Summary
The U.S. Judicial Conference announced it will not refer ethics allegations against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to the Justice Department.
The allegations involve undisclosed luxury trips funded by wealthy friends, which Thomas claims were exempt from disclosure due to personal ties.
Thomas agreed to updated reporting requirements on trips and gifts, addressing concerns about undisclosed luxury trips funded by wealthy benefactors.
Critics argue the decision underscores the need for Congress to establish mechanisms to enforce ethical standards for Supreme Court justices.
The rule of law is dead in America.
Shoplift food for your family or smoke an herb that comes from the ground, and you go to jail. Take bribes and destroy the country for your own greed and selfishness, and they praise you and make you immune to all consequences.
SCOTUS loses its power when the people lose respect and confidence in it. We are there now. Their decisions are a farce.
But how exactly does that mean it loses its power? Sure it has no public trust, but what does that really mean as far as the power it weilds?
It means nothing, because there’s no legal mechanism for the people to remove anyone from the 3 branches.
Why would they?
Infighting weakens the caste. Besides, what are you going to do about it?
I’m gonna make snarky posts about it, that’ll show em!
They’re reading this, right?
Someone’s going to channel Luigi and shoot some of these corrupt justices dead, and I’m not going to be mad about it at all.
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It only takes one!
We’ve had one. I don’t think it’s changed anything yet.
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It clearly takes a lot more than one.
Statistically, yes. 400,000,000 will wait for 1. About 250,000,000 were with that 1 on the day in question tho
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I’m sure the news outlets will be scratching their heads as they can’t seem to find people disappointed or upset about it. Hell, maybe we’ll get some fiery op-eds from judicial scholars unironically talking about how supreme court just doesn’t pay like it used to, just to balance the equation.
The corruption is so blatant anymore, really makes you wonder when the bottom is gonna fall out or if it already has
I might start praying again.
The people tasked with upholding the status quo are.
The U.S. is such a shithole.
On track to becoming a banana republic, if grownups don’t intervene.
There are no grownups left. Only revolutionaries.
I think Thomas, like many other influential people, knows very well that he doesn’t have to fear any consequences or even prosecution in this system, which this decision now confirms once again. That was to be expected, because why should anything have changed. I mean, Thomas was already obviously corrupt way back in 2000, when he was already a supereme court justice and, together with his cronies, prevented the recount of the votes in Florida, which meant that Bush became president instead of Gore. Incidentally, his billionaire buddy Harlan Crow was also already involved back then. So he has been doing this for more than 25 years in such a brazen manner and has simply remained true to himself - and only to himself.
Well will ya look at that. Corruption!
Of course that would require them to have ethics as well.
The
justicejust us system.AJAB
It’s not like Trump’s Justice Department would have done anything with it anyway…
Probably not, but he’d have an opportunity to replace him with someone at least as bad. So, you never know.
Of course they won’t. Zero chance he’s the only supreme court justice who did this shit, he’s just the only one stupid enough to get caught. Or the only one evil enough to be so brazen.
Pretty sure Alito got caught over similar shit (maybe not as extravagant)
He’s also the biggest target!
My thoughts and prayers go out for the these corrupt judges.
Obviously because the laws only apply to us regular people.
