Emma ShyJul 1, 2023
Robert Reich

Let me get this straight...

Students getting relief from onerous debt is unconstitutional.

But justices secretly getting hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in gifts, vacations, and free housing and education for their family members is just fine.

Hello?

Jun 30, 2023 at 5:17pmWeb
Show threadBc Clarity Carlton-MartinJun 30, 2023
@rbreich Thomas gets his, the rest of you. #ScaliaLivesMatter
Show threadK.A Nicholls 🇨🇦Jun 30, 2023

@rbreich

The US operates off the motto: "Rules for thee but not for me."

Folks kicking down ladders behind them that helped them get to where they are in the first place.

Show threadMichael StancliftJun 30, 2023
@rbreich
Show threadKenJun 30, 2023

@rbreich this has been in the works by #GOP and Federalist Society for almost 40 years! Keep the poor, even poorer and give all the power to the top 1%. I'm sure Thomas and Alito's sugar daddy's approve!

#SCOTUSIsCompromised
#ExpandSCOTUS
#FridayVibes

Show threadschackJun 30, 2023
@rbreich Conservatism is first and foremost favouritism. Even when the hypocritism is evident.
Show threadshanenJun 30, 2023

@rbreich

Naw, I think the best joke was when they used the same kind of twisted reasoning in Bush v Gore. Even the partisan hacks who voted for that decision knew it stank to high heaven.

My crazy idea would be to make nonpartisan Justices more valuable, but...

Show threadcowvinJun 30, 2023
@rbreich How about we just create a new SCOTUS that isn't owned by billionaires?
Show threadReina Jun 30, 2023
@rbreich can you serve it to me gay instead?
Show threadSilvertipGrizzJun 30, 2023
@rbreich ………. yep. #murica
Show threadEis Comics (Vic)Jun 30, 2023
@rbreich just the same 'ol pile of BS.
Show threadKoray Karatay (MD,Scifi maker)Jun 30, 2023
@rbreich Ah America. Land of crony capitalism
Show threadJoe HeafnerJun 30, 2023
@rbreich A doctor who treats cancer with leeches is removed by an oversight board. Is there nothing comparable for judges? Is the legal profession exempt? What am I missing?
Show threadSteve PopovichJun 30, 2023
@heafnerj the corrupt judges ARE the leeches in this case.
Show threadjustpeachyJul 1, 2023
@heafnerj @rbreich it sucks because they ARE the oversight board.
Show threadSteve FeltenJun 30, 2023
@rbreich “It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it.” - George Carlin
Show threadBryan_HSVJun 30, 2023
@RBReich Biden just lost reelection. Hate to say it, but...
Show threadAjayJun 30, 2023
@rbreich
Show threadHHJun 30, 2023
@rbreich This corrupt court had lost its legitimacy. Expand it.
Show threadScott ChamberlainJun 30, 2023
@rbreich @vivtek but isn’t it entirely consistent with the Republican ethos of economic inequality / kill or be killed / I got mine ?
Show threadMichael RobertsJun 30, 2023
@sckottie @rbreich Certainly is.
Show threadNathanael NerodeJun 30, 2023

@rbreich The Constitution says

"The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour,"

It does not say "for life". It does not say "until impeached". It does not even say "can be removed for bad behaviour".

It's self-executing.

Alito and Thomas should be arrested for accepting bribes immediately.

As of right now, they ARE NOT JUDGES Constitutionally speaking, so let's stop pretending they are. The pretense is the problem.

Show threadNathanael NerodeJun 30, 2023

@rbreich These fake judges only have power because Biden lets them have power. He should reject the fake court rulings from fake judges, and arrest the fake judges.

Frankly, he should stop being a pushover.

