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Seems obvious that some have rightfully concluded skipping buying off politicians when you can just buy off the final decision makers on all US law is a profitable enterprise. Maybe Clarence and Ginni Thomas are just amazing dinner party guests though.
And it’s preposterously cheap.
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No shit. It’s almost counter to a companies fiduciary responsibility not to bride these people given the massive ROI lol
Not to mention the 0% chance of actual consequences.
Exactly.
bro is the movie villain and just out here like #blessedlife.
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I’m pretty sure $2300 is about his hourly rate. But he goes on MSNBC and rags on Trump so he’s gotten a full pass, I guess.
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I’m not even sure he hates Trump for any of the numerous legit reasons, he just hates that Trump gets away with stuff and makes a farce of his profession.
And John Roberts, famed for his concern about the court’s reputation and legitimacy, refused to even begin to discuss any of this. The bulk of his letter was one long, filibustering paragraph arguing that “[t]estimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee by the Chief Justice of the United States is exceedingly rare” and that previous examples of such testimony, or testimony to the House, dealt with “routine matters” or “mundane topics.”
By focusing on chief justices, Roberts was ignoring the fact that Stephen Breyer and Antonin Scalia had testified before the Judiciary Committee in 2011, as sitting members of the Supreme Court, on topics specifically including ethics and conflicts of interest. Even more specifically, here’s how the New York Times described the background of the hearing , eleven and a half years ago:
The ethical conduct of the Supreme Court has been under growing scrutiny. Questions have been raised over Justice Clarence Thomas’s appearances before Republican-backed groups and his acceptance of favors from a contributor in Texas, Harlan Crow, as well as over his wife, Virginia Thomas, and her job as a conservative advocate.
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You’re missing the most important part. As many have pointed out, gorsuch and Thomas don’t really need much convincing to make the rulings they make.
The real value is in encouraging the current Harvard and Yale law students that becoming the next generation of federalist society dipshits is a good move and that they’ll get paid just like the current guys
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We don’t need to come up with complex explanations for this. Billionaires want the ear of the most powerful people in the world. This isn’t quid pro quo (well, it probably isn’t quid pro quo), just the simple fact that people will always do favors for their buddies, and nothing cements a friendship like lavishing gifts on someone (or being the counterparty in an incredibly lopsided real estate deal).
This dynamic goes back thousands of years. It’s probably among the closer things to universal across human societies.
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Put together, Thomas’s hostility to disclosure laws and to free-speech precedents paints a vivid picture of American democracy as he believes it should exist: a system small enough to be bought by a tight circle of anonymous oligarchs, and big enough to silence anyone who might criticize them. Only then, when the rich men who own the place and the rich men who run the place can take their Indonesian cruises on superyachts together in private, will speech and association be truly free.
It’s insane state legislatures have not stepped in on this. This is a no brainer issue I am sure scotus will screw up.
Allowing governments to keep the excess proceeds is insane. Nobody else with a lien or the ability to for a sale can do that.
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A 2018 Senate investigation that found there was “no evidence” to substantiate any of the claims of sexual assault against the US supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh contained serious omissions, according to new information obtained by the Guardian.
The 28-page report was released by the Republican senator Chuck Grassley, the then chairman of the Senate judiciary committee. It prominently included an unfounded and unverified claim that one of Kavanaugh’s accusers – a fellow Yale graduate named Deborah Ramirez – was “likely” mistaken when she alleged that Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a dormitory party because another Yale student was allegedly known for such acts.
Oh ok, what was there source for this?
The suggestion that Kavanaugh was the victim of mistaken identity was sent to the judiciary committee by a Colorado-based attorney named Joseph C Smith Jr, according to a non-redacted copy of a 2018 email obtained by the Guardian. Smith was a friend and former colleague of the judiciary committee’s then lead counsel, Mike Davis.
Oh
Well maybe the story’s plausible? Them being on the judiciary committee they did their investigative work right?
The allegation that Ramirez was likely mistaken was included in the Senate committee’s final report even though Maxey – who was described but not named – was not attending Yale at the time of the alleged incident.
In an interview with the Guardian, Maxey confirmed that he was still a senior in high school at the time of the alleged incident, and said he had never been contacted by any of the Republican staffers who were conducting the investigation.
“I was not at Yale,” he said. “I was a senior in high school at the time. I was not in New Haven.” He added: “These people can say what they want, and there are no consequences, ever.”
Just the Federalist Society good ol’ boys covering for each other
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This one not here yet?
Roberts told a friend that the change was motivated by a desire to avoid the appearance of conflicts of interest, given that her husband was now the highest-ranking judge in the country. “There are many paths to the good life,” she said. “There are so many things to do if you’re open to change and opportunity.”
And life was indeed good for the Robertses, at least for the years 2007 to 2014. During that eight-year stretch, according to internal records from her employer, Jane Roberts generated a whopping $10.3 million in commissions, paid out by corporations and law firms for placing high-dollar lawyers with them.
In-your-face, aggressive corruption, and Roberts gets positive approval ratings from Democrats
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Gee, I wonder why he wouldn’t want to testify.
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We need to shut this shit hole court down until we can figure out what the hell is going on.
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