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Ugh. Between this and Gini Thomas activism, there really needs to be judicial reform at the SCOTUS level. As it stands today, there is effectively no recourse

Ugh. Between this and Gini Thomas activism, there really needs to be judicial reform at the SCOTUS level. As it stands today, there is effectively no recourse for Justices who misbehave. They aren't bound by the ethics rules that apply to lower courts. And impeachment is effectively a non-starter in today's political climate (requires supermajority of Senate to remove from office). So Thomas can take all the bribes he wants without fear of penalty.

imadierich 4y ago
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TechBro8615 4y ago
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- malfist 4y ago
  The suggestion you've made boils down to: Ignore examples of corruption to avoid the spread of corruption. I don't think it works that way.
- d23 4y ago
  Politicize it? His wife was messaging the chief of staff trying to pressure him to overthrow the election. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/read-clarence-thomass-wife-virginias-texts-to-mark-meadows.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/read-clarence-thomas... > Do not concede. It takes time for the army who is gathering for his back. > Biden crime family & ballot fraud co-conspirators (elected officials, bureaucrats, social media censorship mongers, fake stream media reporters, etc) are being arrested & detained for ballot fraud right now & over coming days, & will be living in barges off GITMO to face military tribunals for sedition.
  - tablespoon 4y ago
    > His wife was messaging the chief of staff trying to pressure him to overthrow the election. Exactly! Husbands are responsible for the actions of their wives, so he should be impeached for them; especially since it will help us flip the court.
    - plagiarist 4y ago
      You've constructed a strawman, and, congratulations, you have won an imaginary argument. Do you disagree that judges are responsible for recusing themselves from cases they have a personal interest in?
- plagiarist 4y ago
  Noticing Clarence's corrupt behavior is not politicizing anything. "Please stop noticing that a SCOTUS justice fails to recuse himself regarding an insurrection his wife assisted with."
- alistairSH 4y ago
  How is noting that Justice Thomas took bribes from a conservative billionaire "politicizing" the Court? In any other branch of government and any other court with the federal judicial branch, he would at minimum be required to disclose those gifts. In most positions, he would be removed from service for receiving them. How is noting that Justice Thomas is married to a conservative activist "politicizing" the Court? I'm not arguing Justices's spouses shouldn't work. But, conflicts of interest should be disclosed and the Justice should be required to recuse themselves when potential conflicts arise. And Thomas sitting on cases that involve issues in which his wife is active or receiving payments for services is a MASSIVE conflict. Of the Justices, Thomas and his wife are unique in the level of potential conflicts. Other spouses: Jackson - surgeon Barrett - white collar defense lawyer Kavanaugh - town manager (Chevy Chase, MD) Gorsuch - home maker? Kagan - single/unmarried Sotomayor - divorced Alito - former law librarian Roberts - recruiter for law firm
  - DerpyBaby123 4y ago
    >In any other branch of government and any other court with the federal judicial branch, he would at minimum be required to disclose those gifts. I believe that SCOTUS justices are also required to do these disclosures, FTA: >His failure to report the flights appears to violate a law passed after Watergate that requires justices, judges, members of Congress and federal officials to disclose most gifts, two ethics law experts said. He also should have disclosed his trips on the yacht, these experts said.
  - TechBro8615 4y ago
    If you have any evidence that Justice Thomas has changed any of his judicial decisions based on the opinions of his wife or fishing buddy, then you can present it at an impeachment hearing, assuming you can get enough of the house to agree to hold one. That's the constitutional mechanism for ensuring accountability of the judiciary. By design, it's not easy to remove him from the court at the whims of this year's congressional makeup. But it's possible. It's also not clear why you're listing the positions of the spouses of the justices. Is the Supreme Court the Supreme Clergy now? Are you implying that justices can't be married? Should we be interrogating their spouses as part of their confirmation hearings? Do you want to subpoena Mrs Alito for her texts to see what she says about gun regulation after school shootings?
- mcphage 4y ago
  > Please don't politicize the judicial branch. I think this article makes very clear that that boat has sailed.
Zigurd 4y ago
He broke the law. It's not complicated. Impeachment is not the only recourse. Nothing prevents a DoJ or IRS investigation. It is not uncommon for journalists to be the first to uncover corruption.
pg_1234 4y ago
You don't impeach him as a judge ... you just jail him like any other crook.

