Corrupt Clarence Thomas May NEVER Recover from This Reality Check

[0311]

Nobody is demanding Thomas step down
He broke no law

But he is ethically compromised
SCOTUS should implement strict ethics rules not just for Thomas, but for everyone

SCOTUS should be better than this

Now if this was Justice Sotomayor, it would be a whole different story.

 

[ThisIsMe]

Yes, members get money for their campaigns

Thomas got money for a $350,000 RV, his mothers house and vacations to Asia

Not the same

Monetary value doesn't matter, were taking about influence here. But if you want to compare values, bill gates donated 50M to a fundraising group that supports harris. While not a direct donation, it was still going to the same place.

Congress is in a position to be able to repay "donations" through legislation. Also, those congressman get donations from many different people. You think those "donations" go unrewarded?

 

[ThisIsMe]

Nobody is demanding Thomas step down
He broke no law

But he is ethically compromised
SCOTUS should implement strict ethics rules not just for Thomas, but for everyone

SCOTUS should be better than this

Wasn't too long ago, when this story broke, leftys here were calling for him to be removed.

Sure, scotus should be better, so should congress. You still seem to want to ignore all of that. How about we just hold ALL of them to the same ethical standard. I have said before, every member of congress should be audited every 6 months and required to explain any increase in net worth not correlated to their salary.

 

[ThisIsMe]

Now if this was Justice Sotomayor, it would be a whole different story.

No it wouldn't. Unless you can show where she broke a law, or was bribed into making a decision to benefit the friends who have her the gifts.

 

[rightwinger]

No it wouldn't. Unless you can show where she broke a law, or was bribed into making a decision to benefit the friends who have her the gifts.

Those Republican donors are not bribing for a certain decision.
They are bribing for access to a Justice.

Someone you can call any time and discuss your concerns about an upcoming decision

 

[ThisIsMe]

Those Republican donors are not bribing for a certain decision.
They are bribing for access to a Justice.

Someone you can call any time and discuss your concerns about an upcoming decision

How do you know that? That's just speculation.

If you have any proof of that, there's hear it.

 

[rightwinger]

How do you know that? That's just speculation.

If you have any proof of that, there's hear it.

Yes it is speculation

And Clarence Thomas’ behavior leaves him open to speculation about his ethical standards

Judges should be above that

 

[ThisIsMe]

Yes it is speculation

And Clarence Thomas’ behavior leaves him open to speculation about his ethical standards

Judges should be above that

I agree, but, it isn't a crime and it's it's not something he should be removed over, unless it's shown he has been influenced.


And, once again, we need to hold ALL member, appointed, and elected, to the same standards.


So, when will you call for investigations into how most of these members of congress became rich?

 

[rightwinger]

I agree, but, it isn't a crime and it's it's not something he should be removed over, unless it's shown he has been influenced.


And, once again, we need to hold ALL member, appointed, and elected, to the same standards.

I don’t expect Thomas to resign, I just expect him to clean up his act.

I also expect SCOTUS to establish enforceable ethical standards, not the self imposed voluntary ones they now have.

 

[rightwinger]

So, when will you call for investigations into how most of these members of congress became rich?

All Congress members file tax returns where they have to report the sources of all income.

My own Senator (Menendez) was prosecuted for his shady finances and resigned

 

[ThisIsMe]

I don’t expect Thomas to resign, I just expect him to clean up his act.

I also expect SCOTUS to establish enforceable ethical standards, not the self imposed voluntary ones they now have.

I can be in board with that...but ethics standards are only good if you enforce them...(congress)

 

[ThisIsMe]

All Congress members file tax returns where they have to report the sources of all income.

My own Senator (Menendez) was prosecuted for his shady finances and resigned

You really think they report their income properly? The audits need to extend to their families also, so they can't say "well my spouse made the money".

You don't gain a net worth of tens of millions, or hundreds of millions of dollars off a $174,000 - $220,000 per year salary. There's unethical behavior going on there.

