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Rhiannon12866

(225,879 posts) Thu Dec 5, 2024, 02:20 PM Dec 5

Sen. Whitehouse & Lawrence Discuss the Supreme Court's Failure to Create an Enforceable Ethics Code - The Last Word MSNBC

December 4 - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joins The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss the recent New York Times reporting on the debate within the Supreme Court about creating an enforceable ethics code, and his recent report examining the procedures for investigating and enforcing violations of judicial misconduct and ethics rules in all fifty states and the District of Columbia.

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Sen. Whitehouse & Lawrence Discuss the Supreme Court's Failure to Create an Enforceable Ethics Code - The Last Word MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Dec 5 OP

The Supreme Court believes they too have almost complete immunity Redleg Dec 5 #1

Supreme Court believes they are entitled to take bribes in any amount for throwing cases. Irish_Dem Dec 5 #2

Alito and Thomas (and perhaps other RW injustices) are afraid of a real investigation erronis Dec 5 #3

Redleg

(6,272 posts)

1. The Supreme Court believes they too have almost complete immunity

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 02:34 PM

Dec 5

okay, maybe not the liberals on the court, but certainly Thomas and Alito and probably Gorsuck and the drunk dude too.

Irish_Dem

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2. Supreme Court believes they are entitled to take bribes in any amount for throwing cases.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 02:53 PM

Dec 5

Why would they ruin that with an ethics code?

erronis

(17,370 posts)

3. Alito and Thomas (and perhaps other RW injustices) are afraid of a real investigation

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 04:34 PM

Dec 5

So far it's all been press reports with some salacious tidbits.

I think if an audit was done of each justice's finances (and other 'affairs') we'd find that they are not any better than some of the worse of us.

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