The "Justice" Thomas Thread

matthunter · May 9, 2023

Via Above The Law, Bloomberg News (paywalled) reports that the federal judiciary was already aware that Clarence Thomas was less than stringent about disclosure back in 2012. Many of us remember this, but what you may not have known is that his failure to report his wife's income was supposed to be referred to the U.S. attorney general. (Spoiler: It was not reported.)

In 2011, Thomas had come under scrutiny for failing to report years of income earned by his wife, Ginni Thomas, a conservative political consultant and activist. [US District Judge Mark] Wolf repeatedly expressed concern that the Judicial Conference of the United States, the judiciary’s policymaking body, was being kept in the dark and shut out from potentially doing its own review of the complaints, according to letters, internal reports, and other materials reviewed by Bloomberg News in addition to two people familiar with the matter.
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https://crooksandliars.com/2023/05/bloomberg-judicial-conference-let-clarence

Tuckerfan · May 10, 2023

Gee, this sounds like straight up corruption.

https://www.levernews.com/clarence-thomas-reversed-position-after-gifts-and-family-payments/

Nova · May 10, 2023

But wait! There's more!

“In Shelby County v. Holder, Thomas joined 5–4 majority in rolling back voting-rights protections… A concurring decision he wrote was in line w/amicus brief filed in case by Judicial Education Project, the group that paid Ginni"
https://t.co/ZjSxHnKcDh

Tuckerfan · May 11, 2023

https://twitter.com/darrigomelanie/status/1656805136222638081?s=46&t=iYW3foyqIA6Tn8VWwn3nwQ

tafkats · May 11, 2023

Tuckerfan said: ↑

Gee, this sounds like straight up corruption.

https://www.levernews.com/clarence-thomas-reversed-position-after-gifts-and-family-payments/
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Well, damn.

I'd sort of been assuming that none of this really mattered, because Clarence Thomas could be relied upon to be a fascist, corporate-bootlicking piece of shit regardless of whether he was paid to do so, but I guess not.

Diacanu · May 11, 2023

Hey, it also means "we" could have turned him damned near commie if George Soros had just stepped up, and bribed him even harder.

Nova · May 12, 2023

Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court | FRONTLINE (pbs.org)

Tuckerfan · Jun 4, 2023

Wonder if Thomas' buddy is going to bid on this?

Adolf Hitler’s pencil could fetch up to $100,000 at auction

Tuckerfan · Jun 7, 2023

Will the Senate subpoena Crow?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harlan-crow-clarence-thomas-subpoena-ron-wyden-supreme-court/

Tuckerfan · Jun 7, 2023

Thomas delays releasing financial documents.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/07/sup...ce-thomas-postpones-financial-disclosure.html

shootER · Jun 20, 2023

https://www.wsj.com/articles/propub...twxr871hcgzm&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink

Tuckerfan · Jun 20, 2023

https://twitter.com/leahlitman/status/1671298514817540097?s=46&t=iYW3foyqIA6Tn8VWwn3nwQ

shootER · Jun 20, 2023

https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court

Tuckerfan · Jun 21, 2023

https://twitter.com/petestrzok/status/1671302886402211854?s=46&t=iYW3foyqIA6Tn8VWwn3nwQ

Tuckerfan · Jun 30, 2023

Hullo, what's this?

SAMUEL ALITO’S WIFE LEASED LAND TO AN OIL AND GAS FIRM WHILE THE JUSTICE FOUGHT THE EPA

A YEAR AGO this month, Martha Ann Bomgardner Alito decided to see if a 160-acre plot of land in Grady County, Oklahoma, would produce. In a lease filed with the Grady County clerk, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito entered into an agreement with Citizen Energy III for revenue generated from oil and gas obtained from a plot of hard scrabble she inherited from her late father. It is one of thousands of oil and gas leases across Oklahoma, one of the top producers of fossil fuels in the United States.

Last year, before the lease was activated, a line in Alito’s financial disclosures labeled “mineral interests” was valued between $100,001 and $250,000. If extraction on the plot proves fruitful, the lease dictates that Citizen Energy will pay Alito’s wife 3/16ths of all the money it makes from oil and gas sales.

In the past, Alito has often recused himself from cases that pose potential conflicts of interest with his vast investment portfolio. Many of these recusals were born from an inheritance of stocks after the death of Alito’s father-in-law, Bobby Gene Bomgardner. Because Citizen Energy III isn’t implicated in any cases before the Supreme Court, Alito’s holding in Oklahoma doesn’t appear to pose any direct conflicts of interest. But it does add context to a political outlook that has alarmed environmentalists since Alito’s confirmation hearing in 2006 — and cast recent decisions that embolden the oil and gas industry in a damning light.

“There need not be a specific case involving the drilling rights associated with a specific plot of land for Alito to understand what outcomes in environmental cases would buttress his family’s net wealth,” Jeff Hauser, founder and director of the Revolving Door Project, told The Intercept. “Alito does not have to come across like a drunken Paul Thomas Anderson character gleefully confessing to drinking our collective milkshakes in order to be a real life, run-of-the-mill political villain.”

In May, Alito penned a majority decision in Sackett v. EPA which radically scaled back the Clean Water Act, reducing its mandate by tens of millions of acres. According to a statement released by President Joe Biden, the ruling “puts our nation’s wetlands — and the rivers, streams, lakes and ponds connected to them — at risk of pollution and destruction, jeopardizing the sources of clean water that millions of American families, farmers and businesses rely on.” The plaintiffs’ position in the case was backed by the American Gas Association, the American Petroleum Institute, and the Liquid Energy Pipeline Association.

