Can’t help but feel that all attacks on him are racially motivated. Gives me the ick
because it can’t possibly be that this man has received millions of dollars worth of gifts from extremely wealthy individuals who would absolutely have an interest in owning a justice of SCOTUS.
from the article:
Perhaps even more significant, the pattern exposes consistent violations of judicial norms, experts, including seven current and former federal judges appointed by both parties, told ProPublica. “In my career I don’t remember ever seeing this degree of largesse given to anybody,” said Jeremy Fogel, a former federal judge who served for years on the judicial committee that reviews judges’ financial disclosures. “I think it’s unprecedented.”
“Unprecedented” is an understatement. and if you think Clarence Thomas isn’t for sale… ask yourself why it is that his “good friends” only came around after Thomas was appointed to SCOTUS?
yeah. Great friends… who want something. And Thomas is willing to sell Americans out to give it to them.
See, even this reply feels like you simply don’t like the fact that he is successful. I can’t help but feel that you are trying to put him down because of his skin colour. Just gives me the ick, ya know?
What strikes me is that you don’t even seem to care that there’s an ethical and moral dilemma of having a court justice being offered multi million gifts from billionaires. You only argue that people attack him based on his skin color.
So you think people (of color or not) that hold high power in the US judicial system should be able to enjoy the benefits of having rich friends and it should not be a concern to anyone? They should be held accountable for it?
Ill put it like this: do you see any of the white judges facing the same extent of backlash? I am not saying that personal relationships between him and his benefactors is a not problem, it’s just that the one black judge is being dog piled, which seems to be racially motivated
I would argue that he has a bit more visibility/scrutiny due to his wife’s connection to Jan 6th and MAGA. Not so say the other judges shouldn’t have as much scrutiny, they should, but that is at least my take on why.
it has nothing to do with his skin color. you’re accusation of racism absolutely has zero merit… and I suspect you’re making it because it’s quite literally the only defense you have for this guy.
My dislike of him has everything to do with how he’s ruling, and the asininely stupid arguments he uses to make them.
Oh. Did you know that Clarence Thomas has:
Aided in destroying Roe v. Wade… because the 14th doesn’t explicitly say that women have the right to an abortion? or that we have the right to use contraceptives.
attackedaffirmative action (this one’s complicated and I’m of the… “we gotta do something about inequality” camp. I don’t have answers… but I suspect neither does Thomas, and some of the bribes are making sure he doesn’t)
is a speaker for the Federalist Society, and organization which exists solely to impose far-right ideals (including evangelical christian religious law… i.e. anti-abortion) on americans.
voted to gut the ability of the EPA to protect americans from climate change (or any other form of new environmental threats.) or indeed, more broadly, for any federal government regulatory agency to create new regulations without the express permission of a non-functional congress.
and that’s all just in the last few years. Thomas, along with Roberts (an idiot who thinks that the problem with SCOTUS’ lack of integrity isn’t… you know… justices lacking integrity… it’s people talking about how they don’t have integrity) , Kavenaugh (a frat boi who really wants us to know he likes beer, and also a rapist), Barret (… where do I even start…) and Gorsuch (who also has problems with corruption.)
Oh and if the gifts were entirely legitimate and not at all scandalous… why not report them… like… you know… he’s technically obligated to…? receiving millions of dollars worth of gifts from billionaires who are all very likely to have matters come before the court… and to have indirect interests as well… IS FUCKING CORRUPT.
lets say that again louder: CLARENCE THOMAS IS ACCEPTING BRIBES AND YOUR ACCUSING PEOPLE POINTING THIS OUT OF RACISM, WITHOUT EVER DENYING THAT HE IS IN FACT ACCEPTING MILLIONS IN BRIBES.
Ya know? Of course not that doesn't make make sense nothing what he said was racially motivation. In fact the only racially motivated thing here is your defensiveness.
I just want to get the lemmh conversations rolling. I don’t really believe most things I say here. Just jankin some chains, don’t take it at face value. I’m not even close to being american or wester
William Howard Taft didn’t take bribes when he sat as Chief Justice. I’d say Taft was much more hard working and deserving of constant vacation, but he understood why it meant to be an impartial judge.
Conservatism is the reason pharma companies are able to legally exploit suffering and death. If you have a loved one who could have had a better outcome, thank a conservative.
Conservatism is a plague of misery and death. It always has been.
He was a homophobe and a racist, so yes. He was conservative. I’m not sure how you could miss that part considering it was the whole point of the article.
Ehh not necessarily. I’d say typically that’s the case, but I’ve met old style liberals that are transphobes before. It’s not typical but it occurs. Just seems seems weird to draw the conclusion that he’s conservative from the article when it isn’t mentioned anywhere that he’s conservative. Hell he could even be libertarian as far as we know.
My grandmother was an amazing woman who devotes her life helping others. She was a nurse who also volunteered at old folks homes in her free time, and she donated to many good causes. She loved the teaching of Jesus. Her dad was a WWII vet, and she cared deeply about treating others with love and charity.
She passed away over a decade ago, and while I still don’t like the idea that she’s gone, I’m happy that she never had to see this all of this happening. She would have been absolutely crushed.
Sadly her being crushed might be the best case scenario. Imagine how crushed YOU would be if the propaganda weaseled its way to turning her into a trumper.
I don’t mean to disrespect her memory though. Somebody that good who actually gives of themselves rather than just hanging up crosses and American flags, would probably be one of the millions who did not buy all the recent right wing crap.
Why doesn’t NOAA just predict good weather for a change? Seems like a waste of disaster response resources to keep having these storms year after year.
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