Is the Supreme Court for sale?

[Last hard class]

There have been a lot of financial shenanigans uncovered in the court recently. Sotomayor and Gorsuch with their book deals. Thomas and his friend with benefits. It appears they all received monies from entities that had business with the court. Whether their influence is for sale is not clear to me. But I have never seen such a blatant conduit from politics to the court as Justice Thomas's wife.

When I was a kid, I was taught that the Supreme Court members were not supposed to be swayed by politics when interpreting the law. Of course, that's a fairy tale. And while I don't expect them to leave out their ideals in their decision-making process, it seems to me they should have to abide by the same ethics rules as everyone else.

In business, these allegations would be considered kickbacks. But I'm not sure what applies to the members of the court.

So are they considered politicians then? And these things are ok. Like insider trading?


Interested in other points of view on this subject.




LHC

[JJ_BPK]

Not a 2L, but from my corner, I think it would be pretty obvious if a Justice voted for one of a friend's cases.

Then there is the SOTUS way: Someone is chosen by the chief justice to be the pivot on a case while the other justices ALL contribute to the rendering.

Set aside the fact that the court is sometimes liberal and something conservative, if one judge wanted to sway,, they would need several other justices to contribute, with case law as their backup.

Even then, that descending opinion could put the kibosh on the show at any time.

My $00.000002

[Box]

Look on the bright side - they are WAY more expensive than the DOJ - quite honestly, I think we have the best three branches of government that money can buy. Now cheer up - there are a lot of good recipes for cooking with peas once the globalists get the rest of the government under control.

Gosh bless aMErikuh

[bushmaster11]

Well, I don't bought and sold.They are more traded. Kind of like the mafia. I will do this favor for you, and you will do one for, now or in the future. kind of like I will this for you but you owe me.

No money changed hands, bribe. Of course there is. The pair of them are crooked as a dog's hind leg. They know it or they would not have hidden their receipt of money and "favors".

There are others that allowed it to happen. In the West Point honor code - "I will not those who lie, cheat or steal nor tolerate those that do". It is a simple but a simple but abbreviated Ten Commandments.

Until a decision 10-15 years ago, I had faith in SCOTUS. I came to realize that some of decisions were in fact not constitutional. i did not think they were corrupt, but fallible. Recent events shows that they can by outside forces, by either money or politics.

J R sends
DOL

[PRB]

No, I don't believe they are for sale. Political viewpoints abound tho as they are human.

[bubba]

This is America! Everything is for sale! That is what we do here……..

The “policy makers” and “law enforcement” are Paid For by the people who Make, Advertise, and Sell Stuff.

It seems to work since we’re the only one’s with fat poor people and moon rocks….

[mark46th]

As Buuba said, everything is for sale. But, like box said, the DOJ is less expensive. Elect me President. After I fired the DOJ and FBI leadership, I would install new leaders in those agencies who would swear to prosecute any politician of suspected illegal activities, regardless of which political party they reside. I would go after Chelsea Clinton first. It would be interesting to see how much Hillary would disclose about her own activities to protect her own child.

[Roguish Lawyer]

I find it interesting how selective some people are when deciding what to believe from mainstream media reports. The conservatives on the Court are under attack, and it is almost entirely BS. Trust me, I know things.

[Box]

Truth be told - I don't trust much of anything that comes from mainstream media reports.

The mainstream told us "Russia Russia Russia" even after James Comey admitted that he was an unethical leaker that did what he did.
The mainstream media pushed "Russia Russia Russia" even though their golden boy Bernie Flanders dotes on communist dystopias like Russia (and Venezuela) every chance he gets.
The mainstream media hides the Panama Papers.
The mainstream media hid Hunter's laptop.
The mainstream media hid Epstein's little black book.
The mainstream media is peddling furiously to keep Bill Clinton's wife out of the public eye now that it has been proven that not only did she LIE about Uranium-One, not only did she LIE about Benghazi, she also LIED about the Steele dossier, and essentially conspired to commit treason.
The mainstream media LIED about the 'rona
The mainstream media LIED about masks
The mainstream media LIED about vax seens
The mainstream media LIES about election results.
The mainstream media refused to accept that Bush won.
The mainstream media refused to accept that Trump won
The mainstream media wants you imprisoned for questioning Joes victory AT ALL
The mainstream media thinks thank career criminals and drug addicts are heroes
The mainstream media thinks men can have babies.
The mainstream media wants to impeach Republicans for a rounding error
The mainstream media thinks that 50 years of Biden family corruption is NONE of your business.
The mainstream media wants your 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th...
...the mainstream media wants ALL of your rights limited if it challenges "the message"
The mainstream media couldn't wait to headline the story that Santos is a shady crooked politician...
... can't wait to bury a conservative SC justice for writing a book.
...doesn't seem to mind that the newest left-wing justice has a vagina™ but doesn't know what a woman™ "is"


No worries. I don't exist in that plane of existence anymore. I will literally vote for the ghost of Aileen Wuornos as long as she campaigns right of center.
Don't care anymore.
Not a bit.
My bias tastes better than the left's bias - the difference is, I've decided to stop pretending - I am adopting the partisan support policy of my leftist brothers and sisters, I'm just choosing to apply it to anyone that runs against them.

and since I can't vote for SCOTUS anyway, I'll just continue to send strongly worded correspondence to my elected officials showing my support for ANY issue that lands a hop, skip, and a jump right of center no matter how ridiculous and unsustainable.



That is all.

[MR2]

Aileen Wuornos... LMFAO

[Box]

Originally Posted by MR2

Aileen Wuornos... LMFAO

That is my pledge. I stand by it.