Justice Elena Kagan was worried about the ethics of accepting bagels from friends, while Clarence Thomas was enjoying expensive vacations paid for by a GOP megadonor: report

• Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan once turned down a care package of bagels and lox, per Forward.
• She was concerned she could be violating the court's ethics rules for accepting gifts, friends said.
• Meanwhile, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was accepting lavish holidays from a GOP megadonor.

At a time when Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was accepting lavish trips paid for by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, fellow Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan was turning down bagels and lox from high school friends, over concerns she could be violating the court's ethics rules for accepting gifts, according to a new report.