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I kept expecting that he would mention Clarence Thomas at some point but he never did.
by xrd 4y ago
I kept expecting that he would mention Clarence Thomas at some point but he never did.
- ipsin 4y agoSame, the thoughts seems at least inspired by those events. The same insight could be labeled "How to bribe someone by making it seem like friendship."
- jameshart 4y agoI think the author might be making the assumption that ‘if you don’t feel awkward receiving the gift, it can’t be bribery’ - which I don’t think is what the law says, and hardly seems like a sound moral standard either. I suppose the idea is ‘if you don’t feel awkward, then there can’t be any sense of obligation, so no quid pro the quo’. But of course that’s not true. Although I suppose the author only said this makes it look like it’s not a bribe. Presumably it might still actually be one.
- klyrs 4y agoHonestly, it looks like the whole court is crooked at this point. It's up to Congress to keep them in line, and it's up to them to keep Congress in line, but big money runs politics and they're all on the take.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoWhat have the other Justices done to deserve the label of crooked? Or as crooked as Thomas?
- klyrs 4y agoI wouldn't necessarily say they're all equally crooked, but the unanimous decision in McDonnell vs United States is particularly malodorous. Even my hero RBG accepted gifts that should have been declined. https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/04/26/u-s-supreme-court-justices-take-lavish-gifts-then-raise-the-bar-for-bribery-prosecutions/ https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/04/26/u-s-supreme-court-...