Robert ReichNothing says the Supreme Court needs a code of ethics like a justice accepting free luxury travel from a GOP billionaire megadonor, and then failing to recuse himself when that donor had business before the Court.
KanaMauna@rbreich I can’t even accept a box of donuts from a vendor whom I have a very, very, very, very minimal financial impact over. Rules for thee, not for me.
Darwin WoodkaA code of ethics and a new set of justices who will follow it.
These right wing shills who are bought and paid for should be shamed into resigning. Enough. We can't have laws and ethics for some and not others.
Klassiker@rbreich But, the whole reason to give luxuries to bad man in power is to get something out of it. That's the whole system of capitalism in itself.
A way to fix it is either a code of ethics at one time or a guillotine when the time is gone.
Kai@rbreich and yet these people are supposedly a key check and balance for the government...
@rbreich they don’t care. The corruption is right out in the open. In fact it is performative. At this point they are just sneering at the idiots (us) who still cling to democratic norms of behavior.
VHaschI have a suggestion based on the old adage "idle hands are the devil's tool".
Instead of creating an aristocracy of millionaire justices, why not use the proven pool of federal judges? It's not like SCOTUS puts in a 40-hour work week.
A panel of current judges could select cases based on merit instead of "interesting cases" with political intentions.
We might have to expand the number of federal judges to accommodate, but that would still be cheaper than the mess we've got going right now.
Nonya Bidniss 🥥🌴@rbreich In my best Jack Nicholson Joker voice,
"This SCOTUS needs an enema!"
"This SCOTUS needs an enema!"
Robert M@rbreich A few justices need to be removed and thrown in prison.
John Federico ⌘@rbreich My UX agency gave me one of their cool baseball caps. As an exec at a micro-cap company, I have to report it.
Vampire@rbreich just like our politicians we have the best supreme court justices money can buy!
kjetiljd@rbreich The thought that elected office entitles you to use the position for your personal gain is ... foreign to us here in Norway. Has it always been like that in the US?