Gifts accepted by Clarence Thomas ‘have no comparison in modern American history,’ Senate Democrats say

https://fortune.com/2024/12/21/gifts-clarence-thomas-supreme-court-ethics-report-senate-democrats/

47 comments

  1. These scotus corrupt tax cheats ignited a nightmare with citizens United.

  2. Does it really matter anymore? The party is full of shameless parasites. No article or comment is going to change that. 

    It’ll raise awareness, sure. It’ll get people angry, yes. But nothing is going to change. 

  3. Yeah? What are they gonna do about it? Just keep tweeting like they’re not fucking senators? Totally useless.

    The Dems could’ve expanded the Supreme Court but they didn’t. I don’t even wanna hear it anymore, they’ve just suffered defeat after defeat since 2016.

  5. Yeah and this guy is going to retire and ride off into the sunset with all his corrupt spoils, and Trump is going to replace him with a 45 year old rightwing ideologue who will haunt the Supreme Court for over a generation. Lovely.

  7. it’ll take some different democrats being voted in for this to matter. It’s blatant and it’s corrupt and all the dems do is complain. no action. no consequences.

  8. If only there was a way to check on other branches and balance their power…

  11. The Dems need to figure out a way to get control so they can impeach the corrupt fucker. The infighting within the Dems won’t allow it to happen though.

  13. The contrast of having this headline on my feed right next to a headline about Fani Willis being disqualified from the case is just… infuriating.

  14. Is there a comparison for the courts and ruling political class to have no objections, or assign no consequences, to the current level of blatant corruption.

  18. Congress needs to enact true ethics rules that have teeth.

  19. Funny that someone whose job title is literally “Justice” is above the law. Funny.

  20. Yeah, but he got called out for putting pubes on a soda can that a woman who worked for him was drinking. So of course being super corrupt is the only way now

  23. Start the impeachment process then. There will most likely be some Republican support for this since Trump will nominate his replacement. Thomas is awful and a problem for Republicans.

  24. Until Republicans start speaking out about this, it won’t matter what Democrats think or say about it.

  25. If anything happens he will then retire with no consequences and Trump will now get to add a new justice to the court.

  26. Meanwhile, Nancy pelosi is hedging options and trading stock from insider knowledge.

    It’s one thing to point your fingers, but it would be great to also point out ANY shady political dealings.

  27. He has always been known to be a sellout. Not surprising.

  29. Good luck getting that fucker out while his party entirely controls the government

  31. Welcome to the post-truth and post-consequences world.

  33. To be fair, there is A TON of open corruption at the federal level… insider trading is rampant among politicians (senators included) for instance. I think the 45th president had foreign dignitaries staying in his hotels.

  35. Never met the chap – not sure I’d like to either, but I’ll say he certainly looks a touch on the shady side.

  37. If multi billion corporations and billionaires are rushing to give me millions in gifts, you have to wonder what am I giving them in return.

    If I were a supreme court judge, you don’t need to wonder. You know what I’m giving them.

  38. Biggest scammer in history. So the gop made him a judge.

  41. He will retire in 25 to be replaced by an even bigger Nazi.

  42. Senate Republicans should say this too. But they believe in holding power more than they care about the United States.

  43. These times will be looked back upon in the history books as some of the most shameless and embarrassing in American history. Racism, sexism, bigotry, nazism, and blatant corruption are running rampant and not only is the entire republican party complicit, but the democrats don’t seem to give a fuck either because they’re all making bank off of the corruption part too. It’s utterly comical. The founding fathers are rolling in their graves.

  44. He gonna be emboldened now. Maybe a basket on his bench labeled “bribes”

  46. The Republicans behaviour is based n two premises 1) I’ll get away with it, and 2) What are you going to do about it?

  47. And just like that, nothing was done about any of it.

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