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.
I feel like every case justice thomas was a part off and had a vote on the winning rule should be thrown out.
Clarence Thomas is clearly not just a threat to the integrity of the court but to the entire United States. If we are going to have a functional democracy, he needs to be removed from office and imprisoned.
Does a wild bear shit in the woods? Of course he worked for the Kochs. Doesn’t everyone already know this?
We shouldn’t be talking about impeachment at this point. We should be talking about prison. Injustice Thomas needs to go to prison.
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.
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.
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.
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.
murica is winning and winning and winning.
So does this mean we get a redo on all the laws he influenced? Since like, clearly he was cheating the whole time and has made unjust decisions?
