Fucking. Indict. Thomas.
Both of them.
this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2023
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And thr hand maiden, and the beer-bro-rapist. I mean shit we have at least two known sexual predators sitting on the bench. It's laughable that anyone even recognizes its authority at all.
I certainly don't. Precedence is moot now. I guess we'll decide all things on a case by case basis. This'll be way better... /s
At this point polls suggest 15% of Americans believe in the legitimacy of the US Supreme Court.
It keeps Roberts awake at night but otherwise so far it hasn't done much to curb their campaign to dismantle human rights.
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When you regularly receive so many """loans""" and lavish 6 figure vacations from """friends""", you can't be expected to remember to officially report all of them, completely understandable
Ah... the venerable old "make a 'loan' then forgive it" strategy for paying bribes.
At this point Thomas might as well have a tattoo across his forehead that says "I am corrupt."
If he had even a speck of integrity, he'd resign.
If he had a speck of integrity he'd be a completely different person.
If he had even a speck of integrity, he’d resign.
Narrator voice: He didn't.
I think the only reason these shitbags used to resign is they didn't have enough power to say "fuck you, what are you gonna do about it?" But he does, apparently.
267K seems like such an impossibly high number that I can't even comprehend ever having that much in dollars. For these asshole that's just bribe money, pissed away on an RV he likely used once. And at that price it's likely one of the nicest RV's anyone's ever seen.
He used it quite a bit. He put on this Everyman schtick where he didn't need fancy trips, he just needed to RV and camp in Walmart parking lots
The articles on it are quite hilarious to read now that we know actually he was going on lavish free trips plenty and that RV was a tremendous bribe
If it makes you feel any better, that was $267k in the late 1990s. Value in today's money is closer to half a million.
Yeah that doesn't make me feel better either.
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This just in: Clarence Thomas is a joke of a human being, even moreso as a justice. Nothing will be done. Happy Thursday.
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They should heavily fine the person who paid Thomas and Jail Thomas.
Should stop people from bribing public officials
I will say this every time:
If the punishment is a fine, it's only illegal for poor people.
Fines should scale with networth. I think a country or two in the UK do that, and someone got like a $100k speeding ticket.
I think you mean a country in Europe.
The UK is a country, and ~~countries don't have countries~~ in them*. As a side note to add, the UK is in Europe, but not in the EU.
* looks like I was wrong. Normally countries don't have countries in them - but the UK does!
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There’s only one solution for this level of corruption.
Which is?
We must all hold hands across America!
Macarena around the world!
Just like in France back in 1789!
Correct!
Due process.
And if the government law enforcement refuses to prosecute, well, there might be a trial like the one Scarecrow held in whichever Batman movie that was.
There's no due process for ethical violations in the SC because they don't have a code of ethics that they have to abide by.
The worst that's going to happen here is he might have to pay a bit of back taxes, but I doubt even that will happen.
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You know bribery is legal in the USA, right? They call it "lobbying"
Wow this guy is really proving to be a conservative.
Fascist has less letters to type and means the same thing. ;)
Wow turns out loan forgiveness is a great idea after all! For corrupt republican shitbags.
I'm sure the Republicans in the house will get right on this after they're done elevating an election denier to second-in-line to the presidency.
who left this pube hair on my can of cola?????
Long Dong Silver, that's who!
'on my coke'.
Thomas, a lowlife, in a robe.
I can't believe Biden forgave Thomas's loan. This is what happens when you elect a communist: it makes the supreme court look corrupt.
Thank God for the level heads over at the supreme court who have informed us that even though it may look, feel, smell, and taste exactly like shit, that it's actually your upper lip. Also, they're rubber and we're glue.
/s
Whomst among us has not gotten a quarter million dollar loan from a friend and never repaid it? What sort of friends would the guy be if he has Clarence pay such a small sum back? /s
I may have forgotten to pay back my parents for the small loan of $1M they gave me to start a business.
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Unethical
Can't be unethical since they have no formal code of ethics. /s
fuck the whole judicial branch.
"When a Justice does it, that means it is not unethical," or something.
The SC is openly and hopelessly corrupt. Throw the whole fucking thing away and start over.
And the only consequence he'll suffer is bad press. I bet he'll even be allowed to keep the money.
Straight up corruption. Can we stop calling it "alleged" or just a minor "ethics issue" yet?
Justice Thomas will be issuing a public statement of commitment to ethical standards. The DOJ will be closely monitoring his actions for the remainder of his tenure in TSC.
So your saying he was just outright bribed. Nice.
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