Clarence Thomas
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Disclosing your donations cannot possibly be a 1A violation.
You have the right to free speech; you have the right to hold public accountability for that speech.
They want it both ways.
There is no consistency. Whatever fits their narrative on any given day.
To hell with them.
It never ends with this guy.
If he has any integrity he would resign
If he has any integrity he would resign
...and give up on the $270k Free Motor Homes and comped vacations/fishing trips????
Truly a common man RVing among the wal-martians
And this is how we know he will never resign.
Justification for one branch of the govt to check and balance one of the others? Seems there is enough information on the table a reasonable person could offer suspicion of impropriety..... We've seen Rs in congress start inquiries for less (recently).
But the House of Reps will protect him. They're the ones who can request his tax records to review them.
DOJ could certainly start digging, but the House could review whether that loan was declared as income, or not.
Leach is the definition that comes to mind. He “sucks” from the system.
Maybe he was once a stand up guy, but that was then and not now.
Perhaps symbiotic parasite is more descriptive. He is attached to wealth and it benefits both the sucker and the suckee.
Ah, when i opened this, i had hopes that old prick had passed on.
Senate Investigation “Casts Fresh Doubt” About the Validity of Harlan Crow’s Yacht Tax Deductions
In their extensive probe, Senate investigators found evidence to suggest Crow has made repeated misrepresentations to the U.S. government. ProPublica revealed the tax maneuvers in a previous story.
I mean, if the Thomas stuff was linked to a liberal SC justice cons would be losing their minds imo.
Senate Investigation “Casts Fresh Doubt” About the Validity of Harlan Crow’s Yacht Tax Deductions
In their extensive probe, Senate investigators found evidence to suggest Crow has made repeated misrepresentations to the U.S. government. ProPublica revealed the tax maneuvers in a previous story.www.propublica.org
I do not understand how one could look at all these things that have been done for him over the years and objectively not think they’re problematic for someone whose at least publicly supposed to present the appearance of being impartial.
I am guessing that reporters are actively digging into Thomas, his finances and those of his "friends." If there is a story there it will come out sooner or later.
There have been multiple stories already. A judge at a lower level likely would have been forced to resign already, but there’s no rules governing SCOTUS judges.
Oh I know there have been stories that make this look bad and unethical. However, I'm referring to any beyond that or if those with ties did anything illegal to hide their financial relationship with him.
I’d honestly be surprised if anything illegal actually went down. I just think a lot of unethical stuff went down from SCOTUS perspective
You mean what's already out there isn't enough for you?
Free house for his mother?
Free trips?
Free 200k motorcoach?
Again, those are ugly and if people are honest it's not something you want in any judge. However, seems like it's legal. And, until something like that comes out he's just sleazy which his party is fine with.
But it is not "legal"
Particularly when some of those "free" gifts should have been claimed on his taxes.
As well as he should have recused himself from cases related to any of them. That's something legal standards actually require.
I think you've inadvertently buried the lede here.
Until very very recently, an ethical standard far above the letter of the law was standard practice for high ranking offices in the government and rightfully so. It's not good for us that that standard has been thrown on the trash heap of history.
The tragic bit we’ve learned thanks to Thomas is that there is not ethical standard SCOTUS is required to abide by.
If that’s accurate that’s quite frankly obscene.
It's either accurate, or Thomas will sue them for defamation.
And I'm seeing no legal threats...
At some point just admit it Clarence. You are a far right wing advocate making law. This is the new status of the Supreme Court
“I just remembered. My wife wanted me to take some time off.”
I feel like being honest and forthright are pretty important character traits in Supreme Court Justice. Thomas seems to be lacking.
