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#ClarenceThomas… should find a piece of his Black self and come on down to Louisiana with us !! #VOTINGRIGHTS #JohnLewis #VotingRightsAdvancementAct
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“At this preliminary stage, the government has failed to identify a source of #authority that would allow the #military to execute the laws in #Illinois,” the court said in its unsigned order.
And of course, Conservative Justices Samuel #Alito, #ClarenceThomas & Neil #Gorsuch dissented.
#Trump #law #immigration #military #NationalGuard #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #Constitution #RightToProtest #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
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"#Ethics experts said #ClarenceThomas’ undisclosed ties to the #Koch network could call his impartiality in the case into doubt. This sort of potential conflict is why the judiciary has rules against both political activity and fundraising, they said. 'Parties litigating in the court before #JusticeThomas don’t know the extent of Thomas’ relationship with the parties on the other side,' said James Sample, a Hofstra University law professor who studies judicial ethics. 'You have to be pretty cynical to not think that’s a problem.' "
#OligarchCamp
#BohemianGrove
#SCOTUS
#ImpeachClarenceThomas
#ChevronDoctrine
#NDRC
#KochIndustries
#Oligarchy
#CorruptSCOTUS
#SCOTUSIsCompromised
#Corporatocracy
#Oiligarchy
#EnvironmentalProtections
#BigOilAndGas
#CorporatePolluters
#HeritageFoundation
#ClimateDeniers
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#ClarenceThomas Secretly Participated in #KochBrothers Network Donor Events
by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski
Sept. 22, 2023, 5 a.m. EDTExcerpt: "Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.
" 'In the 15 years since, the Koch network has left a deep imprint on American society. Its advocacy is credited with helping stamp out Republican Party support for combating #ClimateChange, once an issue that drew bipartisan concern. The “full weight of the network” was thrown behind passing the 2017 #TrumpTaxCut, securing a windfall for the Kochs and their donors. And the upcoming Supreme Court term could bring the network a victory it has pursued for years: overturning a major legal precedent known as #Chevron.
"While most Americans aren’t familiar with the 1984 case Chevron v. #NRDC, it’s one of the Supreme Court’s most-cited decisions. Legal scholars sometimes mention it in the same breath as Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade. In essence, Chevron is about government agencies’ ability to issue regulations. After a law is enacted, it’s generally up to agencies across the government to make detailed rules putting it into effect. The Chevron decision said courts should be hesitant to second-guess the agencies’ determinations. In the years that followed, judges cited Chevron in upholding rules that protect endangered species, speed up the approval process for new cellphone towers and grant benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung.
"The Koch network has challenged Chevron in the courts and its lobbyists have pushed Congress to pass a law nullifying the decision. It has also provided millions of dollars in grants to law professors making the case to overturn it.
"The network’s position has become increasingly popular in recent years. Once broadly supported by academics and judges on the right, Chevron is now anathema to many in the conservative legal movement. And there’s no more prominent convert than Thomas.
"In 2005, Thomas wrote the majority opinion in a case that expanded Chevron’s protections for government agencies. Ten years later, he was openly questioning the doctrine. Then in 2020, Thomas renounced his own earlier decision, writing that he’d determined the doctrine is unconstitutional after all — a rare reversal for a justice with a reputation for being unmovable in his views.
"By last year, Koch network strategists sensed that victory could be at hand. During an internal briefing for network staff, Jorge Lima, a senior vice president at Americans for Prosperity, said the Supreme Court seemed primed to radically change its approach to the issue. The network was trying to find cases that could bring about major changes in the law, according to a video of the meeting obtained by the watchdog group Documented. “We’re doubling down on this strategy,” Lima told the crowd.
"Several months later, the Supreme Court announced it would take up a case, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, in which Koch network staff attorneys represent the plaintiffs. If Thomas and his colleagues side with them this coming term, Chevron will be overturned once and for all."
