Supreme Court Corruption (Formerly Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire) (1 Viewer)

[cuddlemonkey]

It seems that a billionaire GOP donor has spent a small fortune on vacations for Ginni and Clarence Thomas.

Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor

Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me that someone would do this,” says one former judge.

www.propublica.org

 

[bird]

Do ethics rules apply to spouses? This is such a bad made up controversy. I realize yall are grasping a straws, but still this is weak and laughable.

"President Biden failed again to note his free stays at the vacation homes of rich patrons on annual ethics forms made public this week — making the omission days after ProPublica was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for chronicling Supreme Court justices’ non-disclosures under the same transparency rule."

Biden again omits free vacations at million dollar homes from ethics forms despite Clarence Thomas outcry

Biden took four vacations at the homes of wealthy supporters in 2023, none of which were listed as gifts on the forms signed by the president.

nypost.com

Did donors pay for vacations? Harlan Crow did for Thomas.

 

[SaintForLife]

Did donors pay for vacations? Harlan Crow did for Thomas.

Should we hold Biden to the same standards as Thomas?

 

[DaveXA]

Should we hold Biden to the same standards as Thomas?

Absolutely, but not for the reasons you think.

 

[MT15]

Should we hold Biden to the same standards as Thomas?

First we have to establish that the story is true. NY Post makes shirt up all the time.

 

[bird]

Should we hold Biden to the same standards as Thomas?

When a donor buys an RV, pays for one of Biden’s relatives home, send one of Biden’s grandkids to a private school and when said donor benefits by having cases before Biden that Biden can materially impact for said donor’s benefit.

Apples and bowling balls. Try again.

 

[SaintForLife]

When a donor buys an RV, pays for one of Biden’s relatives home, send one of Biden’s grandkids to a private school and when said donor benefits by having cases before Biden that Biden can materially impact for said donor’s benefit.

Apples and bowling balls. Try again.

Translation: We shouldn't hold Biden to the same standard we want to apply to Thomas because you support Biden.

 

[FullMonte]

Biden paused the weapons shipments as a ploy to help him in November. Are you saying what Biden did was illegal because only Congress is allowed to spend government money?

No…YOU said that Biden was funding genocide. I’m trying to figure out how he is doing that since he doesn’t fund anything.

And, no, it’s not illegal because the presidential impoundment act allows the president to delay congressional authorizations, as long as he notifies Congress of the delay, the reason, and the conditions require to release it.

 

[SaintForLife]

No…YOU said that Biden was funding genocide. I’m trying to figure out how he is doing that since he doesn’t fund anything.

And, no, it’s not illegal because the presidential impoundment act allows the president to delay congressional authorizations, as long as he notifies Congress of the delay, the reason, and the conditions require to release it.

He can withhold the funding.

 

[DaveXA]

He can withhold the funding.

He can't arbitrarily hold it back indefinitely. There are rules he has to follow.

That said, I'm not a fan of how he's handling the Israeli-Gaza conflict.

 

[bird]

Translation: We shouldn't hold Biden to the same standard we want to apply to Thomas because you support Biden.

Translation: Clarence Thomas abuses his position as a Supreme Court Justice via decisions that directly benefit his puppetmaster(s), sorry, donors. And you have no problem with it.

Should Biden have declared his staying where he did? Of course. Is it the same as what Thomas and Alito have done? Not by a long shot. But you are OK with Republican corruption. Glad we cleared that up.

Oh, and don’t let us forget the Grifter Supreme, Donald Trump.

 

[MT15]

Alito’s wife has been really busy. Seriously, he needs to recuse. Resign, even better. He’s MAGA to his core.

 

[MT15]

 

[SaintForLife]

Alito’s wife has been really busy. Seriously, he needs to recuse. Resign, even better. He’s MAGA to his core.

As soon as I saw that on X I knew you would posting it here.

Do ethics rules apply to spouses?

Is this the 1st time you've heard of that flag?

It’s a famous American revolutionary flag. It was commissioned and flown by George Washington. The phrase comes from John Locke.

The flag was also on the introduction to the HBO John Adams show.

George Washington, John Locke and HBO are pillars of the MAGA movement

 

[SaintForLife]

 

[MT15]

SFL: you just aren’t a serious poster here. You’re only a partisan. If one of the democratically appointed justices flew a political flag you would be incensed. Just like you excused Trump using congressionally authorized weapons to blackmail a foreign leader into smearing his political opponent, but say that when Biden withholds one type of offensive weapon to try to mitigate civilian casualties that he should be impeached.

Alito is supposed to stay out of showing deference to a political movement or party. He is corrupt and doesn’t care if anyone knows he is MAGA at this point. He needs to recuse himself at this point at a bare minimum. It would be better if he would resign. He’s hopelessly compromised.

 

[MT15]

It doesn’t matter what the history is of that flag. It’s been co-opted by Christian Nationalists. He knows that. And I don’t believe for a minute that his wife is responsible for either flag. Only a coward would blame his wife, IMO.

 

[MT15]

This would drive SFL up the wall. He would be right to be upset by the following. Why does he excuse partisan behavior from Alito? Because he is a partisan, to his core. He doesn’t care what laws, rules, or conventions are broken by his side. That’s perfectly fine.

 

[MT15]