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

 

[fooferdoggie]

I haven't seen that, but totally wouldn't surprise me.

Trump encourages TPUSA crowd to start curse word chant in a church

For almost eight years, the religious right has tried to convince us that Donald Trump is God’s choice to lead our country, while the Democrats are God-hating, baby-killing heathens. That talking point rings extremely hollow in the wake of Trump’s many...

www.dailykos.com

 

[MT15]

Putting this here. When the court wants to it can act in a timely manner. It is obviously aiding Trump here.

 

[DaveXA]

Putting this here. When the court wants to it can act in a timely manner. It is obviously aiding Trump here.

This is just my theory and I could be completely wrong. I think they're intentionally pushing it beyond the election because they don't want a sitting president subject to legal threats and would rather wait until after Trump's term if he becomes President. If he loses the election, then they'll allow things to proceed as normal at that point.

I think they're well aware how close it's getting to the election and a lot of this won't be resolved in time. What they don't want is for a sitting President being handcuffed by legal challenges. I don't agree with it, but I do think it's part of their calculus.

 

[coldseat]

This is just my theory and I could be completely wrong. I think they're intentionally pushing it beyond the election because they don't want a sitting president subject to legal threats and would rather wait until after Trump's term if he becomes President. If he loses the election, then they'll allow things to proceed as normal at that point.

I think they're well aware how close it's getting to the election and a lot of this won't be resolved in time. What they don't want is for a sitting President being handcuffed by legal challenges. I don't agree with it, but I do think it's part of their calculus.

What they want is irrelevant. That's not their job to control. Rule on the law, that's what they're paid to do.

 

[DaveXA]

What they want is irrelevant. That's not their job to control. Rule on the law, that's what they're paid to do.

I agree. I'm just speculating as to why they might be stalling. Not saying it's right or wrong. I think they should proceed like they would any other case. The point is this isn't just any other case.

 

[MT15]

Who brought the case and got the corrupt majority to overturn the ban on bump stocks? The only party I can think of who will benefit from making bump stocks legal are the manufacturers, oh and mass murderers. This court doesn’t serve the public. They just don’t. They serve special interests. They serve their billionaire handlers.



This ban took effect during the Trump Administration, and was in response to the worst mass murder in US history.

 

[MT15]

Just as I thought. I read that Thomas’ opinion had some illustrations of mechanisms and dense technical jargon. IMO, he is using industry sources to change a law that Congress passed in a bipartisan matter and Trump signed into law. They are serving special interests.

“The man who challenged the bump stock ban is Michael Cargill, a gun shop owner in Texas, backed by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, an advocacy group with financial ties to Charles Koch, a billionaire who has long supported conservative and libertarian causes. The organization primarily targets what it considers unlawful uses of administrative power.”

This should be a gift link:

Supreme Court Rejects Trump-Era Ban on Gun Bump Stocks

The devices allow semiautomatic guns to fire more rapidly. They were banned after one of the deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history, at a Las Vegas concert in 2017.

www.nytimes.com

 

[MT15]

This is a great thread by Senator Whitehouse that summarizes some of the corrupt acts of Thomas. We still don’t know the extent of his corruption. I have quoted here the final 2 tweets in his thread, but it is well worth it to read it all.

 

[MT15]

Sotomayor calling every.single.conservative on this court for their ability to adhere to their principles when they want and abandon them to serve their billionaire masters.

 

[MT15]

Thomas has no real explanation for not disclosing the things he took.

 

[MT15]

Textualists…..

 

[MT15]

 

[MT15]

If this level of corruption was uncovered about Jackson, Sotomayor, or Kagan, Roberts would have already acted, IMO. I also fervently believe that Roberts discovered that the leaker of the Dobbs decision was either associated with Alito or, less likely, Thomas and that’s why the investigation was allowed to peter out into nothing.

 

[zztop]

I may have posted about this before

How a Secretive Billionaire Handed His Fortune to the Architect of the Right-Wing Takeover of the Courts

In the largest known political advocacy donation in U.S. history, industrialist Barre Seid funded a new group run by Federalist Society co-chair Leonard Leo, who guided Trump’s Supreme Court picks and helped end federal abortion rights.

www.propublica.org

 

[LA - L.A.]

I may have posted about this before

How a Secretive Billionaire Handed His Fortune to the Architect of the Right-Wing Takeover of the Courts

In the largest known political advocacy donation in U.S. history, industrialist Barre Seid funded a new group run by Federalist Society co-chair Leonard Leo, who guided Trump’s Supreme Court picks and helped end federal abortion rights.

www.propublica.org

The one consistent thing about fascist takeovers, they always start with huge amounts of funding from very rich capitalists, sometimes pretending to be socialists or communists.

 

[Lapaz]

Another reason the next election is important is that if Trump wins, and Republicans get 50% of the senate, I believe there is a very high likelihood that Thomas will resign before the mid-term elections and Alito may as well. That would lock in conservatives for the next 25 years. If Republicans don’t get 50% of the senate, he’ll at least wait until after the mids, and if they don’t get control, then he’ll try to wait, but his age may force the issue. To even things out, and hopefully fix some of the damage done by the court, Thomas and Alito need to be replaced with left leaning judges.

 

[bird]

Supreme Court overturns Chevron decision, curtailing federal agencies' power in major shift

The Supreme Court overturned a landmark 40-year-old decision that gave federal agencies broad regulatory power.

www.cbsnews.com

If, by some chance the Dems get a 60 seat majority in the Senate and retake the House then immediate action to impeach Alito and Thomas must be done.

 

[Lapaz]

Supreme Court overturns Chevron decision, curtailing federal agencies' power in major shift

The Supreme Court overturned a landmark 40-year-old decision that gave federal agencies broad regulatory power.

www.cbsnews.com

If, by some chance the Dems get a 60 seat majority in the Senate and retake the House then immediate action to impeach Alito and Thomas must be done.

It seems that the implication is that congressional laws are going to have to be much larger to cover the administrative details that are usually left to agencies. Laws are already huge, and congress is going to be bogged-down to try to cover those details that they normally would allow the experts to fill-in. This is going to make it impossible to keep up with changing circumstances. Forget keeping up with regulating AI, medical advances, climate challenges, health-related matters and any other changing things. Agencies will be able to continue to enforce existing regulations, and I suppose they can write new regulations as new challenges arise, but the courts will be overwhelmed with challenges to the regulations. I think it will lead agencies to be reticent to issue new regulations, so protections will erode little by little until there is a revolt due to the increases in societal dangers.