Must be nice to be openly corrupt and not have any consequences.
I know right. It’s like the meme of “nothing ever happens” but for real. People get fired for having weed in their piss and this dude is manipulating a whole country based on who gives him the most money
Guy from the Navy came for a demonstration and he wouldn't let us buy him a McDonald's cheeseburger.
Meanwhile at work I can't take a gift over five dollars and if I get like a box of chocolate I leave it in the break room.
Amazing how much integrity you must show is inverse to the amount of damages not showing it will cause.
I wish I was surprised. What a sham court
And we're stuck with it for the foreseeable future.
The greatest harm isn't even in the actions of the court itself, but it is in the undermining of institutions and confidence in a just system even further.
I got a bogus moving violation ticket in a ghetto. Decided to fight it. Watched as minority after minority got their ass handed to them in traffic court. Cops are super rude about everything. Few months later I get jury duty. Hispanic man accused of a violent crime...ok yeah. I have already seen how the sausage is made.
Now I didn't get picked they had enough before they even got to me but I admit I would be very disinclined to take the justice systems word. Maybe that is the wrong attitude to have. Just because the justice system is very very imperfect doesn't mean that there is no crime.
Everytime the justice system does something like this. Mistreats minorities or the poor, refuses to go after the powerful it weakens it's authority. And we are all worse off.
I agree, never trust the justice system to get things right. But also, don't let the poor reputation of the justice system get in the way of protecting victims of crime in cases involving minorities.
Minorities are much less likely to get the attention they need from investigators when they're the victim of a crime. And like everyone, they're often victimized by someone from their own community.
It's an incredibly nuanced problem that isn't easy to sum up in an easily digestible comment.
And I blame those that didn't vote in 2016.
Pitchforks
French height shorteners.
I mean I assumed what we found out wasn't the end of his corruption and I assume this isn't either. I don't trust him so I'll never know. He needs to be impeached.
These guys have no shame.
They can't even spell shame. As soon as they get to S-H- they go I-T-Y-E-A-H-I-L-L-T-A-K-E-T-H-E-M-O-N-E-Y-F-U-C-K-E-M!!!
These "justices" are a national disgrace and make a mockery of our justice system. They must be impeached and removed and ethics and honor restored. (This requires a 2/3 vote in the Senate which is unlikely to happen since many senators are equally corrupt and need to be removed as well.)
At this point just investigate the entire SCOTUS and let the cards fall where they may. If all need removed when the dust settles, so be it.
yeah bruh the repub sc is illegitimate and openly corrupt. fuck ‘em.
So...why is no one dealing with all the corruption coming out?
Because they police themselves
The judges have judged the judges and found no wrongdoing on the part of the judges.
brandon must declare this session illegitimate and do the cases again after he's removed
he has the power, he can just say it. andrew jackson just did what he wanted didn't he
You're right, but Biden won't do shit, he's a status quo boomer in a suit.
And I'll be voting for him again next year.
What? No. Can you imagine the clusterfuck if Biden just ignored the constitution and declared a court "illegitimate?" We need the court to be expanded and then for the cases to be brought again by the DOJ and other parties and have the SCOTUS overturn them.
More reasons we need to end lobbying and update disclosure rules to include anything they didn't buy themselves.
If Biden wanted an excuse to stack the court then this is it.
An oft-repeated admonition in legal circles is that lawyers should avoid even so much as the appearance of impropriety. And that's before taking the bench. Any suggestion that any of this was done unknowingly is preposterous.
And here I thought he slept in his camper in Walmart parking lots like he told us. Could it be that a Supreme Court justice actually lives a life of luxury?!
Is there a legislative mechanism or body that has the power to investigate the SCOTUS? Or are they beyond punitive measures? Honestly asking for an experts opinion here
Since the Supreme Court is at the top of their branch of the government, it would have to be another branch, either legislative or executive.
The US congress has the power to impeach (i.e. charge with a crime / misdemeanor / transgression) a justice, and send that case to the senate for a trial.
Unfortunately, the US congress is Republican-controlled, so you'd have to convince a very significant fraction of the Republicans to vote to investigate and charge the guy whose corruption is leading to so many wins for their side.
The other option is a criminal investigation by the FBI, which is part of the executive branch. But, that would require that what Thomas did violated federal laws. I doubt he actually broke bribery laws, or would be stupid enough to break them while he suspected he might be under a federal investigation.
If only the founding fathers had any background in game theory. This system of "checks and balances" only works when the majority of the people involved have noble, self-sacrificing ideals.
I honestly don't know, but if there was, it would require the people who wanted them in the position in the first place to agree to implement it. I don't see that happening.
I remember learning in high school about the corruption under Herbert Hoover's administration and the entire federal government at the time. They made it out to seem like those days are behind us. The curriculum needs updating because those days never ended.
Shocking. Just absolutely shocking!
/s in case that needs to be stated.
In another universe, Anita Hill went on to become president after 1991
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