EvanAug 30, 2023
Robert Reich

FYI: Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito — both of whom accepted luxury vacations from billionaires — could rule on an upcoming Supreme Court case that would ban a federal wealth tax.

If they don’t recuse themselves, why would we expect Americans to ever trust SCOTUS again?

Aug 29, 2023 at 4:35pmWeb
Show threadRiley S. FaelanAug 29, 2023
@rbreich I wonder what their position on a special tax on SCOTUS judges would be.
Show threadbirdpoofAug 29, 2023

@rbreich

We don't trust SCOTUS *now*. The fact that absolutely nothing has happened in light of the conservative judges' extreme corruption means this latest thing also won't mean anything besides adding yet more evidence of their extreme corruption. And then what?

Show thread2xfoAug 29, 2023
@birdpoof @rbreich keep calling your representatives. They need to know that the voices on TV aren't ours
Show threadsOlOw-NHAug 29, 2023

@rbreich

Their 'trust' has been bought and paid for

Show threadEpiphanic SynchronicityAug 29, 2023
@rbreich Meanwhile working- and middle-class Americans have to pay wealth taxes on their biggest assets—their homes and cars.
Show threadFirefly's GhostAug 29, 2023
@rbreich
I think we’re already over the trust threshold.
Show threadJoy CohenAug 29, 2023
@rbreich That ship has sailed. We are headed into oligarchy (if not there already).
Show threadUbergeekAug 29, 2023
@jlippertcohen @rbreich We've been an oligarchy since 1776.
Show threadAaronAug 29, 2023
@ubergeek @jlippertcohen @rbreich We never really escaped the aristocracy, did we? We just kind of replaced them with home grown ones and held them at arms distance. (We at least had elected officials instead of a monarchy.)
Show threadProScience 🇪🇺Aug 29, 2023

@rbreich

I've never trusted them in the first place.

Show threadUbergeekAug 29, 2023
@rbreich Its been quite some time since the American public gave any credence to the SCOTUS.
Show threadStu Duerson, machina exo deusAug 29, 2023

@rbreich

That's going a bit far!

...assuming it will ever be possible to trust the Subprime Court again.

...damn spell checker. That was supposed to be Supine.

Show threadSkepticat 😸Aug 29, 2023
@rbreich
That train left the station long ago and wrecked about 5 years back.
Show threadBlack Chic with the Red TruckAug 29, 2023
@rbreich
Again? Do people still trust it?
Show threadTheManInTheMoonlightAug 29, 2023
@rbreich I don't trust them now...
Show threadEveryday FreethoughtAug 29, 2023
@rbreich
Does anyone remember when Alito got upset during a State of the Union speech when Obama said Citizens United would corrupt elections? Good times.
Show threadWeaselAug 29, 2023
@rbreich
Does someone believe they truly care whether we trust them?
Show threadСаша Морс, here we go again...Aug 29, 2023
@rbreich what makes you think we trust SCOTUS now?
Show threadSteve8282Aug 29, 2023
@rbreich You think Americans trust them today?
Show threadTheCurler3Aug 29, 2023
@rbreich HAVE THEY PAID TAXES ON THESE LAVISH GIFTS they "forgot" to declare on their federal forms? No one in the media asks or answers this question...
Show threadJo - pièce de résistanceAug 29, 2023
@rbreich
does anyone trust them now? I certainly don't anymore.
Show threadMadisonMonkeyAug 29, 2023
@rbreich Dude, the odds of them recusing themselves is about the same as wallstreet suddenly starting to lobby for the wealth tax 😂
All the people yelling at the lefties over the years defending the system helped build this by ignoring the problem as this fffed up situation was put in place
Show threadsandywb14Aug 29, 2023
@rbreich They should be forced to revise. They lack the integrity to recuse themselves.
Show threadRocky 💜💙Aug 29, 2023

@rbreich

Time to ADD to the court and wash these cheats BS out.

Show threadKrazyKatAug 29, 2023
@rbreich Assuming they CARE what we think of SCOTUS.
Show threadA Tattered ScrapbookAug 29, 2023
@rbreich Trust died a while ago. Or, at least, it did if attention was being paid. The “good” President shovels money to the companies burning the planet, while the boogeyman lurks. “Democracy” as it exists will kill us all anyway.
Show threadrhempelAug 29, 2023

@rbreich I keep referring back to the luxury tax in the game Monopoly, where paying extra taxes for the rich was just part of the game.

The past 50 years of more intense and expensive lobbying has normalized the influence of money, and we are now seeing the logical conclusion of allowing campaign finance to run unchecked.

Nixon almost lost the vice presidency because he accepted a dog as a gift 🙂

Show threadMidwest BobAug 29, 2023
@rbreich Some of us don’t trust them now.
Show threadvijes49Aug 29, 2023
@rbreich Knowing what we know now why should we trust them at all ?
Show threadVWAug 29, 2023
@rbreich Do not believe we have any reason to trust SCOTUS now.
Show threadStaid WinnowAug 29, 2023

@rbreich

I have not trusted the SCOTUS since December 2000, after they voted a second time to elect George, son of George.

Why is it that *now* is the time, y'all are considering that they just might not be trustworthy?

It is a serious question.

Bush v. Gore
Citizens United
"Racism is over"
Dobbs
...

No really, why now?

Show threadJohn YatesAug 29, 2023
@rbreich! #UnPackTheSupremeCourt #Politics
Show threadhomedogAug 30, 2023
@rbreich who in their right mind would trust SCOTUS right now? SCOTUS is openly, flagrantly corrupt. Not to mention McConnell’s disgusting denial of Obama’s nomination. SCOTUS is another instrument of minority tyranny at the hands of the republican traitors.
Show threadIncorrigible Maker for HARRISAug 30, 2023
@rbreich
Way too late! I haven't trusted anything coming out of SCOTUS since Clarence Thomas' first day as a Justice
Show threadJohn LuskAug 30, 2023

@rbreich

We already don't. Until we get a few justices replaced (like... maybe... 4 or 5).

@sabrinacostell3

Show threadC0ppertopAug 30, 2023
@rbreich after the last three I don’t trust them now.
Show threadTheJenAug 30, 2023
@rbreich Good thing we don't trust them now!
Show threadbaerjoAug 30, 2023
@rbreich all taxes should be abolished, period. It is grand theft of the most communist order.
Show threadHitimsSep 17, 2023
@rbreich I don't think the public trusts them now and recusing well I think it's a little late for that look at how many cases have come before them some of them even brought by Clarence Thomas's wife...❗❗❗