Maybe you read about the 4B movement on social media.

Women abstaining from child birth, marriage, and sex to protest Donald Trump's re-election.

But does it make any sense?

The birth rate is declining.

The marriage rate has declined like 60% over the past 50 years.

Gen Z is having less sex than they used to.

So I think the 4B movement is sort of redundant

because women are already making these choices. Join me as we break down the 4B movement

this week on Power User.

Hey everyone, Ellie here bringing you my weekly note to the cafe community.

As always, please send me your thoughts, comments, or questions to letters atcafe.com. Today we're going to talk about a time when Justice Clarence Thomas did the right thing.

The case before the Supreme Court was United States versus Virginia.

At issue was the mail-only admissions policy at the Virginia Military Institute,

where Thomas's son was then a student. So Thomas made the ethically proper move. He recused himself

from the case. Even if he was unlikely to slant his ruling one way or the other because of his

familial connection to one of the parties, he seemingly understood

that it simply wouldn't look right if he ruled on a case involving his son's school.

The court struck down the VMI admissions policy by a seven-to-one vote, with Thomas sitting it out.

One important detail. This case happened in 1996. In the quarter century or so since then, Thomas seemingly

has forgotten basic principles of judicial impartiality and independence. Or maybe he hasn't

forgotten. Maybe he just doesn't care anymore. Life tenure can breed a certain complacency or

arrogance. The problem here is that Thomas's wife, Ginny, has connections to various cases before

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