SCOTUS Shenanigans Watch

When you’re going after a SCOTUS judge and the FBI and the GOP, you gotta get things right as best one can on the first attempt. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Funny, but my money is on Ginny Thomas leaking it on behalf of her husband.

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In the end, it doesn’t matter if it was Clarence Thomas, or Ginny Thomas, or Alito, they’re all very firmly in the Deplorables bucket, all actively working for theocratic fascism and against democracy. They all need to be removed from that position, and they all need to receive consequences for what they’ve already done, and none of them will short of what will be, in essence, a revolution.

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Apparently, $1M is all it takes to ensure that you do not get questioned by investigators.

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Found this law review article from 2013.

Amanda Frost, “Judicial Ethics and Supreme Court Exceptionalism,” Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 26 (2013): 449

In his mild-mannered way, Chief Justice John Roberts has set the stage for a constitutional conflict between Congress and the Supreme Court. Roberts’ 2011 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary focused on judicial ethics, a subject that has been much in the news lately.’ In the course of that year, several of the Justices were publicly criticized for their alleged involvement in political fundraisers;2 acceptance of gifts’ and travel expenses paid for by groups with political viewpoints;4 failure to report a spouse’s employment;5 and, most controversially, refusal to recuse themselves from the constitutional challenges to the health care reform legislation despite alleged conflicts of interest.6 Existing laws already cover some of this claimed misconduct, and the spate of negative publicity inspired the introduction of new federal legislation that would further regulate the Justices’ behavior.7 Roberts’ Year-End Report acknowledged these accusations of impropriety, as well as the legal framework that governs in this area.8 Then, in a shot across Congress’s bow, he stated that the Court had “never addressed” Congress’s constitutional authority to prescribe ethics rules for the Supreme Court9-which many took to be a broad hint that, at least in the Chief Justice’s view, Congress lacks that authority.10

Roberts has always stood up for shady characters. I wonder if he’s on the take.

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SCOTUS shenanigans leads to Satanic Temple shenanigans. Life gives you little dollops of pure joy every now and then.

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Here is a direct link to their website for those who don’t want to click on a Daily Caller article (even it’s it’s MSN-washed):

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Angry Jason Jones GIF by The Detour

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This does not surprise me. The entire network for the Texas Supreme Court was taken down by malware because one of the justices fell for an obvious phishing attack on his personal email.

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Odd that I get to use this twice in a half hour.

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I’ve wondered twice about how much an Operative charges these days…

Are You Serious Tv Series GIF by CW Kung Fu

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Not at all. It would be really cheap if the costs were split between like minded individuals.

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ruin the internet

Too late?

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“Judges should no longer consider whether the law serves public interests like enhancing public safety, the justices said.”

Laws don’t have to serve the public interest? Fascinating assertion from a supreme court.

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