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Under the Headline Justice Clarence Thomas Acknowledges He Should Have Disclosed Free Trips From Billionaire Donor, ProPublica exposed the utter corruption of Justice Thomas. In 20 years on the bench, he has taken as much money in bribes as he has had a salary. That is NOT someone who rules impartially. Some of the other Justices have significant outside income - but that comes from being published authors His graft dwarfs anyone who has ever been on the bench, and none of it comes from legal services rendered..

"Legal ethics experts said that Thomas appeared to have violated the law by failing to disclose the trips and gifts." Ya think?

"The Thomas revelations helped plunge the Supreme Court into its biggest ethical crisis in the modern era. Justice Samuel Alito also failed to disclose a luxury fishing trip that was paid for by wealthy political donors [you're next, Bub], one of whom had cases before the court. In recent weeks, Alito has faced criticism for politicized flags that flew at two of his homes. The public’s approval of the court has plummeted in the last few years, polls show.

In response, the court last year adopted a code of conduct for the first time in its history. The code, however, has no enforcement mechanism." Which is the real point, here.

In the absence of a real ethics mechanism (or real ethics) for the Supreme Court, the only mechanism is impeachment. And, it is thoroughly justified. In 1969, Abe Fortas resigned over a $20,000 retainer agreement (equivalent to $166,000 in 2023). It was a common practice among the judges at the time to continue a legal practice outside the court). But, this retainer agreement was unusual and controversial, because the client was involved in an insider trading scandal, and the retainer payments would continue for his lifetime (and beyond). It was subsequently revealed that the client was seeking a pardon from President Johnson, who was a good friend and confidant of Fortas. At the time, though, the Nixon administration was gunning for SC Justices so they could change the makeup of the court (sound familiar?). He resigned for the good of the Court. (Ironically, Nixon subsequently appointed Blackmun, the author of Roe.)

But nothing compares, really, to Thomas' graft. Nothing. And it is so brazen.

Absolutly! Thomas is corrupt as fck - for all of the reasons you lay out.

You guys are delusional.

Republicans since the early 1990's have been promoting at a glacial pace the meme Republicans are above the law. It has now been ensconced into law with precedents. MAGA is above the law ... and if you don't believe it, look around ... everyone involved with MAGA has made the claim.

What is more important is each of you will become an enemy of the state, and that will become legalized once Trump wins the election. I would type something otherwise but I hear the knelling bells ... The Death of Democracy.

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I think, without hyperbole, that we are on the cusp of a watershed moment for democracy. MAGA is a real threat, and it is the same threat that exists in other countries which are following a similar path. A significant portion of the population - although not a majority, at least not yet - is more enamored of strongman leadership than democracy. What the defenders of democracy need to realize is how far the enemy, using that term advisedly, has progressed, having infiltrated all of our foundational institutions. This is, literally, a fight for our way of life.

It's worse than you think.

Justice Alito admits he believes we are in a Darwinian death struggle for survival of his way of life. If anyone is still in doubt Democracy is on the line ... WAKE UP!!!!!

Alito just admitted that he can't be an unbiased juror.

Progressive activist Lauren Windsor posed as a Christian conservative to take an undercover recording of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito at the Supreme Court Historical Society's annual dinner. Alito argued that compromise with the political left in the United States was impossible given what he said was a vast gulf between America's political ideologies.

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Alito needs to be removed from his position.

I think that the congress actually setup a system under which the Supreme Court would function. The problem, however, is that, if there is a system, it has no power to do something. We need a system which, if any Supreme is not following the rules is, automatically removed from the court. No diddling, no discussions, etc. If anybody screws up they are gone. There is the guy who is supposed to be running the Supremes and he is a waste of time as well. If he is found to not doing his job then he loses the job.

None of this stuff where, if they don't follow the rules THEN we decide what gets done. We do what they do. When something is decided then ITS decided. Same with their rules. Impeachment is fine but this needs more final. I think they should also lose their license to do any attorney stuff. No screwing around.......

What we have now, if anything, is simply not working. We really need something that takes care of a problem which, if anybody really looks, we are running under right now. I am wondering when they decide that Trump is above the law!

We gotta serious mess for sure...............