Clarence Thomas
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Maybe. Then again the left has been using a hatchet on this guy since the beginning. I don't believe their motives and their ability to manufacture evidence and narrative is incredible.
What "evidence" here is "manufactured"?
Be specific, regarding his free travel and vacations, unreported income, and wife's activities with far-right groups.
None of that matters. He has conducted himself in manner that is unbecoming of his position and should have the decency to leave quietly.
There is a trade-off for accepting an appointment to the Supreme Court and part of that is to purposefully avoid such obvious conflicts of interest for the sake of the court and the country. Thomas fails at this so much it's lowered the standards of conduct to the point that you have people talking about "evidence" like it's a court of law.
Which is exactly why he should go.
Be specific? Always with the be specific as if that means anything at all.
Yes the left manufactures evidence. Maybe this is legitimate abf maybe it isn't
As for his wife earning income....that isn't illegal. It isn't like she is getting into bed with China or the Ukraine. Did Clarence get her on the board of an energy company in one of the most corrupt countries on the planet? Did she leave a crack pipe in a rental car and have kiddie port on her laptop?
Lol. According to the people that want to appoint a Democrat to the Supreme court.
Why is this an issue for you?
And staying at places for free is kind of his thing.
Read the post above yours…former head of the RNC…so I call BS on this post.
And his wife is a cult minded loon.
Republicans love their team’s corruption.
^^^^^
Likes his guys corrupt.
Soros-funded conservative billionaire Crow library?
No; it means be specific.
Provide detailed examples. Did Iowa's shitty-heading-down-the-toilet education system fail you, too?
Who gives a f@ck about the rules they put in place for themselves? The fox ox watching the hen house here
Mortara would jump on a grenade for Thomas.
I don’t know if he violated the rules regarding travel, but I tend to agree with the PILF guy, there’s a separation of powers issue, and Thomas isn’t going to be impeached.
That said, I believe it’s inappropriate for a judge to take gifts many times their salary. The same way I believe it’s inappropriate for federal officials to actively trade the markets, or for their family members to take high-paying jobs clearly tied to their influence.
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I'm pretty certain he went to a private school where they pay for a diploma.
Yes, and unlike members of Congress there is no direct form of accountability.
And, if you bother to READ them, "transportation" is NOT considered "hospitality".
Private jet trips and yacht trips, thus ARE implied to be reportable.
He violated the rules regarding travel. Travel is not considered "personal home hospitality". Nor would travel on a yacht.
Yes, but there is also an exception for gifts from close personal friends. Thomas could always say that his relationship with Harlan Crow is such that he would recuse himself from any matter involving a material interest to Crow.
This is all kinds of wrong, but I don’t know that he broke the rules. That’s followed by the fact that I don’t know that the rules apply here.
Congress could impeach and convict him. They won’t.
The other SCOTUS justices could exclude him from conferences and opinions. They won’t.
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Yes, the leftist bigot Michael Steele is just trying to take down strong black conservatives!!
You're just as correct about this as everything you post, well done!!
Travel WAS NOT MENTIONED in the statute, bonehead. Hence NO reporting requirement. Period.
There's definitely an issue with accepting gifts from anyone who might have something come before the court. There's also a distinction between having a personal relationship with someone, and having business, or potential business with that person. Judges can recuse themselves when there's a conflict of interest. This seems to all be a bit of a reach to me.
The Roberts era of the SCOTUS quickly moving up the list of the worst in history. I think initially he cared about his legacy, now I simply think he DGAF.
Thomas isn't a victim,.. but neither can he be considered guilty of violating updated rules that were just put into effect last month...
Aside from the overall look of this, the real issue I see is that while Crow didn’t have any matters come before the Court, he exposed Clarence Thomas to plenty of his friends that did.
Thomas received gifts. Crow got the network benefit of bringing him to events. Crow’s friends with business before the Court got access to Thomas and his knowledge of their connection and importance to Crow.
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Anything of value over $450 and not otherwise exempted is considered a gift that must be reported. Travel is clearly listed in the rules as an example.
You are making him a victim of what you call feign outrage, while he hasn't done anything that's illegal, but it can be considered as unethical.
Perhaps, but if we are all allowed to apply the "unethical tag" where we see it 75% of our political elite would be standing in bread lines,... on second thought, maybe not a bad idea.
op 20 Corporate political spenders disclosed to FEC SINCE CITIZENS UNITED
| Crow Holdings | $4,970,000 | $2.5 million to American Crossroads plus several other Republican-supporting super PACs. |
When did Supreme Court justices become part of the "political elite"?
The fact that so many are defending Thomas whether this is against the law or not is another example of how far the right wing has fallen. If this was the Nixon era they would be defending him on some technicality or other such nonsense.
