The continuing revelations about Justice Clarence Thomas that have recently appeared in ProPublica are beyond disturbing His good friend billionaire Harlan Crow treats the Justice and his wife Ginni to annual vacations most recently valued at a half million dollars One of his entities underwrites Ginni's six figure salary that she draws as a conservative activist. Justice Thomas has been photographed at Mr Crow's opulent Adirondack hunting lodge with, among others, Leonard Leo who is the brains behind The Federalist Society, which has given us a generation of conservative activist judges. And for what it's worth, Mr Crow is reported to be an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia.
The SCOTUS appears to have lost much of their former stature in the eyes of the American people 20 years ago the court was held in high regard by Americans but that percentage has declined to 47%. in a recent poll Both Democrats and Republicans are held in low regard by those polled albeit for different reasons The increasing politicization of the court because the court is supposed to be an honest broker and since Bush v Gore in 2000 the meaty thumb of the GOP has been firmly planted on the scales of justice
Every one of the Justices is a boodler to one extent or another One of the perks of being a justice is that anyone holding that office is in high demand for lecturing gigs that are often accompanied by a generous stipend for little actual work and tend to take place in exotic locales and in first class accommodations It goes without saying that the sponsors are covering all expenses for judicial guests One of these days people are just going to stop paying attention to anything they say.
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