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The Corruption of the Supreme Court

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Well done. Insightful, learned a great deal about both of them.

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Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series

Watch FRONTLINE's documentary about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Ginni Thomas' path to power and how the couple has reshaped American law and politics.
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As controversy erupts around Clarence and Ginni Thomas, FRONTLINE tells the inside story of their path to power. This investigation from veteran filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team traces how race, power and controversy collide in the rise of the Supreme Court justice and his wife and how the couple has reshaped American law and politics.
 
When I first began in education 12 years ago, it was impressed upon all of us that we couldn’t accept gifts (Christmas, teacher appreciation week, etc) over $20 dollars in value and We could never accept bribes. Then there’s the Supreme Court…

More corruption!

View: https://twitter.com/eisingerj/status/1671365124886544385?s=46&t=QT7YFlZ_IlHq81PpZAhKgw


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Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court

In the years after the undisclosed trip to Alaska, Republican megadonor Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. Alito has never recused himself.
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This is why we desperately need reform. Expand the court, term limits, and harsh ethical reforms.
 
The Thriller said:
This is why we desperately need reform. Expand the court, term limits, and harsh ethical reforms.
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What would expanding the court do to fix these issues? Adding more judges could increase the problem. Again, if the court was 6-3 left leaning, you wouldn't be begging for expansion. Term limits wouldn't fix it either. Ethical reforms would be the only option.
 
Bucknutz said:
What would expanding the court do to fix these issues? Adding more judges could increase the problem. Again, if the court was 6-3 left leaning, you wouldn't be begging for expansion. Term limits wouldn't fix it either. Ethical reforms would be the only option.
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I can’t keep retyping my suggestions for those too lazy to look them up. But one of the reasons why I like expanding the court to something like 21 is so you could have a lottery when cases are brought up. This would place a random justice selection of 7, 9, 11, or whatever we determine the number to be. That would make it much harder for billionaires like Leo or Singer to buy off judges to determine the outcomes of their cases. As it stands now, conservative groups like the Federalist Society and billionaires like Leo, know that they just need to keep Alito and Thomas happy to maintain their control over the court, achieving wins that they wouldn’t be able to achieve through the legislative process.
 
The Thriller said:
I can’t keep retyping my suggestions for those too lazy to look them up. But one of the reasons why I like expanding the court to something like 21 is so you could have a lottery when cases are brought up. This would place a random justice selection of 7, 9, 11, or whatever we determine the number to be. That would make it much harder for billionaires like Leo or Singer to buy off judges to determine the outcomes of their cases. As it stands now, conservative groups like the Federalist Society and billionaires like Leo, know that they just need to keep Alito and Thomas happy to maintain their control over the court, achieving wins that they wouldn’t be able to achieve through the legislative process.
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Pretty good idea.
 
Bucknutz said:
What would expanding the court do to fix these issues? Adding more judges could increase the problem. Again, if the court was 6-3 left leaning, you wouldn't be begging for expansion. Term limits wouldn't fix it either. Ethical reforms would be the only option.
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This. It's the untouchable nature of the court that propagates this stuff. And if you think this is new, I think you'd be pretty naive. It's just easier to find this stuff with social media. They need extremely harsh penalties and automatic expulsion combined with criminal prosecution for this kind of ****, impfho. This is the central unimpeachable pillar of our entire Republic. It must be treated as such. There should be tight standards, regular external and non- or at least bi-partisan oversight, complete with full audits and extreme transparency. These people hold the very foundations of our nation in their hands, it is the most serious job there is in our country. It needs to be treated as such and not allowed to become a good old boys club.
 
The Thriller said:
I can’t keep retyping my suggestions for those too lazy to look them up. But one of the reasons why I like expanding the court to something like 21 is so you could have a lottery when cases are brought up. This would place a random justice selection of 7, 9, 11, or whatever we determine the number to be. That would make it much harder for billionaires like Leo or Singer to buy off judges to determine the outcomes of their cases. As it stands now, conservative groups like the Federalist Society and billionaires like Leo, know that they just need to keep Alito and Thomas happy to maintain their control over the court, achieving wins that they wouldn’t be able to achieve through the legislative process.
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Again, no one is buying off Judges. I have asked you twice to show the bribes and the court cases in which the justice changed his opinion. You have not provided this. You're making this up. You could have a lottery right now, we don't need all 9 judges to decide a case. Alito and Thomas are already right wing, what is a right wing billionaire going to do to change their opinion to make it more right?
 
LogGrad98 said:
This. It's the untouchable nature of the court that propagates this stuff. And if you think this is new, I think you'd be pretty naive. It's just easier to find this stuff with social media. They need extremely harsh penalties and automatic expulsion combined with criminal prosecution for this kind of ****, impfho. This is the central unimpeachable pillar of our entire Republic. It must be treated as such. There should be tight standards, regular external and non- or at least bi-partisan oversight, complete with full audits and extreme transparency. These people hold the very foundations of our nation in their hands, it is the most serious job there is in our country. It needs to be treated as such and not allowed to become a good old boys club.
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Agreed with the harsh penalties, automatic expulsion and criminal prosecution. Actually I agree with all of this.
 
Bucknutz said:
Again, no one is buying off Judges. I have asked you twice to show the bribes and the court cases in which the justice changed his opinion. You have not provided this. You're making this up. You could have a lottery right now, we don't need all 9 judges to decide a case. Alito and Thomas are already right wing, what is a right wing billionaire going to do to change their opinion to make it more right?
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You should try reading the article cited above (post 29). I even included a link to it, did you miss that?

Again, I can’t keep repeating posts when folks are too lazy to read the original ones. I’ve already discussed the reforms I believe would help with the Supreme Court and I’ve already cited an article detailing the bribery on the Supreme Court. Listen/read rather than constantly want to argue for “your side.”
 
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