So, ProPublica has more reporting on the corruption of the conservative wing of SCOTUS. This time it is Alito instead of Thomas. Funny how all the influence peddling and hiding of gifts only pertains to the most conservative justices. The article starts, “In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a remote corner of Alaska. The Supreme Court justice was on vacation at a luxury fishing lodge that charged more than $1,000 a day, and after catching a king salmon nearly the size of his leg, Alito posed for a picture. To his left, a man stood beaming: Paul Singer, a hedge fund billionaire who has repeatedly asked the Supreme Court to rule in his favor in high-stakes business disputes. Singer was more than a fellow angler. He flew Alito to Alaska on a private jet. If the justice chartered the plane himself, the cost could have exceeded $100,000 one way. … Alito did not report the 2008 fishing trip on his annual financial disclosures. By failing to disclose the private jet flight Singer provided, Alito appears to have violated a federal law that requires justices to disclose most gifts, according to ethics law experts.”
I can hear the pushback already. This was 14 years ago, and it was only the one time. Yeah, that we know of with this guy. Lord knows what justice is next. Clearly, the corrupt wing of SCOTUS lies and hides its misbehavior. Given that Roberts has no interest in imposing ethics rules on the justices, I’m sure he, too, has sh*t that he’s been hiding. Why else would he resist reform? Do you know what kind of people resist reform? Corrupt people! You can investigate the three liberal justices, but you will never find anything nefarious. I promise!
Am I suggesting that Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States of America become social hermits once they take the bench to avoid all possible perceptions of corrupt influence and impropriety? Am I suggesting that these justices should live a life of near social celibacy to avoid being put in positions where their votes can be bought and traded, especially when the makeup of this Court is more inclined to roll back our individual rights? Am I suggesting that these justices should really stick to a boring life of strict academic legal thought and introspection about the consequences of their rulings on the greater society instead of hob-nobbing with a bunch of wealthy cis white straight Christian benefactors? You’re f***ing G.D. right that that’s exactly what I’m saying! Welcome to stupid America!