ChrisAug 18, 2023
David Sirota

🚨BREAKING NEWS: Documents obtained by The Lever show that a Trump-appointed judge’s anti-abortion ruling yesterday followed payments to his wife from the anti-abortion group leading the case.

The ruling limits women’s access to mifepristone. https://www.levernews.com/trump-judges-anti-abortion-ruling-followed-payments-from-group-leading-case/

Trump Judge’s Anti-Abortion Ruling Followed Payments From Group Leading Case

The conservative group arguing the abortion pill case has made frequent payments to the spouse of James Ho, who just helped threaten access to the medicine.

The Lever
Aug 17, 2023 at 10:48pmWeb
Show threadIron Curtain (Chiptunes)Aug 17, 2023
@davidsirota Thank you for all your work, Mr. Sirota!
Show threadspheruliticAug 18, 2023
@davidsirota are there any Trump judges who aren’t constantly being bribed?
Show threadNoah CallawayAug 18, 2023
@davidsirota I think that’s called a “Clarence Thomas”, right?
Show threadCraig McgeeAug 18, 2023
@davidsirota corruption! logically that should make it easy to overturn the ruling, legally, I have no idea.
Show threadNazaniAug 18, 2023

@davidsirota Republican politicians about to hear the nitty-gritty from the 10s of 1000s of their constituents who take mifepristone for endometriosis, etc.

https://slate.com/technology/2022/07/roe-wade-abortion-health-care-crisis-misoprostol-mifepristone-d-and-c.html

No One Is Ready for All the Ways the Fall of Roe Could Screw Up Health Care

Even procedures that have nothing to do with pregnancy.

Slate
Show threadZen Zero ☯️ ◯Aug 18, 2023
@davidsirota #paywall
Show threadSatchmausAug 18, 2023
@davidsirota FFS. Modern conservatives are a cancer on democracy
Show threadTC Won't Give In To LiesAug 18, 2023
@davidsirota
Where the heck are the FBI in investigating judicial corruption?
Show threadNicole ParsonsAug 18, 2023

@davidsirota

Citizens United has not legalized bribery of a judge, yet, has it?

https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/handful-unlawful-behaviors-led-fraud-and-bribery-account-nearly-all-public

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-judges-misconduct/

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar-and-criminal-law/ohios-historic-corruption-case-tests-limits-of-citizens-united

https://www.citizen.org/news/twelve-years-since-citizens-united-big-money-corruption-keeps-getting-worse/

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-judge-arrested-bribery-and-obstruction-justice

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/europe/ukraine-bribery-supreme-court.html

A Handful of Unlawful Behaviors, Led by Fraud and Bribery, Account for Nearly All Public Corruption Convictions Since 1985

A comprehensive analysis of nearly 57,000 corruption cases in federal courts spanning 30 years revealed that fraud and bribery dominated the types of conduct underlying criminal cases, accounting for 76% of the lead charges in cases resulting in convictions. Those two unlawful behavior types, combined with extortion and conspiracy, broadly informed the lead charges in virtually all examined corruption convictions in federal courts from 1985 to 2015.

National Institute of Justice
Show threadAaron KingAug 18, 2023
@davidsirota as the Proud Boys stormed the capital and the Federalist Society said “hold my beer”. They handed that beer to a judge.
Show threadBonnie SonderAug 18, 2023
@davidsirota that skunk!
Show threadChris BAug 18, 2023
@davidsirota DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
Show threadLacunalinguaAug 18, 2023
@davidsirota watch as Biden just ignores this corruption and does literally nothing
Show thread🍸Pooka🥕Boo🍸Aug 19, 2023
@davidsirota The ruling should be immediately invalidated.
Show threadTomAug 21, 2023

@davidsirota You’re not getting a star if I can’t read the article.

Even a “free” subscription is a paywall.