Gee I can't figure out how the SOTUS decided that unlimited gifts from friends, don't constitute bribery in at least 2 rulings in the last 10 years.
Gee I can't figure out how the SOTUS decided that unlimited gifts from friends, don't constitute bribery in at least 2 rulings in the last 10 years.From the article...
It should be noted that SCOTUS essentially legalized bribery a few years back so prosecuting anyone for this, much less a SCOTUS justice, is impossible. So long as someone doesn't hand him a cartoon dollar sign sack with a note that says 'this is for Clarence Thomas to rule in my favor' he is fine.
The best you might be able to do is tax stuff it seems.
“I don’t have any problem with going to Europe, but I prefer the United States, and I prefer seeing the regular parts of the United States,” Thomas said in a recent interview for a documentary about his life, which Crow helped finance.
“I prefer the RV parks. I prefer the Walmart parking lots to the beaches and things like that. There’s something normal to me about it,” Thomas said. “I come from regular stock, and I prefer that — I prefer being around that.”
I hope Dems in Congress make a referral to the IRS for investigation. If he didn't list these trips on his financial disclosures, I doubt he paid federal taxes.What a disgrace he is. He said this about himself in a documentary.
Then accepts this from Crow:
• A nine-day yacht trip through an Indonesian archipelago;
• An “extended cruise in New Zealand,” also on the yacht;
• A yacht cruise in the Greek islands (possibly; this one was only implied by Thomas appearing in a photograph wearing a blue polo shirt, of the kind that Crow is known to give to guests on his boat, on which the words “March 2007” and “Greek islands” were printed);
• A visit to the exclusive all-male California retreat called “Bohemian Grove” (a historic gathering place for titans of politics and industry and so forth that has long been of interest to conspiracy theorists); and
• Annual stays at a 105-acre “private lakeside resort” in New York state that features an artificial waterfall, 25 fireplaces, three boathouses, a life-size replica of the Harry Potter character Hagrid’s hut for some reason, and “a 1950s-style soda fountain where Crow’s staff fixes milkshakes.”
Since there are no Walmart parking lots in any of those locales, it must have been torture for him to accept these gifts.
Sure Clarence, you're a real man of the people.
Don't you understand that he's entitled to do as he pleases? /sI hope Dems in Congress make a referral to the IRS for investigation. If he didn't list these trips on his financial disclosures, I doubt he paid federal taxes.
As a civil servant we are limited to around $20 bucks from any given source per year. We’ve even asked our contractors if they are hosting a meeting and providing breakfast to provide a box to allow us to contribute to the cost.Also my wife is a clinician. She helped save a patient close to 10k a year in co-pay costs with meds by helping them apply for various programs. The patient gave her a $100 gift card to a restaurant as a thank you. My wife can't accept it by corporate policy and had to turn it back in.
But one person out of a total of 9 that has absolute ability to control the quality of life for 330+ million people is able to take a fucking yacht ride around the world and getting his ear chewed off for whatever favoring whatever policy favors his rich ass masters is ok.
Fuck that.
Yep, we just had our annual ethics training, $25 gifts are the limit and anything larger has to be returned (or if it's food or something perishable) split among the department.As a civil servant we are limited to around $20 bucks from any given source per year. We’ve even asked our contractors if they are hosting a meeting and providing breakfast to provide a box to allow us to contribute to the cost.
Of course these rules are for little people like me where we don’t want seem to be playing favorites towards our contractors. It’s not for SCOTUS judges who can rule on laws affecting billions of dollars of legal cases from their “friends”.
Government contractors are also subject to the same things. Had to deduct from my TDY when they had a free lunch provided at meetings. I was amazed with the stuff that my ex sister in law used to get away with in her private non government contract world. It also helped that she was a VP. Seriously, cases of wine?As a civil servant we are limited to around $20 bucks from any given source per year. We’ve even asked our contractors if they are hosting a meeting and providing breakfast to provide a box to allow us to contribute to the cost.
Of course these rules are for little people like me where we don’t want seem to be playing favorites towards our contractors. It’s not for SCOTUS judges who can rule on laws affecting billions of dollars of legal cases from their “friends”.
Hell, when I travel with a government customer we can't even share a car from the hotel to a restaurant. We can serve donuts for breakfast, but if we serve bagels or muffins we have to put out a "your fair share" box.As a civil servant we are limited to around $20 bucks from any given source per year. We’ve even asked our contractors if they are hosting a meeting and providing breakfast to provide a box to allow us to contribute to the cost.
Of course these rules are for little people like me where we don’t want seem to be playing favorites towards our contractors. It’s not for SCOTUS judges who can rule on laws affecting billions of dollars of legal cases from their “friends”.
That's the shit that gets me... there's plenty of fucking rules for regular people while the fuckers of society, erh I mean the upper class our betters, gets to fuck around without ever ever finding out. That shit needs to change. Pitchfork time.As a civil servant we are limited to around $20 bucks from any given source per year. We’ve even asked our contractors if they are hosting a meeting and providing breakfast to provide a box to allow us to contribute to the cost.
Of course these rules are for little people like me where we don’t want seem to be playing favorites towards our contractors. It’s not for SCOTUS judges who can rule on laws affecting billions of dollars of legal cases from their “friends”.
Yes, exactly. If his conduct was legal in some ways that’s an even bigger problem.I have to financial disclosure everything as a physician. I was given a gift card last year and had to turn it into our hospital foundation because it was anonymous. It was frustrating because it just meant more work for me. I also had to sign forms saying this was unsolicited. Can't even accept a free lunch anymore. And yet, our politicians take donations and bribes left and right. I believe the same standard should apply to politicians that physicians have to do. This has every appearance of violating appropriate ethical boundaries. Whether it is legal or not is another matter, but ethically this is ridiculously bad.
Yes, I’ve been saying this for years. SCOTUS has essentially legalized bribery of public officials.SCOTUS blessing bribery. Accepting goodies seems to be bipartisan
The Supreme Court’s Bribery-Blessing McDonnell Decision
After the ruling, it will be almost impossible to convict any but the most bumbling politicians of corruption.www.newyorker.com
That's the shit that gets me... there's plenty of fucking rules for regular people while the fuckers of society, erh I mean the upper class our betters, gets to fuck around without ever ever finding out. That shit needs to change. Pitchfork time.
It's not broken in their eyes. It's working as planned.Yes but no mechanism exists to kick him out.
The system is broken!