SCOTUS Justices out of Control with no Oversight

[Eric]

All nine justices are pushing back against oversight and it would appear they all have things they don't want disclosed.

All 9 Supreme Court justices push back on oversight: 'Raises more questions,' Senate chair says

All nine Supreme Court justices, in a rare move, signed a joint statement rebutting proposals for independent ethics oversight, mandatory rules and greater transparency

abcnews.go.com

All 9 Supreme Court justices push back on oversight: 'Raises more questions,' Senate chair says​

And now we're seeing why Roberts doesn't want to answer to congress.

Jane Roberts, who is married to Chief Justice John Roberts, made $10.3 million in commissions from elite law firms, whistleblower documents show

New documents reveal Jane Roberts made $10.3 million from elite firms, raising questions about the Supreme Court justices' conflicts of interest.

www.businessinsider.com

Jane Roberts, who is married to Chief Justice John Roberts, made $10.3 million in commissions from elite law firms, whistleblower documents show​

So essentially we have no rules whatsoever for those making the most important decisions of a generation. Both parties should agree to write some laws around this.

 

[Alli]

The White House has always had an ethics lawyer. Time for SCOTUS to have one, too.

 

[Eric]

Just what did they expect? He was asked to testify so he could explain and refused.

Sam Alito Says Criticism of Supreme Court Is 'Unfair': 'Practically Nobody Is Defending Us'

"We are being hammered daily, and I think quite unfairly in some of these instances," the justice complained to the Wall Street Journal amid ethics scandals.

jezebel.com

Sam Alito Says Criticism of Supreme Court Is 'Unfair': 'Practically Nobody Is Defending Us'​

"We are being hammered daily, and I think quite unfairly in some of these instances," the justice complained to the Wall Street Journal amid ethics scandals.​

 

[fooferdoggie]

Just what did they expect? He was asked to testify so he could explain and refused.

Sam Alito Says Criticism of Supreme Court Is 'Unfair': 'Practically Nobody Is Defending Us'

"We are being hammered daily, and I think quite unfairly in some of these instances," the justice complained to the Wall Street Journal amid ethics scandals.

jezebel.com

Sam Alito Says Criticism of Supreme Court Is 'Unfair': 'Practically Nobody Is Defending Us'​

"We are being hammered daily, and I think quite unfairly in some of these instances," the justice complained to the Wall Street Journal amid ethics scandals.​

man a bunch of snow flakes. their rulings have caused far more death and loss of freedom then what they have lost.

 

[Eric]

Sad story...

Supreme Court Justice that voted to expand gun rights and votesd against safety for women worries about his own safety from guns

Opinion | Justice Samuel Alito: ‘This Made Us Targets of Assassination’

The author of the Dobbs abortion ruling answers attacks on the court’s ‘legitimacy.’ He says he thinks he knows who leaked the draft and is certain about the motive.

www.wsj.com

Justice Samuel Alito: ‘This Made Us Targets of Assassination’​

The author of the Dobbs abortion ruling answers attacks on the court’s ‘legitimacy.’ He says he thinks he knows who leaked the draft and is certain about the motive.​

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition.

Crow paid for private school for a relative Thomas said he was raising “as a son.” “This is way outside the norm,” said a former White House ethics lawyer.

www.propublica.org

 

[Huntn]

Just what did they expect? He was asked to testify so he could explain and refused.

Sam Alito Says Criticism of Supreme Court Is 'Unfair': 'Practically Nobody Is Defending Us'

"We are being hammered daily, and I think quite unfairly in some of these instances," the justice complained to the Wall Street Journal amid ethics scandals.

jezebel.com

Sam Alito Says Criticism of Supreme Court Is 'Unfair': 'Practically Nobody Is Defending Us'​

"We are being hammered daily, and I think quite unfairly in some of these instances," the justice complained to the Wall Street Journal amid ethics scandals.​

As in DUH…

 

[Eric]

As in DUH…

'Practically Nobody Is Defending Us'

"We know how you feel"
~ Women

 

[fooferdoggie]

As in DUH…

top GOP trump supporters are. stop complaining.

 

[Alli]

Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition.

Crow paid for private school for a relative Thomas said he was raising “as a son.” “This is way outside the norm,” said a former White House ethics lawyer.

www.propublica.org

Wasn’t that how they got Weisselberg? Trump paid for his kids’ schooling.

 

[GermanSuplex]

What a con.

 

[Eric]

The latest.

Clarence Thomas faces fresh calls to resign after more billionaire gifts revealed

Congressional Democrats have pushed for ethics reform legislation, efforts publicly rejected by Samuel Alito

www.independent.co.uk

However, of the four people who have gifted him all of these things over the years they're saying none have had any cases in front of him. So while the optics are bad there appears to be nothing illegal about any of it.

 

[GermanSuplex]

It absolutely hurts the mind to think that anyone would consider this kind of stuff routine lodging or meals, or even gifts in a traditional sense. A billionaire gifted him a Rolex - once - twenty years ago? Don’t care. Buys your mom a house? Gifts a family member/friend tuition? Luxury trips? Private loans which you don’t qualify for otherwise? Helicopter rides? Private jet travel? How many people are gifted around 38 trips amounting to hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars?

This isn’t just a lack of ethics getting out of hand, this is literal corruption. This is stereotype, cartoon-imagery corruption in real life. When George Carlin gets on stage and talks about the “owners of this country” having bought and paid for all the politicians and judges, this is literally the kind of exaggerated imagery that comes to mind..

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

The latest.

Clarence Thomas faces fresh calls to resign after more billionaire gifts revealed

Congressional Democrats have pushed for ethics reform legislation, efforts publicly rejected by Samuel Alito

www.independent.co.uk

However, of the four people who have gifted him all of these things over the years they're saying none have had any cases in front of him. So while the optics are bad there appears to be nothing illegal about any of it.

When you're in a certain class and a business leader you always have cases in front of the supreme court at least indirectly.

 

[GermanSuplex]

When you're in a certain class and a business leader you always have cases in front of the supreme court at least indirectly.

I guess I’m failing to see why it matters, if that’s the argument Thomas and others are making. Stop accepting these gifts if you’re a judge.

Regardless of what the rules and laws are, or if what Thomas did is legal, it needs to change.

Thomas is lucky he’s not a democrat, the conservatives would have gone for him ten times harder as the democrats, and called him a criminal who should be in prison. I don’t think dems are saying any of that - just that he’s corrupt and the rules need to prohibit this kind of behavior moving forward. Anyone who thinks this is any less corrupt than Hunter Biden profiting from being a famous guy’s kid is wrong.

Actually, it’s way worse. Hunter Biden is nobody, this is a Supreme Court justice.

 

[Huntn]

It absolutely hurts the mind to think that anyone would consider this kind of stuff routine lodging or meals, or even gifts in a traditional sense. A billionaire gifted him a Rolex - once - twenty years ago? Don’t care. Buys your mom a house? Gifts a family member/friend tuition? Luxury trips? Private loans which you don’t qualify for otherwise? Helicopter rides? Private jet travel? How many people are gifted around 38 trips amounting to hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars?

This isn’t just a lack of ethics getting out of hand, this is literal corruption. This is stereotype, cartoon-imagery corruption in real life. When George Carlin gets on stage and talks about the “owners of this country” having bought and paid for all the politicians and judges, this is literally the kind of exaggerated imagery that comes to mind..

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Aren’t they just good friends?

 

[GermanSuplex]

Aren’t they just good friends?

I’m sure that’s the only true part of the story. One guy gets to buy a Supreme Court justice and the other gets millions in free perks that 99% of the human population never get to experience. I’m sure they’re great friends.