• juicy@lemmy.today
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    7 months ago

    As usual, Biden’s Justice Department is missing in action. After four years, we’re still waiting on any form of accountability for Trump. Thomas can rest easy.

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        7 months ago

        The only thing Congress is needed for is to impeach and remove him. And since we know the chances of that happening are exactly zero, that makes them completely useless.

        SC judges aren’t immune to the law. The DOJ absolutely can investigate, arrest, and charge him just like they can any other citizen. Now, I’m not saying they will; I’m just saying they can. And if they had anything resembling balls, they would, and then Congress can then decide if they want a Supreme Court judge making rulings from inside a jail cell.

        But this is the Merrick Garland DOJ, which means he’s too afraid to mention Thomas’ name, let alone investigate him. And we all know Congress ain’t doing squat.

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          7 months ago

          If he was found guilty of a crime, couldn’t he then be removed from office? The Constitution says that they “shall hold their Office during Good Behavior”. Surely being convicted of a crime would be the opposite of “Good Behavior” and disqualify them from office.

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        7 months ago

        DOJ may not be able to do anything about Justices taking money from plaintiffs or other ethics violations, but they can certainly enforce the tax code.

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          7 months ago

          That’s the part I’m interested in, I’df there’s really a tax issue. Maybe he really didn’t understand justices had to have ethics and morals, avoid corruption and conflicts of interest, and were just there to solicit gifts from plaintiffs, but how can he explain away if he didn’t pay taxes?

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      7 months ago

      Who could’ve predicted that an AG that is part of the federalist society would go easy on a fellow federalist society member.