ProPublica released a new report on Friday detailing Justice Clarence Thomas’ close relationship with the Koch brothers with previously undisclosed and extraordinarily damning new details.
According to ProPublica, the justice developed a friendship with the Kochs as they were funneling hundreds of millions of dollars into right-wing causes, many of which ended up before the Supreme Court. The brothers then used Thomas to raise money for their sprawling network, inviting him to speak at “donor events” that brought in millions of dollars.
He disclosed none of these activities on his annual disclosure forms, an obvious violation of federal ethics law.
So before, we could only assume from the preponderance of evidence that Thomas is corrupt as shit. Now we know it for a fact. And still, nothing will change because the Koch brothers own more than some SCOTUS justices. They also own most of congress.
End legalized bribery now.
And still, nothing will change because the Koch brothers own more than some SCOTUS justices. They also own most of congress.
And still, nothing will change because the Koch brothers own more than some SCOTUS justices.
It’s just the Koch brother now. Happily one of the wretched fucks died a few years ago.
It’s actually not legal to bribe a government official and charging the Kochs and others would be an excellent start (since going after a SC Justice is apparently difficult)
It’s actually not legal to bribe a government official
Well of course not, thats why they’re not called “bribes”, they’re called “campaign donations”.
Problem is the people who are taking the bribery also get to determine the legality of it. SCOTUS could say that bribing a justice is totally legal and the only recourse would be a new amendment. Even then, I’m not sure what would stop them from ignoring the new amendment in their rulings.
The problem with the court granting itself judicial review was that it didn’t come with checks and balances like the rest of the government functions.
the link you shared further up the thread was the first place I heard it
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/201
Did I misunderstand?
At minimum, it’s time to investigate Clarence Thomas. When the Democrats retake the house (hopefully in 2024 after the Republicans shutdown the government over nothing), they need to begin impeachment hearings in the House. I don’t care if the Senate will never remove him.
That’s right. You don’t skip your responsibilities because you think another link down the chain won’t fulfill their duties. You do your job and make whoever skips out on their responsibility to put their name to it. Doesn’t matter if nothing practical comes of it. Integrity and faith in “the system” demands no less.
We shouldn’t be talking about impeachment at this point. We should be talking about prison. Injustice Thomas needs to go to prison.
First impeachment, then a criminal trial ending in significant prison time.
Edit: scratch that. Caging humans doesn’t decrease crime or otherwise benefit society. Give him several years of community service and permanently take away his licence to practice law in any way, shape or form.
You’re right about incarceration. But there needs to be a further penalty. Monetary. Make him pay back all the dirty money. And maybe make him clean up dog shit for the community service.
No. Let him keep the license but only so he can serve as a public defender in New Your City as part of a 10 year term of community service working 40 hours per week with one week of vacation per year. Then reduce the sentence for one day for each successfully defended case.
Only 40 hours per week? Can’t let him off with an unrealistic work week. 50+ hours or bust.
The problem is I doubt anything he is doing is illegal. If it is though that is a much more realistic option than impeachment
It’s a job and they’re violating the terms of their job, of course it’s illegal. They might just do more cheat/illegal things to get around it. Also, what the Kochs were doing is highly illegal. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/201
This needs more attention. Far easier to go after the people doing the bribing and if we do, it will get a lot of money out of politics.
And thus make it easier to hold people like Clarence accountable.
He and is going to take every dime they can hustle and sign off on any “Supreme Court decision” that Koch’s lawyers hand to him.
And he’s not even going to pretend to feel bad about it because there’s not a god-danged anyone is going to do to stop it. He’s a whore, bought and paid for.
That’s a bit offensive to whores. They only sell their bodies, he’s selling democracy.
I love the USA, but I’m surprised at how passive the average American has become. Thomas is actively making your lives worse in exchange for bribes. Where are the mass protests? SCOTUS will do nothing about it, and neither will Congress, if you don’t protest.
This sounds like a joke but it actually isn’t.
About 30% are openly in some kind of weird suicide pact, and the other 20% will vote for the same people as them, just while furrowing their eyebrows sometimes
This is why the police force in America is equipped like an army, to quickly and violently suppress any protests. Then when you have a prison stay on your record, no more voting, struggling to get a job or even survive.
Don’t be surprised.
Everyone here is either indoctrinated enough to be here for it, powerful enough to be above it, or disassociated enough to endure it.
It’s just what happens after 22 years of social shock doctrine (I made that term up. I will not elaborate. Ama closed).
