Concur. Rich guy wants to show off his friendship with a Supreme Court Justice, and the Supreme Court Justice enjoys the perks of the relationship. This is the most obvious conclusion.
Maybe the justices should be more ethical if they want public confidence.My two cents: the appearance of impropriety is strong and he should be censured for it under The Code of Conduct for United State Judges, Rule 2A.
I do not see any evidence of bribery, though, or a violation of Rule 2B.
Code of Conduct for United States Judges
www.uscourts.gov
As is typical, though, politicians and now their willing allies in the media exaggerate and make too strong of a case. Both sides do this, obviously, and neither side seems to care about the damage being done to public confidence in the judiciary and rule of law.
Link one example of an unbiased observer that says Thomas took a bribe along with the case in question and the proof.
There is no evidence of bribery. Bribery requires something in return. There is no evidence of that.
Bribes require something in return. There is no evidence of that. The next time you say “bribes” you move over from the hyper-partisan list to the hyper-partisan liar list. I have space for you in that list already, but it’s not official yet. My bet is you’ll make it official.
Even odds Aloha literally has an excel spreadsheet with those columns and poster’s names filled in.
I have people to do it for me. 😂
He has repeatedly. Blm and Dems etc. not sure his story but don’t think he posts in good faith
The only people destroying the integrity of the supreme court are Thomas and alito
To be clear, I'm not saying he accepted bribes. I'm just saying it's an ugly enough look that, if we had a proper mechanism for investigating these things, he'd be getting investigated.My two cents: the appearance of impropriety is strong and he should be censured for it under The Code of Conduct for United State Judges, Rule 2A.
I do not see any evidence of bribery, though, or a violation of Rule 2B.
Code of Conduct for United States Judges
As is typical, though, politicians and now their willing allies in the media exaggerate and make too strong of a case. Both sides do this, obviously, and neither side seems to care about the damage being done to public confidence in the judiciary and rule of law.
I would add, nor their immediate family members.
In my younger days as a fancy ass waiter, one of my regulars was the county engineer. He wouldn't even let his friends buy a round, out of an abundance of caution for how it would appear to others.
I and McMurtry have already provided the most logical assumption:
indiana.forums.rivals.com
A Dairy Queen blizzard wouldn’t be an improper gift. The dude was just being paranoid.
He was definitely a bit of a boy scout when it came to government. He ran for an extra term after he intended to retire (wife loved that!) simply because the guy his own party hand picked as his replacement was someone he didn't trust.
He wrote Dobbs.
He is supposed to be a patriot, flew the flag upside down. He is a trump patriot.
Another thing they like to do, is hang out on really nice toys they own, like yachts.
Agree somewhat...The sheer size of the gifts, valued over $4,500,000, carries with it some added scrutiny. Human nature suggests some degree of favoritism would be expected by the giver and understood by the receiver. But indeed wrongdoing would have to be proven. My understanding is that there is not even a mechanism to look into it, other than full-blown impeachment. Thomas himself can decide if what he's done is OK. Does that sound like reasonable ethics guidelines?
More logically leaked by one of the liberals to create some public pressure not to overturn Roe. What logical reason would a conservative leak? Maybe there is one, but I can’t think of one.
That doesn’t make sense to me at all to me. There was a ton of backlash which is why it makes sense for the leak from the left.
