That’s BS. He WAS disclosing it earlier in his tenure but then he stopped. |
Something tells me that if Elena Kagan was taking multi million dollar vacations with the Soros family it would be a big deal. 🤔 |
It wouldn't be a good look, just like this relationship isn't a good look. Whether it's impeachable is a separate question though. |
What’s impeachable is always a question, but by not disclosing he’s breaking a federal law. |
Do you think behind closed doors the other Supremes ever call him out on this? |
Ol' Quittin' Time Clarence loves freebies! Thomas tops justices in gift-taking By Richard A. Serrano and David G. Savage Baltimore Sun Jan 01, 2005 |
Oh... sure... MAGA courage, writ large! |
It's only impeachable if you can get 50% + 1 of the House to vote for it. It's only removable if you can get 2/3 of the Senate to vote for it. There are no legal criteria that matter, just political will. |
What law? You realize SCOTUS decides on the constitutionality of laws that come out of the political branches right? And SCOTUS has maintained that the question of the applicability of these ethics rules to SCOTUS Justices has not come before the Court and the disclosures they do are voluntary for institutional legitimacy and transparency. If, as they maintain, they are voluntarily disclosing, that does not mean they are breaking a federal law if they fail to disclose. The law has not been tested for SCOTUS Justices and they are the deciders of the answers to the test. The could easily come up with some separation of powers pretext for why they are excepted. Might be horrible for transparency and institutional legitimacy if they desist from disclosing, but the only real and binding check on SCOTUS Justices is impeachment. |
Clearly CJ Roberts commands zero respect from his colleagues. |
5 USC 13101 et seq. It is discussed extensively in the article and this same question was asked on the previous page of this thread. |
Scalia used to get up to much the same. WTF was new kid Roberts gonna say to Scalia lol? |
You need to read that statute closely. I don't think it means what you think it does. And the same dynamic applies. SCOTUS still decides constitutionality of laws. |
Yaaaaaaawn. . . |