OF THIS HAD TO BE DISCLOSED, IT IS STILL JAW-DROPPING THAT JUSTICE THOMAS HAD AND CHOSE TO
