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Old 07-01-2023, 02:27 PM
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Oh the Supreme court conservative Judges are bought and paid for.

And the Dark Money keeps flowing in many of those case brought to the them.

Amy Barrett
A conservative dark money group led by former President Donald Trump’s judicial adviser Leonard Leo bankrolled Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation campaign with nearly $22 million in anonymous cash, while another nonprofit that Leo helps steer saw a fundraising bonanza and showered cash on other organizations boosting Barrett, according to tax returns obtained by The Daily Poster.
The new tax returns shed light on how Barrett’s successful last-minute confirmation campaign was aided by a flood of dark money. They also reveal the rapid growth of Leo’s already highly successful dark money network and its tentacles in the broader conservative movement.

Neil Gorsuch
The US supreme court justice Neil Gorsuch made as much as $500,000 from a 2017 real estate sale, according to a new report, but did not disclose the identity of the buyer: the chief executive of a law firm with extensive business before the high court.

Clarence Thomas
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been accused of concealing decades worth of lavish trips paid for by a major GOP donor in a new ProPublica report. Citing flight records, internal documents, and dozens of interviews, ProPublica says the conservative judge’s many trips with real estate magnate Harlan Crow “appeared nowhere on Thomas’ financial disclosures.” One 2019 trip alone would have cost more than $500,000

Chief Justice John Roberts
During that eight-year stretch, according to internal records from her employer, Jane Roberts generated a whopping $10.3 million in commissions, paid out by corporations and law firms for placing high-dollar lawyers with them.
That eye-popping figure comes from records in a whistleblower complaint filed by a disgruntled former colleague of Roberts, who says that as the spouse of the most powerful judge in the United States, the income she earns from law firms who practice before the Court should be subject to public scrutiny.

Brett Kavanaugh
Brett Kavanaugh other than his free Italy FBI came out and admitted they lacked authority to conduct further investigation into Kavanaugh sexual misconduct during his arrangement.

Samuel Alito
The US supreme court justice Samuel Alito accepted a seat on a private plane owned by the conservative billionaire Paul Singer, flying to Alaska for a luxury fishing trip hosted by another rightwing businessman, then did NOT declare such gifts or recuse himself when Singer had business before the court.
Okay that's great. I suppose only the conservative justices go on vacations, and the lib ones are just the bestest boyscouts ever?

Also, who cares? Their decisions are perfectly sound and actually uphold the constitution, rather than interpreting it using such tortured logic that it might as well not exist. Libs keep moaning about how these decisions "override precedent" as if that matters at all. Precedents get overridden. That's the point of the supreme court.

I do think lifetime appointments are kind of silly because it's totally arbitrary, but it seems to be functioning properly at the moment as a check on the other branches of government. Also known as the entire point of this country. If you just want lib policy to win every time and live in a one-party commutopia, there are lots of failed states you could move to!
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