A Texas billionaire, known to have cozy relationships with high-profile conservatives, footed the bill for two 2019 trips to Bali and membership to a private California club for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, according to a report published Friday.The trips were disclosed for the first time ...
Would it matter? He's the "shoot a guy on fifth avenue" person. Who's going to be able to prosecute a SCOTUS justice who can appeal to SCOTUS and not recuse himself?
This was a standard disclosure. Feeling 'the heat' has nothing to do with it. Jackson got 1.2k in flowers from Opera. Appointed officials shouldn't be able to accept any form of donations above a very minor amount like $20.
The report Friday comes after a separate report this week found Supreme Court Justices have received about $4.7 million in gifts over the past two decades — more than $4 million of which was pocketed by Thomas alone, newly revealed data showed.
We all really wish he would have accepted the motorcoach offer. John Oliver is a treasure, putting his money where his mouth is trying to save our country from scum like Thomas.
There absolutely should be a penalty, fucking ridiculous that we have a system that defers serious legal shit to 7 individuals who aren't even elected. 3 of which were appointed by an orange reality TV star.
This is America. If we punished bald-faced corruption, what else might we have to punish? Insider trading? Police violence? Violations of people's civil and human rights? It's a slippery slope, friend!
About 2 months ago I saw a news clip where he announced his resignation. There was a voice recording of him, he didn't say the word "resign" but implied it