Throw Clarence Thomas off the bench

[Karma]

via The Daily Beast

NEW YORK – The Supreme Court justice broke the law by not disclosing his wife's $700K think-tank payday. Paul Campos on Clarence Thomas' "preposterous" defense and why he likely won't be punished.

Throw Clarence Thomas off the bench

I said several times long ago that Thomas was a fraud and would be a detriment to the Supreme Court's overall look and integrity and it's not even about the fact that he's a misogynistic scumbag. The guy's a crook.

 

[Clara Oswald]

I can't see how he ever got approved in the first place.

 

[Black King]

i saw something completely different when i first glanced at the thread title. Saw throw and Clarence and had to do a double-take.

How the hell is a Justice of the Supreme Court using ignorance of the law as an excuse for committing a crime. I mean come on other men have gone to jail for less and if you look at the form they used (they showed it on the Daily Show) its completely clear on how to properly state income. You have to be a fool or lying to mess it up.

This in turn helps explain why a Supreme Court justice's egregious flouting of the law doesn't rise to the level of a significant public scandal: Because nothing is going to happen to Thomas, the fact that he has spent the last several years repeatedly flipping off the very same legal system that has made him one of the most powerful people in the country doesn't qualify as significant news. In America today, after all, the president orders American citizens to be assassinated with no trial, investment bankers steal billions, prisoners are tortured in flagrant violation of both U.S. and international law, and the legal system simply looks the other way. In such an atmosphere, it stands to reason that a Supreme Court justice committing a few minor crimes is a dog-bites-man story.

What the hell when did the people elected to protect us decide they were above the law?