THE CROOK ON THE COURT (Page 1/1)
ray b APR 07, 12:18 PM
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is a crook

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has enjoyed the hospitality and funding of Dallas real estate magnate and major Republican donor Harlan Crow. Thomas and his wife Ginni, who was closely involved in challenging the 2020 presidential election, have taken trips in private jets and gone on vacations with Crow worth as much as $500,000.

Thomas did not disclose any of these valuable gifts. Indeed, in a documentary funded in part by Crow, Thomas presented himself as a regular guy. “I prefer the RV parks. I prefer the Walmart parking lots to the beaches and things like that. There’s something normal to me about it,” he said. “I come from regular stock, and I prefer that—I prefer being around that.” BS

he is a tax dodger as all the stuff and vacations have value but unreported to the tax man
bet the other guy the billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow wrote it all off as expediences to his business
but not thomas who that Crow had given Thomas a $19,000 Bible that had belonged to the famous formerly enslaved abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass and a $15,000 bust of Abraham Lincoln. After their story appeared, it seems that Thomas did not stop accepting expensive gifts and travel from the wealthy mogul, but instead stopped disclosing them.

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) tweeted: “Important for news media to not simply label this guy as a ‘[Republican] mega donor’. It’s so much worse. Crow has many interests before the Supreme Court. His groups file petitions before the court. It’s the clearest, most brazen violation of judicial ethics you can imagine.”

AKA PAY FOR PLAY

OR BRIBES

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Question wonder and be wierd
are you kind?

Fitz301 APR 08, 12:00 PM
Prove it, "racist".
rinselberg APR 08, 12:22 PM
Here's some coverage of it on CBS News... text and a brief video segment.
https://www.cbsnews.com/new...e-of-conduct-ethics/

I don't think that Justice Thomas can be indicted for any of this. Theoretically, he could be impeached by Congress, but that's not going to happen. I wonder if any person or group could file a lawsuit against him for any of this conduct.

The best thing that could happen is to have some more effective system for actually holding the Supreme Court justices to the ethical standards that they are expected to maintain.
ray b APR 09, 10:46 AM
unpaid unreported income is a crime
that is how they got big al

20+ years of gifts trips and stays each up to a 1/2 million value
from a guy with issues before the courts
that adds up to real money real crimes

they say bribes matter to kids [hunter]
but no cares when the crook is on the Gop side
the rump stolen millions in tax cheats

or the nut-con who sells the supreme courts seat
to his buddys corpRATS NEEDS
rinselberg APR 13, 09:59 AM
THE CROOK ON THE COURT
rinselberg APR 14, 01:06 AM


MSNBC's unapologetically "left of MAGA" Lawrence O'Donnell opines that Clarence Thomas is a "first" in the long history of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Which leads me to ponder, if Clarence Thomas were to be tried and convicted of violation(s) of federal law, and if his case were appealed all the way up to the Supreme Court... is there a realistic scenario in which Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas authors the Majority Opinion for the Supreme Court in the appeal of "United States v Clarence Thomas"..?
rinselberg APR 15, 05:04 PM
"The 'Conservative Movement' Is a Giant Exercise in Plutocrat-Financed Astroturfing"

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The scandal of Clarence Thomas accepting enormous gifts from billionaire Harlan Crow is a reminder of just how little mass support the Right has. Take away the rich financiers and there’s not much of a conservative movement to speak of.


Luke Savage for Jacobin; April 15, 2023.
https://jacobin.com/2023/04...crow-clarence-thomas

Just about a 3-minute "read".

I think it's "spot on".