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[ [link removed] ]SIGN THE PETITION TO CONGRESS: Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin must
launch a full investigation -- including subpoenas -- into Supreme Court
corruption.

The ink was barely dry on the last Clarence Thomas scandal and now there's
another one. From the Washington Post:

"Conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo arranged for the wife of
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to be paid tens of thousands of
dollars for consulting work just over a decade ago, specifying that her
name be left off billing paperwork.

"In January 2012, Leo instructed the GOP pollster Kellyanne Conway to bill
a nonprofit group he advises and use that money to pay Virginia 'Ginni'
Thomas. The same year, the nonprofit filed a brief to the Supreme Court in
a landmark voting rights case."

Last week, Chief Justice John Roberts REFUSED a request from senators to
testify about the future of ethics and the Supreme Court. Senate Judiciary
Committee Chair Dick Durbin didn't issue subpoenas and the first (and so
far only announced) hearing had no big witnesses. Subpoenas are needed.

[ [link removed] ]SIGN THE PETITION TO CONGRESS: This Supreme Court is increasingly
facing a legitimacy crisis. Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin must launch
a full investigation -- including subpoenas -- into Supreme Court
corruption and take steps to pass legislation requiring strong ethics for
our Supreme Court.

The ethics, corruption, and undue influence allegations at this Supreme
Court are piling up:

Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted millions of
dollars of luxury travel and accommodations from conservative billionaire
Harlan Crow. Crow also bought Thomas’ mother's house and paid private
school tuition for Clarence Thomas' grandnephew. None of it was reported
on Thomas' financial disclosure forms.

Conservative Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and his business partners
sold a multi-million dollar property to a rich lawyer whose firm
frequently has cases before the Supreme Court, just 9 days after he was
sworn in -- and Gorsuch appears to have failed to properly report it.

Conservative Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' wife was paid over
$10 million in commissions from elite law firms. At least one of those
firms argued a case before Chief Justice Roberts after paying his wife
hundreds of thousands of dollars. Roberts did not recuse himself -- and
voted in favor of that law firm’s client.

Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was the subject of a
long-term influence campaign orchestrated by a right-wing activist and a
network of wealthy donors that allegedly resulted in, among other things,
one of the donors being told in advance about an upcoming Supreme Court
decision.

Supreme Court Justices do not live by the same ethics rules as other
federal judges. Meaning, if a judge gets elevated to the highest court in
the land, the ethical standards they’re held to go down.

Business Insider reports on the ongoing memos we send to congressional
offices about Supreme Court corruption. We are letting them know that the
public is outraged.

[ [link removed] ]SIGN THE PETITION TO CONGRESS: Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin must
launch a full investigation -- including subpoenas -- into Supreme Court
corruption and take steps to pass legislation requiring strong ethics for
our Supreme Court.

Thanks for being a bold progressive.

-- The PCCC Team ([ [link removed] ]@BoldProgressive)

 

 

 


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