Laffyš Via Katie Phang:
NEW: @senwhitehouse sends a letter to AG Merrick Garland requesting that he appoint a Special Counsel to investigate Justice #ClarenceThomas for his alleged violations of federal ethics and tax laws.
Alex P Roe - OLD ACCOUNT@GottaLaff About, if not, past, time.
Mastodon MigrationSo wish he had become Judiciary Chairman!
@mastodonmigration Ogodmetoo
(((JaneinNJ)))@GottaLaff Itās a start.
Lazarou Monkey Terror ššš@GottaLaff about fucking time. 
@Lazarou Whitehouse rocks.
Old Man in the ShoeRaises an interesting legal question. If he broke the law, is he immune? š
atticus1956If not now, give Chief Justice Roberts time...he will be!
DRBLD2009@GottaLaff Let's see if that gains any traction.
Liz the Urban Birder@GottaLaff Too little too lateā¦ I was personally hoping for disbarment. I hate the idea that justices can be bought and that corruption has found its way into these U.S. institutions so deeply and so widely.
DMTea@lizopp @GottaLaff thereās no better time to begin accountability than now. Yes, itās a shame itās taken so long for literally anything to happen about this, but itās not too late. And it could be just beginning, so who knows if itāll be too little.
Though the wheels of justice turn very slowly, turn they do :)
Ahimsa@GottaLaff Also signed by Oregon senator Ron Wyden! š
@ahimsa_pdx šš»
okanogen VerminEnemyFromWithin@ahimsa_pdx @GottaLaff
Fucking Sheldon Whitehouse is a real one. When Kamala runs in 2028 I would support him as VP, or maybe better as a Supreme Court Justice Nominee before that?
Fucking Sheldon Whitehouse is a real one. When Kamala runs in 2028 I would support him as VP, or maybe better as a Supreme Court Justice Nominee before that?
ArtemesiaAren't the more discrete bribes well past the statute of limitations? The RV financing, the free house for his mother, the tuition for his adopted "nephew"? The more current stuff like getting hosted and flown on a billionaire's yacht and plane for a free vacation in indonesia, are harder to define as crimes.
dingodog@artemesia @GottaLaff
You could still impeach him for it, if you just win both houses of Congress...
You could still impeach him for it, if you just win both houses of Congress...
Whoop-te-do. And it takes only one house to impeach, the House. But it takes 67 senators to convict and remove. Name me the 17 GOP senators who will vote to convict. Though I'll grant that if there's a republican president, they might cynically decide ol' Clarence Sale's getting a little long in the tooth and decide to replace him with someone in their 50s.
Wiley Miller@GottaLaff
Not going to hold my breath on anything regarding Merrick Garland doing what should be done.
Not going to hold my breath on anything regarding Merrick Garland doing what should be done.
Clayton Slaughter@Wileymiller @GottaLaff
I know he will start the process and make a thorough go of it. And it wonāt be quick and it wonāt be satisfying because thatās not how legal processes work; they are uncertain.
Iāll take the win that a referral has been made at all.
And the win of making a list publicly available of the bribes.
@schmubba I agree. I'm not one who jumps on Garland. @Wileymiller
Derekodon@schmubba @Wileymiller @GottaLaff Oh Clayton, you so silly. Those were āgratuitiesā, not bribesā¦
@schmubba
That's what I thought during the J6 committee hearings, especially when they closed with the committee BEGGING the DOJ to launch an investigation, but Garland sat around for 2 years doing nothing except for going after the low hanging fruit of the rioters. And the only reason he appointed Jack Smith as special prosecutor is when Trump announced his candidacy. If Trump didn't do that, nothing would have happened.
Sorry, but I've lost all faith in Garland doing ANYTHING.
@Wileymiller @GottaLaff
Appreciate how you feel. I felt similarly (but in addition to what you expressed below, I felt helpless to get anyone to do anything about it).
The more I learn about how large scale investigations work, the more I think I was mistaken about nothing being done. I mistook assignment of Jack Smith as the start of the investigation. Jackās assignment happened when independence was required to continue to proceed with the ongoing investigation.
Iām probably not helping much to reduce your anxiety, I know.
And I do in some small way understand where youāre coming from on this.
Your strips do a lot of heavy lifting for us all in these crazy times. Thanks for all the great work.
Zorro Notorious MEB šŖ·šŖ·šŖ·@GottaLaff I saw that. I was hoping for televised public Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, which would bring the point home to the voters. Is there some formal protocol reason why he chose to do it this way?
It seems to me Garland is unlikely to do this. I think they'd much prefer to keep any such investigations secret rather than appoint a special counsel that will be subject to intense political pressure. We didn't find out about the Menendez case until the indictments happened.
@AlgoCompSynth You'd have to ask Whitehouse. I have no idea.
Elz de Korte@GottaLaff He is so good, Whitehouse.
@elzdekorte Superb.
Shirley Eugest@GottaLaff
Wouldn't it be nice. š
Wouldn't it be nice. š
@GottaLaff
it's about time!
it's about time!
RRB@GottaLaff I thought he was just collecting gratuities after making rulings. Remember, the court ruled that getting bribes after the fact is not corruption.
I'm surprised they have not granted themselves immunity for murder,rape and drunk driving.
Samhain Night@GottaLaff GOOD! I thought taxes would be the way to take him down!
@samhainnight Takes a lot of people down, lol. š¤š¼
xs4me2Excellent. No man is above the law.
@xs4me2 Amen to that.
šPookaš«£Booš«µ@GottaLaff He shouldn't have had to send a letter. Garland and FBI should have him in a sting OPERATION already...
Zen Zero āÆļø āÆ@GottaLaff If it goes to trial, heāll be convicted, but the SCOTUS will then say that SC justices enjoy full immunity.
@xvf17 Of course
Steve Bennett@GottaLaff makes you wonder about why he attacked the special counsel process in his recent concurrenceā¦
Deliciously Corrupt Cookbook@GottaLaff I hope Garland has the guts to do it, and not wait two years before he starts investigating. Sigh. I wish Sally Yates had been made AG. If you want something done, ask a woman.
Jennifer Slack@GottaLaff
Do it! Do it! Whitehouse is one of the best! Expose Clarence even if the Senate won't go along. Expose the Senate.
Do it! Do it! Whitehouse is one of the best! Expose Clarence even if the Senate won't go along. Expose the Senate.
@GottaLaff Reviewing your post and in light of today's news that a judge's view that appointing a Special Council is unconstitutional, I wonder where *this* request might end up...
@lizopp Thatās in Florida. Different judges, different cases, ultimately
@GottaLaff I should hope so but these days, and with Federalist judges peppering the system now, Iām not placing any bets.
@lizopp I get that.