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I feel the supreme court is playing a game of fuck around and find out here. Hate to say it but supreme court ethics has pretty bipartisan support. These people are entrusted to be above that kind of behavior, but it's already been shown that every member of the court has something to hide. If they're not willing to self police themselves we will police them ourselves.
I mean, you should probably walk that back a bit.
The liberal justices surely aren't vocal enough about the need for ethics oversight (likely because they've been threatened by other justices in the majority and told that if they stay aligned with the fascist judges on some of this that the judges will vote on the side of the actual merit of the cases for some of the "lesser" cases that come through the court".
There is no room for these blanket false equivalencies though.
Giving in to threats or agreeing to some kind of quid pro quo system would also be corruption. If some justices are threatening others, that should absolutely be exposed and supreme court justices are in one of the best positions to do that exposing.
Sorry but I think the whole of the supreme court is rotten to the core as it stands, and I think some ethics are in dire need. If you think the liberal justices aren't getting kickback, sweetheart deals, or vacations from wealthy billionaires, you're kidding yourself. They're going to push back on ethics because it might expose the true scale of the corruption in the supreme court. So you can give them a pass if you want, but the whole point of lifetime appointment was to rise above politics and currying favor, and as I see it in my life time the supreme Court has done little to improve people's lives, but corporations have benefited to a great deal. I don't think for a moment I think Congress is any better they're rotten too, but they at least have to report their gifts. Like I said the bear f****** minimum.
Show me where the liberal judges are getting kick backs please. Otherwise that's all just nonsense speculation to make them look as bad as the actual corrupt republican ones are.
Here I found an article that sums up my thoughts, but the liberals silence and even signing on with the conservatives saying that they don't need ethics makes them complacent in the act. This is the same argument about bad cops just one bad apple, but people never finish the saying, spoils the bunch. The bunch that sits on the supreme court are a rotten to the core and if you think they're not you're deluding yourself.
A opinion piece from the hill... From Juan Williams, and with ZERO context provided to readers here that he's a devout fox news shill.
Cool weak propaganda attempt.
Idk if this points to them being complicit. But beyond that, there is a biiiiiig difference between staying silent and taking actual kickbacks. I do think there's no way in hell a government body can police itself on this though. And I think congress needs to rein this in. Sadly, I'm sure what we will see, and we are, is the republican body absolutely refusing to help push legislation forward to address this. I do think it's also healthy to have some skepticism towards anyone in the political theater. But let's be clear, roberts coming out today and saying that no one gets to tell SCOTUS what ethics to follow is a huggge red flag for what this court has become under justices placed there from underhanded tactics.
Except, it absolutely does not.