Clarence Thomas, Clarence Thomas, Clarence Thomas

[kpete]

[lonestarnot]

1. mmm hu.

[rurallib]

2. corruption, corruption, corruption.

[tridim]

3. The Media is blind.

As long as you're a Republican.

[Cal33]

6. It seems that more and more people are becoming aware of his misdeeds,

and some are taking steps to do something about him. Who knows? In time
things may catch up with him.

[RaleighNCDUer]

9. That calls for a toon itself - unfortunately I'm not an artist.

An unblindfolded Lady Justice (who looks a lot like Thomas) watching Repbubs load down one side of her scales with cash, while a blindfolded media (who looks a lot like Murdoch), with a notepad in one hand and microphone in the other (with a few bills poking out of his pockets) stands by with a big smile on his face.

[Greybnk48]

4. He needs to resign. He should have never been appointed

to begin with (Anita HIll).

[Cal33]

7. For that matter, many Democrats and most Republicans should never have been appointed.

[gratuitous]

5. Lucky for us, the only way to remove Justice Slappy is through impeachment

Which means he keeps his lifetime sinecure for, well, life. Thanks again, Arlen Specter. And since Supreme Court Justices aren't subject to any code of judicial ethics except their own personal one, Justice Slappy can rule on any case he pleases, limited only by his own stunted sense of ethical conduct. Thanks, Orrin Hatch. It doesn't matter how it makes the rest of the Court look, either, because not even his colleagues can do anything about him. Thanks, John Roberts.

Compare and contrast Justice Slappy with Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. When a friend of his merely asked Holmes whether he thought he might be slipping mentally or intellectually as he passed his 90th year, Holmes promptly resigned from the Supreme Court in 1932. A real justice would be horrified by Thomas' corruption, but it hardly raises an eyebrow in today's political climate.

[leveymg]

13. Wrong. His prosecution by the AG is independent of any Impeachment by Congress.

Please see, http://journals.democraticunderground.com/leveymg/576

All it takes is enough will to serve the interests of justice.

[gratuitous]

15. The AG?

This is the Department of Justice, remember, with ample cause to suspect that the previous administration is guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, but that won't even investigate. The prospect of this Attorney General looking into a pretty clear conflict of interest is about the same as Clarence Clemons and Jimi Hendrix jamming on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial tomorrow.

There would also be a sudden and heretofore completely unknown nontroversy flare up about the constitutional separation of powers, and how the Obama administration was overstepping its executive authority in investigating corruption in the Supreme Court. Orrin Hatch would pull many frowny faces while CNN and Fox fretted endlessly.

[leveymg]

16. Cynicism beats the 2nd choice, naivite, but can lead to apathy, which is the worst outcome.

So, yes, Indict Clarence Thomas

We've gotta at least try.

[hifiguy]

8. belongs in jail, belongs in jail, belongs in jail. nt

[Uncle Joe]

10. One would think the highest court in the land would be held to a higher ethical standard but

it's the other way around.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[StarburstClock]

11. Not in a country that tortures, starts wars for profit and is loaded with propaganda

I expect every high crime from here on out will be ignored until a real government comes into power.

[leveymg]

12. Indict, Indict, Indict, Indict, Indict . . . 5 counts, at least.

False Statement, 5 USC App. 104, 1 year imprisonment, $50,000 fine; False Statement, 5 USC App. 104, 1 year imprisonment, $50,000 fine; False Statement, 5 USC App. 104, 1 year imprisonment, $50,000 fine; False Statement, 5 USC App. 104, 1 year imprisonment, $50,000 fine.

[MrMickeysMom]

14. Anita Lawyer, Anita Lawyer, Anita Lawyer n/t