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One of the strangest fucking debates in modern politics is whether Supreme Court justices should accept lavish gifts from billionaires.
Imagine explaining that sentence to someone in 1990.
"Wait... that's... legal?"
Judges are supposed to be independent.
Not sponsored.
If your highest court starts looking like an influencer posting "Thanks to my generous benefactors!" we've wandered into a parody of democracy. ⚖️
Notice how every proposal for stronger ethics rules is treated as some outrageous assault on the judiciary.
No, Karen.
The assault is creating a system where public trust depends on hoping nobody's yacht invitation influences anything.
The rule shouldn't be controversial.
Justice shouldn't come with complimentary vacations, luxury hospitality, or billionaire perks.
If people lose faith that the referee is impartial, eventually they stop believing in the fucking game. ⚖️
#SupremeCourt #Ethics #JudicialIndependence #RuleOfLaw #Accountability #Democracy #Politics #Transparency
mksu
Say it with me, folks: ThAtS sOcIaLiSm!!!
ExplodingPortaPotty
How about a bill stripping the position of it's "lifetime appointment" status?
Wapusk
Can't believe it's needed? I can't belive it doesn't already exist.
LordHosk
#1 the supreme court already met in a special session when they heard a rumor that she might do this and ruled the idea of them not getting lavish gifts unconstitutional in a 6-3 ruling and further ruled that anyone who talked about such thing is subject to a atomic wedgie.
Ree81
Dude, it's over. Democracy is over, not just in the US, but the world. The oligarchy won, and now the climate is collapsing. I've given up on fighting back. Sure, I'll vote, but outside of that... fuck is there to do in this dying world?
Sit back, consume and before you know it, it'll be over.
walnutbreath
And they'll immediately rule it as an infringement on free speech despite the Constitution being unambiguously clear that bribery is a crime.
commentsbadcomments
It’s a cool thought. They’d just determine it to be non-constitutional and throw it away (even if the legislature wasn’t a completely broken body).
CallMeMcGyver
Pretty much every last republican senator or congressperson would be eligible for jail by 1990s standards... they are openly defying the law, wiping their asses with the constitution, looting the government and mockingly defying us to try and stop them.
RobertAG25772
Let’s take them up on that
StonesTwice
How about any gifts from anybody
notifybay151
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1MzQ1cXN6aG94dTBrN24zM3JoM25iZTB4NTk4Y2Z3a2hodWE3NWNyZCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/gh6gFVh35jyzNvHegl/200w.webp
EstoyPoopis
Please, people, block this garbage OP. It's AI. All of it. The posts are probably pushed by a bot. Look at his history. - - > Screen cap - >AI image in same style - > AI gen text. Every time.
Isorikk
Wasn't this from two years ago
CelestialSea
Technically it isn't allowed, but it's up to the court to enforce its own rules.
OneUniverse
SCOTUS has no ethics rules for itself.
socraticmeathead
And who gets to decide if that law is Constitutional?
elusiveenchilada
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-money-complaints-sparked-resignation-fears-scotus
chewmaca2
We should convince her to push a bill saying if a person of congress or senate misses more than 2 weeks without prior notice such as for vacation, or more than 12 weeks for serious illness (with actual proof of life), then you lose your position and a special vote is held to replace you. That is more than generous, way more than the rest of us get.
Illithidbane
The last 10 years have demonstrated just how many norms we thought were rules, but have just been suggestions.
LogicalLimes
That’s the thing about values. If you’re willing to look the other way once, it becomes easier to do it again the second time. And if you look the other way a second time, it’s that much easier to look the other way a third time. And again. And again.
For those types of people, I’ve found that if they get away with something, they’re emboldened to go a little further next time, and see if they can get away with a little bit more.
And without consequences, it continues. And continues.
pancreas
it's human nature to "push the envelope"
GreenMnM
Good. Now do ALL PUBLIC SERVICE!
The way its SUPPOSED to be!
ontarioOT
You guys just don't understand. Clarence has been friends with that billionaire for years now. They go way back, all the way back to when he had just been elected to the supreme court. What's untoward about becoming friends with someone right before you are put in a position to help them avoid consequences for breaking the law?
grandestgrandeur
At least since Nixon/Reagan, we've seen, time and time again, just how FLIMSY the rule of law is in this country, at least when it concerns the rich and connected. The rich get house arrests and heavily lightened sentences but, if they were just a 'peasant' like the rest of us, would have suffered the HARSHEST of consequences. Every GOP and centrist DEM has wormed their way towards it, made concessions or outright made/removed laws to protect them. FFS this country can't even- 1/2
grandestgrandeur
hold their own leaders accountable for fucking anything. Nixon? Got immediately pardoned by his VP, wtf is that allowable? Reagan? NOTHING. The man who literally started this country's spiral down the toilet? No comeuppance. Bush? For all the torturing at Guantanamo Bay? NADDA.
What about Trump? OH well he just was convicted of 30+ FEDERAL crimes. The same kind of crimes that restrict citizens from voting? NAH, he's just ALLOWED to run for president again. This country is a sad joke. 2/2
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Finally, cutting Thomas off from his white washing therapy sessions.
SleepDeprivedAstronaut
Most likely wont pass but that 0.001% im me os hoping it does
UnattendedDeviant
Amazing how wealthy SCOTUS judges happen. Weird. I wonder how they do it. /s
anender
If a SCJ can't understand tax laws, nobody else in the country should have to follow them either.
SinisterSlaw
The same Herman Crow that collects Nazi memorabilia.
0xBADA55
He should be jailed
OnceBotheredTwiceShy
SecretAgentSuperBooger
Moechine
She needs to add "A person convicted of a felony cannot hold any elected office at any level in the US."
Daliena06
Do you want a Republican DoJ and judges ramming through kangaroo court convictions of political enemies to disqualify them? Because that's how you get Republican kangaroo court convictions of anyone who they see as a potential threat to their raping of the country.
anender
Meh, Republicans asked for it. Rule of law is dead. It's power only.
Daliena06
And who currently holds the power and is in a position to abuse it to ensure the other side does not get to ever wield that power against them, and even moreso if one started with this..?
anender
I'm for putting them all up against a wall.
sakm
#2
JamieGeorge
I can get on the fucking front page without even trying every day.
It's simply whether or not I'm willing to invest the time.
Touch fucking grass.
Evenmoreuselessname
All the text 🚫AI🚫
The701
OP does it every time. Each post has a screencap, some AI barf, and then LLM-generated text.
reichtwinglunatic
and imgur upvotes it every time, so why should he stop that shit?
JamieGeorge
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1cDh0Zm81bzBsanlxdGcwaHM1aG94dGxzMTc2Y3Fmemw2M2Nmc28yZCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/P53TSsopKicrm/200w.webp
The701
simple solution: ditch the AI/LLM junk
JamieGeorge
If you fucking disagree with what I wrote, tell me which part you think is wrong. "AI wrote it" isn't a counterargument.
Krossis
The701
It's the use of AI stuff itself that's the issue, not particularly WHAT you're getting it to produce. (ironically, I've seen you make anti-AI posts, which use AI-generated stuff in them, which is... a choice) Those huge techbro datacenters are disasters for communities and the environment. It's not good to give them more usage.