imadierich 4y ago

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TechBro8615 4y ago

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malfist 4y ago
The suggestion you've made boils down to: Ignore examples of corruption to avoid the spread of corruption. I don't think it works that way.
d23 4y ago
Politicize it? His wife was messaging the chief of staff trying to pressure him to overthrow the election. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/read-clarence-thomass-wife-virginias-texts-to-mark-meadows.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/read-clarence-thomas... > Do not concede. It takes time for the army who is gathering for his back. > Biden crime family & ballot fraud co-conspirators (elected officials, bureaucrats, social media censorship mongers, fake stream media reporters, etc) are being arrested & detained for ballot fraud right now & over coming days, & will be living in barges off GITMO to face military tribunals for sedition.
- tablespoon 4y ago
  > His wife was messaging the chief of staff trying to pressure him to overthrow the election. Exactly! Husbands are responsible for the actions of their wives, so he should be impeached for them; especially since it will help us flip the court.
  - plagiarist 4y ago
    You've constructed a strawman, and, congratulations, you have won an imaginary argument. Do you disagree that judges are responsible for recusing themselves from cases they have a personal interest in?
plagiarist 4y ago
Noticing Clarence's corrupt behavior is not politicizing anything. "Please stop noticing that a SCOTUS justice fails to recuse himself regarding an insurrection his wife assisted with."
alistairSH 4y ago
How is noting that Justice Thomas took bribes from a conservative billionaire "politicizing" the Court? In any other branch of government and any other court with the federal judicial branch, he would at minimum be required to disclose those gifts. In most positions, he would be removed from service for receiving them. How is noting that Justice Thomas is married to a conservative activist "politicizing" the Court? I'm not arguing Justices's spouses shouldn't work. But, conflicts of interest should be disclosed and the Justice should be required to recuse themselves when potential conflicts arise. And Thomas sitting on cases that involve issues in which his wife is active or receiving payments for services is a MASSIVE conflict. Of the Justices, Thomas and his wife are unique in the level of potential conflicts. Other spouses: Jackson - surgeon Barrett - white collar defense lawyer Kavanaugh - town manager (Chevy Chase, MD) Gorsuch - home maker? Kagan - single/unmarried Sotomayor - divorced Alito - former law librarian Roberts - recruiter for law firm
- DerpyBaby123 4y ago
  >In any other branch of government and any other court with the federal judicial branch, he would at minimum be required to disclose those gifts. I believe that SCOTUS justices are also required to do these disclosures, FTA: >His failure to report the flights appears to violate a law passed after Watergate that requires justices, judges, members of Congress and federal officials to disclose most gifts, two ethics law experts said. He also should have disclosed his trips on the yacht, these experts said.
- TechBro8615 4y ago
  If you have any evidence that Justice Thomas has changed any of his judicial decisions based on the opinions of his wife or fishing buddy, then you can present it at an impeachment hearing, assuming you can get enough of the house to agree to hold one. That's the constitutional mechanism for ensuring accountability of the judiciary. By design, it's not easy to remove him from the court at the whims of this year's congressional makeup. But it's possible. It's also not clear why you're listing the positions of the spouses of the justices. Is the Supreme Court the Supreme Clergy now? Are you implying that justices can't be married? Should we be interrogating their spouses as part of their confirmation hearings? Do you want to subpoena Mrs Alito for her texts to see what she says about gun regulation after school shootings?
mcphage 4y ago
> Please don't politicize the judicial branch. I think this article makes very clear that that boat has sailed.

Zigurd 4y ago

He broke the law. It's not complicated. Impeachment is not the only recourse. Nothing prevents a DoJ or IRS investigation. It is not uncommon for journalists to be the first to uncover corruption.

pg_1234 4y ago

You don't impeach him as a judge ... you just jail him like any other crook.