Did Clarence Thomas Do anything Wrong?
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wrote on 1 Sept 2023, 12:28 last edited by
LOL. Ain't irony ironical?
A Supreme Court "transparency" watchdog taking aim at justices over alleged ethics violations scrubbed its website of blog posts tied to its lobbying that went undisclosed on tax forms, records show.
Executive Director Gabe Roth of Fix the Court, a charity that spun off from the liberal Arabella Advisors-managed New Venture Fund nonprofit group, admitted last week his organization failed to report lobbying on tax forms in 2021 and 2022. Now, Fix the Court has removed website posts that multiple tax attorneys previously said appear to demonstrate how it lobbied during those years.
"No man so dishonest in his legal disclosures has standing to judge anyone's disclosures," Scott Walter, president of the conservative Capital Research Center think tank, told the Washington Examiner.
The revelation concerning Fix the Court's updated website comes after the group, which is helping to lead a seemingly coordinated campaign calling on justices such as Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito to disclose more about their finances, came under fire from charity experts for likely skirting federal law for checking the box "no" on tax forms to the question of whether it lobbied in 2021 and 2022. The scrutiny was because Fix the Court has endorsed certain pieces of legislation and, in separate blog posts, urged members of the public to demand lawmakers support them.
Fix the Court filed amended 2022 tax forms affirming "yes" to the lobbying question, documents reveal. The group also filed a Schedule C showing it spent $6,400 trying "to influence foreign, national, state, or local legislation" through "publications, or published or broadcast statements" and $6,300 on "direct contact with legislators, their staffs, government officials, or a legislative body."
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wrote on 1 Sept 2023, 12:35 last edited by
Now, I wonder if this coordinated silliness will die down?
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wrote on 11 Sept 2023, 01:21 last edited by
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Asked about the ethical issues that have plagued the Supreme Court recently, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said Thursday that the court was “continuing to work on those issues” and he’s “hopeful that there will be some concrete steps taken soon,” according to multiple news organizations present, the first indication of any kind that the Supreme Court is willing to address the ethical scandals. -
wrote on 11 Sept 2023, 02:33 last edited by
Still beating this dead horse?
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wrote on 11 Sept 2023, 02:40 last edited by
Here’s a thought. Let’s ask former Speaker Pelosi how she got rich
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wrote on 11 Sept 2023, 09:40 last edited by
@Jolly said in Did Clarence Thomas Do anything Wrong?:
Still beating this dead horse?
If you’re directing your post at Kavanaugh, he obviously doesn’t think it’s dead.
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wrote on 11 Sept 2023, 12:35 last edited by
Look, the Dem controlled media has decided to create a story, mostly from nothing, because a reliable ally of the Left, now has a conservative (actually more of a center) make-up. The media will continue to hunt for every tidbit they can, to further the message.
Funny, when SCOTUS was more liberal, this was no story at all.
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Look, the Dem controlled media has decided to create a story, mostly from nothing, because a reliable ally of the Left, now has a conservative (actually more of a center) make-up. The media will continue to hunt for every tidbit they can, to further the message.
Funny, when SCOTUS was more liberal, this was no story at all.
wrote on 11 Sept 2023, 12:55 last edited by@Jolly said in Did Clarence Thomas Do anything Wrong?:
Look, the Dem controlled media has decided to create a story, mostly from nothing, because a reliable ally of the Left, now has a conservative (actually more of a center) make-up. The media will continue to hunt for every tidbit they can, to further the message.
Funny, when SCOTUS was more liberal, this was no story at all.
It certainly pales into insignificance beside those truly shocking stories about Obama riding a bike and wearing a tan suit that outraged the more conservative section of the MSM.
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wrote on 11 Sept 2023, 13:23 last edited by
You had to find a mighty tall ladder to pick those cherries.
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wrote on 11 Sept 2023, 13:23 last edited by jon-nyc 9 Nov 2023, 13:26
The press didn’t make this up, they’ve chosen to be selective about reporting on it. But let’s be honest, the answer to the question posed in the thread title is “of course he fucking did”.
This would be obvious to all had the issue originally been framed in a non-partisan way.
The thing is, while it is clearly wrong, it didn’t violate any existing rules.
It seems apparent that at least some of the justices realize this and would like to fix it. Probably most of them do, though I suspect many are hesitant to be seen slavishly reacting to the media, especially partisan media. I imagine what will happen is that over time, as the buzz dies down, we’ll see them institute their own reforms.
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The press didn’t make this up, they’ve chosen to be selective about reporting on it. But let’s be honest, the answer to the question posed in the thread title is “of course he fucking did”.
This would be obvious to all had the issue originally been framed in a non-partisan way.
The thing is, while it is clearly wrong, it didn’t violate any existing rules.
It seems apparent that at least some of the justices realize this and would like to fix it. Probably most of them do, though I suspect many are hesitant to be seen slavishly reacting to the media, especially partisan media. I imagine what will happen is that over time, as the buzz dies down, we’ll see them institute their own reforms.
wrote on 11 Sept 2023, 13:25 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Did Clarence Thomas Do anything Wrong?:
I imagine what will happen is that over time, as the buzz dies down, we’ll see them institute their own reforms.
Which is what will happen.
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wrote on 11 Sept 2023, 15:51 last edited by
@Jolly said in Did Clarence Thomas Do anything Wrong?:
You had to find a mighty tall ladder to pick those cherries.
The only ladder I had to climb was to find a bone of contention so ridiculously stupid that it was clearly incomparable to a Justice accepting large gifts. There are plenty examples of the conservative bit of the MSM finding rather silly things to get worked up about. In this particular case, the level of outrage inspired by such a stupid issue was pretty high IIRC. Obviously when Fox do this kind of thing it's more out of patriotic fervour than because they're a bunch of cunts like the rest of the media.
The great media moralist Bill O'Really said of Obama riding a bicycle, 'America deserves better'. Obviously this was before he was fired for alleged sexual misconduct which apparently is even worse than riding a bike in a built up area.