#OligarchCamp #BohemianGrove #SCOTUS #ImpeachClarenceThomas #Chevron #ChevronDoctrine #NDRC #KochIndustries #Oligarchy #CorruptSCOTUS #SCOTUSIsCompromised #Corporatocracy #Oiligarchy #EnvironmentalProtections #BigOilAndGas #CorporatePolluters #HeritageFoundation #ClimateDeniers #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife
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#Corrupt #SupremeCourt #Justices #SamuelAlito and #ClarenceThomas Show #Contradictory #Stances This Term
In under a week, Justices Alito and Thomas have demonstrated how their #ideology and ties to their #benefactors shape their #legal #judgments—often in #hypocritical and #contradictory ways.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #Corruption #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/12/alito-thomas-supreme-court-term-hypocrisy.html
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#MarkPaoletta penned other pieces defending #ClarenceThomas including one in which he called #AnitaHill a liar.
WaPo revealed that #LeonardLeo steered at least $1.8M into a PR & online astroturf campaign to attack a 2016 HBO film about the Clarence Thomas’ nomination. #Paoletta was the face of the campaign & was paid $300k by Leo’s Judicial Education Project….
When asked, Paoletta confirmed, “my good friend Leonard Leo’s group provided funding for this work,” including the Thomas film.
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One of the most aggressive defenders of #SCOTUS Justice #ClarenceThomas is #MarkPaoletta. He has assailed Senators & reporters who raise concerns about the serious #ethical issues raised by the actions of Thomas & his wife, #GinniThomas.
#law #DOJ #Trump #corruption
https://truenorthresearch.org/2023/11/who-is-mark-paoletta-he-is-one-of-the-biggest-defenders-of-clarence-and-ginni-thomas-in-the-scandals-their-actions-have-created/ -
#MarkPaoletta is also a friend of #ClarenceThomas & was #GinniThomas’ lawyer when she was supposed to testify to the #Jan6 panel.
#law #DOJ #Trump #corruption
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/ginni-thomas-lawyer-wants-better-justification-giving-testimony-jan-6-rcna35901 -
#ClarenceThomas's #Corruption Finally Has A #PriceTag - he got just under $6M in gifts while on #SCOTUS. It’s easy to miss the details of the lavish gifts and splashy #luxe travel accommodations and not grasp the scope of the gifts #SCOTUS has been getting. Well, the good folks at Fix the Court (FTC) have compiled the gifts bestowed upon the justices over the last 20 years https://abovethelaw.com/2024/06/clarence-thomas-corruption-finally-has-a-price-tag/ #democracy #courts #SupremeCourt #financialdisclosures #ethics #legalresearch
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Supreme Court agrees to rule soon on whether Trump is barred from running for president
The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will decide on a fast-track basis whether former President Trump can be barred from the 2024 ballot because he “engaged in insurrection” after losing his reelection bid in November 2020.
The justices granted an appeal from Trump and his lawyers that seeks to overturn a Colorado Supreme Court decision that would remove Trump from that state’s ballot.
The court said it would hear arguments on the case on Feb. 8.
The supreme court is dominated 6-3 by rightwingers who have delivered historic rulings including removing the federal right to abortion.
It includes three justices installed when Trump was president.
On Thursday, a Trump lawyer, Alina Habba, caused controversy when she told Fox News one such appointee, Brett Kavanaugh, would now “step up” for the man who put him on the court.
Controversy also surrounds Clarence Thomas, the longest-serving justice whose wife, the rightwing activist Ginni Thomas, was involved in Trump’s election subversion.
On Friday, Christina Harvey, executive director of the progressive advocacy group Stand Up America, said Thomas should not take part in the Colorado case.
“The American people deserve a fair and impartial review … free from any conflicts of interest,” Harvey said.
“Justice Thomas’s continued refusal to recuse himself from this case and others related to the efforts to overthrow the 2020 election … raises questions about the integrity of the judicial process and the influence of political bias.
