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I just saw on the fake MSM that in the clip where Thomas tells us how much he loves to stay in Walmart parking lots when travelling that if one zooms in on the logo of his polo shirt, you can see it is the logo of Harlan's Crow's superyacht embroidered on the shirt! How rich is that?
If you did your research, you would also have seen his response, which was there was nothing illegal about it.
Of course not. They live with out rules. Even unwritten ones. My momma used to say - don’t let your good be evil spoken of. Think that’s biblical. Just like - people want to know who you are, the will know by your friends. Watch who you run with.
A Supreme Court Justice claims he was "advised" that accepting bribes is just fine as long as it comes from "close personal friends?"
The man is no Justice Thurgood Marshall, and has never been known for keen legal analysis. But he has law clerks with decent educations. Surely, he could have asked them to check this out.
Perhaps Thomas might offer the names of the colleagues and advisors that lead him to believe he was exempt from reporting requirements, because right now I'm left with speculating if it was 'some guy said' or Lawyer McLawyerface. Seems like an easy and reasonable ask. How 'bout it Clarence?
The GOP will protect Thomas at any cost but I look forward to a future liberal SCJ doing the same thing. As soon as the GOP lost their minds over it, it would be pointed out that they were 100% okay with it when it was Clarence.
One trip worth over $500K in 2019 and he's taken these trips every year for twenty years without reporting it? How is that okay?
What's wrong with some trips with a friend? You can't influence a person in your own party.
What's wrong with some trips with a friend? You can't influence a person in your own party.
Of course you can! If a Supreme Court Judge is suppose to rule objectively but his bestest pal has been taking him on half million dollar trips for twenty years and he feels beholden, one might throw all objectivity out the window and say yeah, I agree with whatever the guy says.
No, I don't think so. This is not a teapot. It is far beyond the common level of corruption in DC. This scoundrel accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in what by any other name is bribery. As a SCOTUS justice his decisions can profoundly affect the lives of millions of Americans. We should have at least the illusion of fairness. This level of corruption shatters even that and should not be tolerated by anyone.
Thank you for being the adult in the room!
Absolutely it smacks of corruption.
Still have to report gifts, you know, like luxury vacations.
From the ProPublica article...
Federal judges sit in a unique position of public trust. They have lifetime tenure, a privilege intended to insulate them from the pressures and potential corruption of politics. A code of conduct for federal judges below the Supreme Court requires them to avoid even the “appearance of impropriety.” Members of the high court, Chief Justice John Roberts has written, “consult” that code for guidance. The Supreme Court is left almost entirely to police itself.There are few restrictions on what gifts justices can accept. That’s in contrast to the other branches of government. Members of Congress are generally prohibited from taking gifts worth $50 or more and would need pre-approval from an ethics committee to take many of the trips Thomas has accepted from Crow.
Perhaps Thomas might offer the names of the colleagues and advisors that lead him to believe he was exempt from reporting requirements, because right now I'm left with speculating if it was 'some guy said' or Lawyer McLawyerface. Seems like an easy and reasonable ask. How 'bout it Clarence?
Can you cite to the reporting requirement? And not some post on CD.
sounds like some people here are jealous they don't have any rich friends. He broke no law. He was friends with these people long before he was a Justice. He's lifetime, focus on another angle.
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