Prior to targeting the Clean Water Act, Alito joined the courts’ other conservative justices in attacking another set of EPA powers under the Clean Air Act in West Virginia v. EPA. The 2022 ruling gutted the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

A spokesperson for Alito did not respond to The Intercept’s request for comment.
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More at the link, including court documents.

Tuckerfan · Jul 9, 2023

https://www.threads.net/t/Cueoj2KucY0/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Tuckerfan · Jul 11, 2023

https://twitter.com/ap/status/1678717072216293376?s=46&t=iYW3foyqIA6Tn8VWwn3nwQ

Tererune · Jul 11, 2023

Justice Thomas and Alito are some of the most abusive I have seen, but we must remember despite seeing this obvious gratuitous lack of ethics and open bribery all of the other justices said they did not need ethics and rules imposed on them. None of them said there was a need to do anything about these grievous actions.

When I saw that I knew the court was super fucked. I did not realize there were no restrictions and there really needs to be some. I think congress and the president should be able to do that. I am actually a bit surprised they aren't and it worries me that there might be a quid pro-quo on not prosecuting or making corruption regulations going on between the three branches.

Tuckerfan · Jul 12, 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-lawyers-supreme-court?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

shootER · Jul 12, 2023

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Tuckerfan · Jul 17, 2023

https://atlantablackstar.com/2023/0...-the-supreme-court-justice-to-duck-tax-rules/

Diacanu · Jul 17, 2023

Do you think rich people who skip out on their taxes really believe their own "taxes are theft! " horseshit, or that they just skip out on 'em because "fuck y'all! "??

Tuckerfan · Jul 17, 2023

Diacanu said: ↑

Do you think rich people who skip out on their taxes really believe their own "taxes are theft! " horseshit, or that they just skip out on 'em because "fuck y'all! "??
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Yes.

matthunter · Jul 18, 2023

And FF and his dumbass brethren buy the "87,000 new IRS agents!!!!" shit like it isn't manufactured BS from cunts like this who have a vested interest in scamming their way out of taxes.

Tuckerfan · Aug 5, 2023

Clarence Thomas’s $267,230 R.V. and the Friend Who Financed It

His Prevost Marathon cost $267,230, according to title history records obtained by The New York Times. And Justice Thomas, who in the ensuing years would tell friends how he had scrimped and saved to afford the motor coach, did not buy it on his own. In fact, the purchase was underwritten, at least in part, by Anthony Welters, a close friend who made his fortune in the health care industry.

He provided Justice Thomas with financing that experts said a bank would have been unlikely to extend — not only because Justice Thomas was already carrying a lot of debt, but because the Marathon brand’s high level of customization makes its used motor coaches difficult to value.

In an email to The Times, Mr. Welters wrote: “Here is what I can share. Twenty-five years ago, I loaned a friend money, as I have other friends and family. We’ve all been on one side or the other of that equation. He used it to buy a recreational vehicle, which is a passion of his.” Roughly nine years later, “the loan was satisfied,” Mr. Welters added. He subsequently sent The Times a photograph of the original title bearing his signature and a handwritten “lien release” date of Nov. 22, 2008.

But despite repeated requests over nearly two weeks, Mr. Welters did not answer further questions essential to understanding his arrangement with Justice Thomas.

He would not say how much he had lent Justice Thomas, how much the justice had repaid and whether any of the debt had been forgiven or otherwise discharged. He declined to provide The Times with a copy of a loan agreement — or even say if one existed. Nor would he share the basic terms of the loan, such as what, if any, interest rate had been charged or whether Justice Thomas had adhered to an agreed-upon repayment schedule. And when asked to elaborate on what he had meant when he said the loan had been “satisfied,” he did not respond.
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shootER · Aug 10, 2023

Clarence Thomas’ 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the Supreme Court Justice to Luxury Travel

Uncle Albert · Aug 10, 2023

Diacanu said: ↑

Do you think rich people who skip out on their taxes really believe their own "taxes are theft! " horseshit, or that they just skip out on 'em because "fuck y'all! "??
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They are doing whatever they can get away with, just like every other degenerate meatbag on the planet.

Diacanu · Aug 10, 2023

Uncle Albert said: ↑

Diacanu said: ↑

Do you think rich people who skip out on their taxes really believe their own "taxes are theft! " horseshit, or that they just skip out on 'em because "fuck y'all! "??
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They are doing whatever they can get away with, just like every other degenerate meatbag on the planet.
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The special carve out you give yourself for mirror-kissing must be a masterpiece of sophistry.

Tererune · Aug 10, 2023

Diacanu said: ↑

Uncle Albert said: ↑

Diacanu said: ↑

Do you think rich people who skip out on their taxes really believe their own "taxes are theft! " horseshit, or that they just skip out on 'em because "fuck y'all! "??
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They are doing whatever they can get away with, just like every other degenerate meatbag on the planet.
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The special carve out you give yourself for mirror-kissing must be a masterpiece of sophistry.
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You used way too big words there. There is no way albert knows what out and must mean.

steve2^4 · Aug 10, 2023

Well, I did Google sophistry to make sure it was something bad.

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