#kavenaugh
#AlinaHabba #clarencethomas
#recuse
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@JamesGleick
Yes, please 👆👆#ClarenceThomas needs to be investigated, and if evidence is as it seems, prosecuted.
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Clarence Thomas officially discloses private trips on GOP donor Harlan Crow's plane
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/31/politics/thomas-alito-supreme-court-disclosures
#ClarenceThomas #disclosures #privateTrips #GOPdonor #HarlanCrow #SupremeCourt #Politics #News
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Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Clarence Thomas Really Just Blamed Abortion for His Undisclosed Private Jet Travel https://jezebel.com/clarence-thomas-really-just-blamed-abortion-for-his-und-1850793278?utm_source=regular #Jezebel #dobbsvjacksonwomenshealthorganization #abortionintheunitedstates #judicialactivism #clarencethomas #brettkavanaugh #samuelalito #harlancrow #abortion #roevwade #thomas #wade #roe
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Clarence Thomas’ 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the Supreme Court Justice to Luxury Travel
https://www.juancole.com/2023/08/clarence-vacations-billionaires.html"A cadre of industry titans and ultrawealthy executives have treated him to far-flung vacations aboard their yachts, ushered him into the premium suites at sporting events and sent their private jets to fetch him — including, on more than one occasion, an entire 737."
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#LeonardLeo helped #fund #media campaign lionizing #ClarenceThomas
The 25th anniversary of Thomas’s #SCOTUS confirmation was approaching — a moment that would draw attn to his accomplishments on the bench but also to the #misconduct claims that had nearly derailed his rise.
#conservative #JudicialActivism #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety #DarkMoney #SCOTUS
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Clarence Thomas Can’t Undermine the Legitimacy of the Supreme Court Fast Enough
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/opinion/clarence-thomas-supreme-court-legitimacy.html
#NYTimesOpinion #ClarenceThomas #SupremeCourtLegitimacy #JudicialActivism #PartisanPolitics #DemocracyUnderThreat #Politics #News
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#JohnRoberts is an ‘institutionalist’ the way #ClarenceThomas is a ‘constitutionalist’.
Impose #SCOTUSethics now!
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#ClarenceThomas: "In very simple terms, if you are a public servant you can't take #FreeStuff, it is as simple as that. If you want free stuff don't be a public servant. But guess what? When you are not a #PublicServant, people don't want give you free stuff" - @BarbMcQuade w/ @NicolleDWallace #SCOTUS #corruption #FinancialDisclosure #EthicsRules #Judiciary #LegalResearch #FinancialSystem
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Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo know that the best way to “own the libs” is to buy a conservative… SCOTUS justice, or two. Maybe three, maybe more.
#ClarenceThomas #JohnRoberts #NeilGorsuch #BrettKavanaugh #HarlanCrow #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety #SCOTUS #SCOTUScorruption #SCOTUSEthics -
Pictured: Four wealthy, powerful White guys, collectively at least one Supreme Court justice, maybe more, engaged by their magical Negro — who represents them on the Court.
#ClarenceThomas #MagicalNegro #HarlanCrow #LeonardLeo #PeterRutledge #MarkPaoletta #SupremeCourt #FederalistSociety #ChristianNationalism #WhiteNationalism #WhitePatriarchy #SCOTUS #JudicialEthics #corruption -
Tiger Woods has withdrawn. For the moment, it’s no more Masters for him. Meanwhile, Clarence Thomas still has at least four.
#ClarenceThomas #SCOTUS #HarlanCrow #PeterRutledge #LeonardLeo #MarkPaoletta #TigerWoods #MastersTournament #golf -
The legal term for gaining influence over the Supreme Court by “buying” a Black jurist and having him do your bidding:
QUID PRO BRO.
#QuidProBro #ClarenceThomas #QuidProQuo #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #HarlanCrow #PeterRutledge #LeonardLeo #MarkPaoletta #corruption #bribery