This person, masquerading as a judge, serves as a clear illustration of a tainted justice system.
Well, he’s not doing something illegal… unethical, yes. This is corruption plain and simple.
It’s illegal for anyone subject to laws. An apellate judge would be in prison for each and every one of these bribes, no option to resign.
And Thomas is not subject to laws. That’s the explanation.
He admitted wrongdoing when he feigned ignorance that he was supposed to disclose his lavish gifts for the last few decades.
This is just more info coming out about what he always hid from the American people regarding the huge under-the-table gifts he’s been receiving from billionaires all these years.
You’re not even allowed to receive any of this stuff as a basic account executive at most companies, and in radio & TV it is explicitly forbidden by law. How the fuck is it legal for a Supreme Court Justice?
I’ve been watching Fall of Civilizations and it is incredible how often civilizations rot, decay, and then wither away into nothing due to corruption. Humans never learn the freaking lesson. Carthage lasted ~800 years—the USA is definitely not going to last that long.
Eastern Rome was an absolute shitfest after they lost Egypt. Manzikert was a disaster because the nobility was to concerned about the aftermath. There’s so many parallels with the United States.
It was honestly incredibly stupid of the American founders to assume making these guys practically untouchable would make them above corruption rather than the perfect targets for it. Childishly naive.
Founders didn’t give them nearly as much power as they have now. They gave it to themselves in Marbury v Madison. The government was never never to have political parties. Washington even warned about that in his farewell address
The founders envisioned a weak government that could be torn down and rebuilt by the people as needed. Perhaps we have been neglecting our duty.
That to secure these rights, Governments are ilnstituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness… it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
–Thomas Jefferson
Why isn’t this guy on the ground in the street?
America don’t stand for shit.
If only all those school shooters you have redirected their energy into these dudes
Who wrote this headline?! My god, use commas ffs
Good reporting, ProPublica
Link to the actual ProPublica report, instead of a CNN story talking about the report.
“We don’t need a code of ethics.”
he’s been bought and paid for… just like a slave…
It’s no accident that one of his scandals involves a person living in an abode owned by somebody else.
like a rich white fella moved Clarence into his house, so he could sorta keep him close…
