“There, I disclosed my bribes, are you happy now?” (edit:spelling)
this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2024
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“There, is disclosed my bribes, are you happy now?”
Yeah but who bribed him to disclose this?
Might be a solicitation for bribes from Congress. He's made his message clear that he wants more money and Congress certainly has the power to grant that. I don't think it would stop him from screwing over minorities tho.
Congress can help by impeaching him and removing him from office, then he can take his RV cross-country on a speaking tour talking about how unfair it all is and he can rake in the dough without having to report any of it
Could be the other justices so that the preserve their own power. Or it could be that some journalist had done their homework and this was a way to get out in front of it. There's many self-serving reasons outside of (direct) money for why this would happen.
More likely he is doing this so Congress stops bugging him for taking bribes.
But that means something will happen to him for failing to disclose it correctly, right?
*Padme.jpg*
Congress:
They did Isildur wrong in the movie.
#IsildurDidNothingWrong
I'm beginning to think that maybe Supreme Court justices can't be trusted to manage their finances without outside help and supervision. Perhaps any expenses need to be monitored and the sources verified, and getting money from outside needs to be prosecuted under bribery laws, independent of any "ethics" guidelines.
And are these gifts being taxed? If not, then the IRS needs to get involved. I don't get things given to me that aren't considered income by the tax department, except small things from family. So now we have tax evasion.
The laws are there, enforce them. These unethical fucks aren't immune.
This is a probably the best way to remove these parasites, do them for tax evasion. I'm assuming a convicted felon cannot be a Supreme Court Justice.
That sounds like a great question for the highest court in the country. Wait a minute...
This is blatant bribery of one of the highest judges in the country. It should be on the news every night nonstop. We must riot
Lifetime appointments with zero requirements for accountability is just not a good idea. The founders must have been drunk the day they decided that.
There's accountability. Judges can be impeached by Congress, in a very similar means to presidents.
However, the GOP has a real tendency to party before country, and they certainly wouldn't let him get impeached while the president has a D next to his name. And if there wasn't a D next to his name, all the better, just "ask" him to retire, no need to go through a trial and let everyone see just how slimy they really are.
The airplane wasn't even invented yet, hard to understand someone buying you a vacation 9500 miles away and not needing to quit your job and be gone for 6 months
I have to report if a drug rep buys lunch, rightly so, and this guy gets trips, tuition, etc. Baffles me how a judge can get away with it.
At least he reported it this time. That is a new thing for him.
Fantastic. Now it's okay to blatantly take bribes?
what even is the point of a Supreme Court Justice reporting if it will have no consequence?
Exactly.
But I don't really see it changing because it would almost certainly require a constitutional amendment. Any congressional legislation that carried a punishment would almost certainly be shot down by the court itself.
https://truthout.org/articles/report-harlan-crow-has-a-stake-in-4-scotus-cases-and-thomas-hasnt-recused/ why these bribes are relevant.
Relevant except nothing will ever come of this. You do not remove a mullah for corruption. You just follow his pronouncements.
For fuck's sake, did this man do anything without a bribe? He studied and worked all the way to the supreme court just to be a piece of shit. What a embrassement of a person. I'd say he should be ashamed, but I'd probably have to bribe him to do even that. 🙄
I guarantee you he was for sale long before the Supreme Court. That's how he got there
I've been for sale for YEARS and ain't nobody buying.
Edit: Shit, that sounded like I was defending him. Not the case. I do not have the skill set or connections to be bought nor do I want to obtain them.
I got a dollar
Tree fiddy, take it or leave it
GODDAYUMIT MONSTA
Proper title: "Justice Clarence Thomas, after lying for years, formally admits to accepting bribes and being corrupted".
“No further consequences foreseeable.”
Guys, I'm sure this is typical billionaire behavior, just gifting vacations to patriotic Americans who deserve them. Why I am sure Harlan Crow would be my very best friend if it wasn't for that fact that I am not Black - the power of the Supreme Court has nothing to do with it!
Now let’s all watch how quickly nothing happens.
Since nothing will happen, I'm surprised they don't just declare everything as bragging rights. It would be unpatriotic not to splash the cash that you have received because you, and America, are clearly in God's favour according to the Prosperity Gospel.
Why are Justices even allowed to have donors?, it make absolutely zero sense.
To be clear: he claims the people giving him all these gifts are his "friends". The fact that they are also wealthy donors to the RNC and various conservative issues is (in his mind) coincidental.
There are better endings to a sentence the starts with ‘Justice Thomas reports’
That still doesn't make it ok Clarence
Oh good!
/s