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I dont want to be the first to don the tinfoil cap but at what point can we assume that there are back channel pressures and corruption at play in the US Suprem

I dont want to be the first to don the tinfoil cap but at what point can we assume that there are back channel pressures and corruption at play in the US Supreme Court. Which Apple is knowingly exploiting.

atkailash 3y ago
We passed that point given the lack of disclosures lately
- mschuster91 3y ago
  Your account seems to be shadowbanned. You might want to shoot an email over to the mods at hn@ycombinator.com.
TaylorAlexander 3y ago
We 100% know there are back channel pressures as we have at least one long standing well documented example of it. https://www.propublica.org/series/supreme-court-scotus https://www.propublica.org/series/supreme-court-scotus
dzader 3y ago
I mean there is documentated evidence that Clarence has been on the take for decades so not very tin foil hat-y to assume this is happening with all of the justices
- jkubicek 3y ago
  It's reasonable to be suspicious of the other justices, question their motives, investigate their finances and pass laws banning the exact kind of nonsense that Clarence Thomas has been accused of. That said, I think it is absolutely tin foil hat-y to _assume_ that the other justices are just as bad.
  - dylan604 3y ago
    >and pass laws banning the exact kind of nonsense how do you then keep the Clarence Thomases on the court to not rule them unconstitutional and strike them down?
intrasight 3y ago
Is of course possible. But IMHO this was the correct outcome.
mcny 3y ago
On the flip side, we know Apple pays bribes when it needs to do so Previously on hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25190668 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25190668
bettercallsalad 3y ago
Not a tin foil. Matt Stoller, one of the most important anti-trust advocates wrote on this [1] [1] https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/bidens-bad-judges https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/bidens-bad-judges

atkailash 3y ago

We passed that point given the lack of disclosures lately

mschuster91 3y ago
Your account seems to be shadowbanned. You might want to shoot an email over to the mods at hn@ycombinator.com.

TaylorAlexander 3y ago

We 100% know there are back channel pressures as we have at least one long standing well documented example of it. https://www.propublica.org/series/supreme-court-scotus https://www.propublica.org/series/supreme-court-scotus

dzader 3y ago

I mean there is documentated evidence that Clarence has been on the take for decades so not very tin foil hat-y to assume this is happening with all of the justices

jkubicek 3y ago
It's reasonable to be suspicious of the other justices, question their motives, investigate their finances and pass laws banning the exact kind of nonsense that Clarence Thomas has been accused of. That said, I think it is absolutely tin foil hat-y to _assume_ that the other justices are just as bad.
- dylan604 3y ago
  >and pass laws banning the exact kind of nonsense how do you then keep the Clarence Thomases on the court to not rule them unconstitutional and strike them down?

intrasight 3y ago

Is of course possible. But IMHO this was the correct outcome.

mcny 3y ago

On the flip side, we know Apple pays bribes when it needs to do so Previously on hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25190668 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25190668

bettercallsalad 3y ago

Not a tin foil. Matt Stoller, one of the most important anti-trust advocates wrote on this [1] [1] https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/bidens-bad-judges https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/bidens-bad-judges