Show threadMeow.tar.gz  Jun 30, 2023
@rbreich We are in peak corruption so this is usually the point in history where empires rapidly go downhill.
Show threadSteve PopovichJun 30, 2023
@ablackcatstail if you look at the history of the Roman Republic, and compare it to today, we appear to be well into the "decline" phase and heading for the "fall"...for very similar reasons. There's nothing new under the sun.
Show threadSteve PopovichJun 30, 2023
@sspopovich https://www.studentsofhistory.com/the-decline-of-the-roman-republic
The Decline of the Roman Republic

Reasons for the decline of the Roman Republic and why the Roman Empire began for World History.

Show threadSteve PopovichJun 30, 2023
@sspopovich https://www.history.com/news/rome-republic-augustus-dictator
How Rome Destroyed Its Own Republic

Augustus told Romans he was the only one who could save Rome. And they believed him.

HISTORY
Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘Jun 30, 2023
@ablackcatstail It is.
Show threadAlexander KarnJun 30, 2023

@rbreich

American: Having rich parents (Kavanaugh) and rich “friends” (Thomas) pay your debts so you can focus on your minoritarian activism.

Un-American: Using public resources to throw a lifeline to millions of young people drowning in debt and stuck in a rigged economy.

Show threadWndlBJun 30, 2023
@rbreich You're never struck me as a back row kid Bob, but you're only now
Show threadMyOpinionJun 30, 2023
@rbreich Citizen united helped bring us right here. Money is free speech so therefore people with money have a larger voice. This is where people with money wish to bring us.
Show threadElizabethJun 30, 2023
@rbreich Hypocrisy is the number 1 pillar of the state of Gilead.
Show threadJohn ColagioiaJun 30, 2023
@rbreich Samuel Alito has a strongly-held religious conviction that those empty seats on private jets and thousand-dollar bottles of wine belong to him...
Show threadFrank GullaJun 30, 2023
@rbreich Robert, I believe the line is "He who has the gold, makes the rules."
Show threadTito CiuroJun 30, 2023
@rbreich Mel Brooks said it well: “it’s good to be the King.”
Show threadMastoramaJun 30, 2023
@rbreich isn’t that the American way?
Show threadTGamay 📯Jun 30, 2023
@rbreich seems legit. U understand the system.
Show threadFaceForRadioJun 30, 2023
@rbreich Well, duh. It’s them and they are clearly superior due to their effort, intelligence and dedication. Oh, wait is my sarcasm showing? Whoops.
Show threadSearingTruthJun 30, 2023

@rbreich

"Nothing for the poor, because they have been negligent and irresponsible.

Everything for the rich, because they have been negligent and irresponsible."
SearingTruth

Show threadDianeLipartitoJun 30, 2023
@rbreich Sounds like he really wants that French Revolution. (He said it, not us.)
Show threadC0ppertopJul 1, 2023
@rbreich I n these modern time, right is wrong and wrong is right.
Show threadSaggyBallsJul 1, 2023
@rbreich Someone let me know when this whole thing finally collapses so I can quit going to work.
Show threadMo EdrayJul 1, 2023
@rbreich Or bailing out #svbbank
Show threadSir Thomas Goodwin, M.S.Jul 1, 2023
@rbreich Yuuuup! You got it!
Show threadArt Saves Us AllJul 1, 2023

@rbreich

Being in the King's Court has perks and advantages.

Show threadM Jul 1, 2023
@rbreich Kinda sounds like tyranny when you put it that way.
Show threadRoryJul 1, 2023
@rbreich Those judges are just hypocrites, plain and simple.
Show threadsweetgrumpJul 1, 2023

@rbreich what's funny to me is that the people who opposed this would rather see me pay the remainder of my balance ($2800) to to government rather than put the money into a local business. I could spend it on something like a home project, or as a down payment on a new car, etc. but people would rather I spend it to pay off interest to the government?

Original principle was between 25-30k, so I've pretty ouch paid enough to cover that.

Show threadAgoraJul 1, 2023
@rbreich #ClarenceThomas wants affirmative action just for him and Alito.
Show threadLarisaLJul 1, 2023
@rbreich exactly and so much hypocrisy out there a chain saw couldn’t cut thru it!
Show threadbob e.wheelerJul 6, 2023
@rbreich i agree with you