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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe and Ginni are simply not smart enough to hold th positions they do

[twitter]https://twitter.com/FridaGhitis/status/1648275575516143618[/twitter][/quote]

Is lying on a federal form not a crime? [/quote]

That's no misunderstanding.

He committed a crime.[/quote]
So either he’s unfit because he’s a criminal or because he’s so stupid he doesn’t even know how to read.[/quote]

It’s worse.  With all he has going on financially, he needs an accountant and tax attorney/ attorney who specializes in this. Dude is on SCOTUS. This isn’t some shocker to him. He’s unfit either because he’s a criminal or because he’s so stupid that after multiple problems with his disclosure forms, he’s a lawyer who hasn’t hired an accountant/lawyer.  Even Trump used an accounting firm (Mazars).  That’s what puzzles me.  Hire a good lawyer.  Have them do your taxes and draft these forms for you to review. He’s getting millions in passive income. He can afford a law firm.  Who does his taxes and do they have the same mistakes?

This goes beyond “I’m too important to be bothered to do the form right”.  It’s “I’m too important to be bothered to hire someone to do this silly little form for me. (After the third time there has been a public scandal because I did it wrong”.

John Roberts bears responsibility to. I’ve clerked. Our Court took these seriously, top to bottom. The Court keeps saying it can self regulate.  But there are no sanctions, starting with a public statement from the Court, for blowing them off. [/quote]

So you want the SCOTUS justices to start engaging in PR battles and public pissing contests?

You sure you've clerked?[/quote]

They are already doing so. Roberts can’t impeach Thomas, but he can push the Court to adopt a set of ethical guidelines with teeth. And his office can issue a public statement:

“The chief justices office is deeply concerned about allegations raised in the pro publica article, the leak of Dobbs and other ethical issues that have been raised recently that appear to show ethical lapses by members of this Court . I have also appointed (name four highly respected retired federal judges, one appointed by by both Bushes, Clinton and Obama) to be a Standing Committee on SCOTUS ethics.   I have directed them to draft proposed guidelines for a Code of SCOTUS ethics with meaningful sanctions for serious violations.  This proposed Code is to to be completed 8/1/2023, and I urge my colleagues to adopt their recommendations before the beginning of next term.   Upon completion of their work, the committee will remain in place to issue written guidance to Justices who seek it in novel or complex ethical areas.

I am also referring the issues surrounding Justice Thomas’s alleged failure to accurately complete financial disclose forms, allegations of failures to recuse in cases where a Justice’s spouse has a significant stake and the leak of the Dobbs to (inset here: the Judicial Conference, the IG, the DOJ or a bipartisan Senate Committee) for investigation.  I will urge all impacted parties (myself included) to follow their recommendations to the greatest extent possible.”

Also, Thomas should be required to have an attorney and a CPA countersign his Financial Disclosures attesting to their accuracy under penalty of perjury.  Really, all the Justices should.

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