 

[rightwinger]

You don't gain a net worth of tens of millions, or hundreds of millions of dollars off a $174,000 - $220,000 per year salary. There's unethical behavior going on there.

Congress members write books, get paid for speeches, do consulting……..all of which gets reported on their taxes.

Joe Biden was one of the poorest members of the Senate. He did not start making money until he became VP

 

[ColonelAngus]

OP is so racist…it is frankly a bit disturbing.

 

[Leviticus]

Most corrupt Justice ever

Nah there were some even more corrupt ones in the 1800's.

 

[ThisIsMe]

Congress members write books, get paid for speeches, do consulting……..all of which gets reported on their taxes.

Joe Biden was one of the poorest members of the Senate. He did not start making money until he became VP

Yeah, but therein is the problem. Books don't tell the whole story.

Selling books doesn't account for the multi millions of dollars these people accrue. Most members of congress make a couple hundred thousand off of a book, at most.

Members of congress are allowed to only make just under $30,000 in side income, but there are exceptions to that. Those exceptions being book royalties, stock trades, and real estate deals. Now imagine that....seems awfully convenient, doesn't it?


Book sales: this is a way for members of congress to make money AND skirt campaign finance rules by allowing member of the public to "donate" via purchasing books. And, some of these members will make money off of their own campaigns by having the campaign purchase their books in bulk, in which they then sell from their campaigns website.


Stock trades: we already know the problems with this. Insider trading galore.

Real estate: again, like insider trading, this is another way for them to get wealthy, by knowing things about land due to their position in office, AND they can make money off of land purchased with public funds.

Take the light rail project in California, for example. Pelosi spent a lot of time steering billions of taxpayer dollars into land that Salesforce was going to sell. The ceo of Salesforce is a huge democrat donor and pelosis are among those who receive money from him.

Then there was the russell ranch issue where she was able to not disclose it due to house ruled not requiring them to disclose holdings of anything in subchapter S (I'm not 100% in this but it's what in recall)

Then there was the funneling of 200M to the presidio...just 6 blocks from the pelosis house.


And, i can't remember and trying to find the article, but a few weeks ago, i heard a story where apparently a member of congress used government money to purchase some land, then turned around and sold that land to a friend, who also used public money to make the purchase....I can't remember the details but, in trying to find that article again.

Then there is the feinstein postal service deal where the contract was awarded to a company affiliated with feinstens husband and they say that she had no influence WHATSOEVER on that deal....yeah...right.

ALL of this needs to be investigated and stopped. Book sales don't account for much of the wealth being made in Washington, most of it is these shady land and stock deals.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

This is what he gets for selling out. He sold out blacks and he's selling out the country.

Do you ever get tired of whining about the Black people who don't follow the Democratic party's rules for minorities ? If you really are black I bet your white handlers are ever so proud of you lack of independent thought. You really do lay it on thick for them.

 

[Stann]

This is what he gets for selling out. He sold out blacks and he's selling out the country.

He's a total asshole. A disgrace to the Supreme Court. This is why an independent review of these judges is needed. We've had a problem for a long time and it needs to be resolved.

 

[IM2]

Do you ever get tired of whining about the Black people who don't follow the Democratic party's rules for minorities ? If you really are black I bet your white handlers are ever so proud of you lack of independent thought. You really do lay it on thick for them.

Do you ever get tired of defending corrupt black assholes and reciting dumb-ass racist garbage about democrat rules for minorities? Because the party who has rules for its minorities is yours. You defend Thomas because he's helping whites maintain white supremacy like his master Harlan Crowe with the Nazi souvenirs tells him. Which is the rule for minorities in the Republican party. I know what independent thought is boy, and it's certainly not what Thomas has ever done.

 

[rightwinger]

He's a total asshole. A disgrace to the Supreme Court. This is why an independent review of these judges is needed. We've had a problem for a long time and it needs to be resolved.

Thomas has taken free stuff to a new extreme
No Justice has ever been close