Clarence Thomas secretly went on lavish vacations in luxury jets and superyachts paid

[evince]

It wouldn't feel right to have some guy, even a friend, pay for your vacations year after year.

That's something one only does for a mistress, assuming they have one.

It would take a complete lack of morals

 

[evince]

Admittedly on a much, much smaller scale, although it's the same principle, I,
for most of my life,
owned a big beach house to which I invited many friends who did not own beach houses.
I paid for the steaks. I paid for the wine and liquor.

Did my friends do anything wrong accepting my invitations?

What if some of them had higher management jobs at work
and were people to whom I, as a union rep, may have presented grievances from time to time?

What is some of them invited me?

People sell out for money, not hospitality.
Hospitality is merely being civilized to the extent that one can.

Did any of those friends have MASSIVE power to change Americans lives?

 

[evince]

Hastings was found not quilty by an impartial court system


I really wish the senate would have waited a couple of days to see the court results


Don’t you?

 

[SmarterthanYou]

Not all. Did you notice he was not indicted for those alleged crimes? What do you call it if someone is never indicted?

If is not necessary to be indicted in order to be impeached. Did you notice that it was the 11th circuit panel, meaning it was fellow justices?

 

[evince]

My hubby’s family always let the Dad pay for everything


Until at one point I asked my hubby why Pop Always got the bill


He looked at me and said “wow, you are right”


We then concocted a plan to trick him into letting us pay


I stood in his way while I held our baby at the time and acted like I didn’t notice he was behind me while my hubby stepped to the register and insisted he get to pay to the employee


It was funny as hell

My FIL was looking at me like he thought I lost my mind


Then once he realized what was going down he cracked up

 

[evince]

If is not necessary to be indicted in order to be impeached. Did you notice that it was the 11th circuit panel, meaning it was fellow justices?

He was found not guilty by our non partisan courts


It was a political body who said he was guilty


Get it asshole

 

[evince]

Hastings was found not quilty by an impartial court system


I really wish the senate would have waited a couple of days to see the court results


Don’t you?

How would the vote have gone down after all the voters knew a court found him innocent?

 

[evince]

What would you say if this trial found trump innocent and then the Congress said he was guilty?

 

[Poor Richard Saunders]

Admittedly on a much, much smaller scale, although it's the same principle, I,
for most of my life,
owned a big beach house to which I invited many friends who did not own beach houses.
I paid for the steaks. I paid for the wine and liquor.

Did my friends do anything wrong accepting my invitations?

What if some of them had higher management jobs at work
and were people to whom I, as a union rep, may have presented grievances from time to time?

What is some of them invited me?

People sell out for money, not hospitality.
Hospitality is merely being civilized to the extent that one can.

Then it comes down to appearances. If your friends were higher management and you went to their beach houses do your union members think there would be the appearance of impropriety by accepting trips to the beach with the management you were supposed to be their adversarial representation against? My guess is they would clearly see a conflict of interest.

 

[Poor Richard Saunders]

If is not necessary to be indicted in order to be impeached. Did you notice that it was the 11th circuit panel, meaning it was fellow justices?

You were arguing that he wasn't acquitted. Clearly the facts show he was acquitted when it came to being charged with a crime.

 

[Concart]

Admittedly on a much, much smaller scale, although it's the same principle, I,
for most of my life,
owned a big beach house to which I invited many friends who did not own beach houses.
I paid for the steaks. I paid for the wine and liquor.

Did my friends do anything wrong accepting my invitations?

What if some of them had higher management jobs at work
and were people to whom I, as a union rep, may have presented grievances from time to time?

What is some of them invited me?

People sell out for money, not hospitality.
Hospitality is merely being civilized to the extent that one can.

I mentioned this in the other thread, but it bears repeating. I was a VP with a large corporation and was the decision maker for a pretty significant budget. I was not allowed to accept anything of value over $25 from anyone who could potentially do business with the company. I understood and abided by that decision. That means vendors couldn't pick up my check for a meal, or for a bar tab. Could I go to a hospitality suite at a conference? Sure could. Could they take me on a vacation or put me up in a hotel room? Not a chance.

 

[Truck Fump / h1b]

Thomas, a conservative who joined the nation's highest court in 1991 and is currently the longest-serving member, has accepted the trips from real estate magnate and Republican donor Harlan Crow nearly every year for more than two decades, ProPublica reported, citing flight records, internal documents, and interviews.

Crow, in a statement to ProPublica, said he has been friends with Thomas and his wife, Ginni, since 1996 and said: "The hospitality we have extended to the Thomas's over the years is no different from the hospitality we have extended to our many other dear friends."

According to the report, Thomas has vacationed with Crow on his 162-foot yacht around the world, flown around on Crow's Bombardier Global 5000 jet, and stayed at his private resort in the Adirondacks almost every summer.

Ethics experts and former and current judges that ProPublica spoke with said Thomas violated the normal conduct of judges by accepting such trips and may have violated the law by failing to disclose them on his annual financial records.

The bombshell report comes as the Supreme Court has been under increased scrutiny over ethics concerns. Critics have called for the justices to adopt an enforceable code of conduct and to be subject to stricter financial reporting rules.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...G?cvid=4b445e8848144b5dba632a0b399aebab&ei=41

are you also willing to address no-bid contracts?

 

[Flash]

Then he can hold office if it was not a part of his conviction. It really has nothing to do with his actions as a judge. Democrats voted to remove him from his judgeship.

The House voted 413-3 to impeach.

 

[BidenPresident]

Senators seek probes into report on undisclosed luxury trips by Supreme Court's Thoma

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin said his panel "will act" based on the report, without specifying what steps it would take.

"The highest court in the land shouldn't have the lowest ethical standards," said Durbin, a Democrat.

Durbin said the justices must be held to an enforceable code of conduct like other federal judges, who are instructed to avoid even the "appearance of impropriety."

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/se...ed-luxury-trips-by-supreme-courts-2023-04-06/

 

[evince]

The House voted 413-3 to impeach.

Without knowing he was acquitted by our justice system

 

[evince]

He had been called a criminal by Republicans for nearly a decade


The trial ended as they voted him out


THE PEOPLE DIDNT KNOW OUR COURTS HAD ACQUITTED HIM

 

[evince]

How would the vote have gone down after all the voters knew a court found him innocent?

The people never really understood he was NOT quilty


So people were calling for his outster

 

[evince]

I mentioned this in the other thread, but it bears repeating. I was a VP with a large corporation and was the decision maker for a pretty significant budget. I was not allowed to accept anything of value over $25 from anyone who could potentially do business with the company. I understood and abided by that decision. That means vendors couldn't pick up my check for a meal, or for a bar tab. Could I go to a hospitality suite at a conference? Sure could. Could they take me on a vacation or put me up in a hotel room? Not a chance.

Damn dude

You had some power in this life

We have a some pretty amazing people here


Me

Just a housewife

Just a smoeette

 

[Flash]

Without knowing he was acquitted by our justice system

Congress, both parties, believed he committed improper acts even though it might not meet the reasonable doubt standard. The rules of evidence are not as strict as in court. Even the Senate did not convict him on all articles of impeachment.

Like Trump, many members of Congress voted to impeach because they believed he acted improperly but not illegally.

 

[Cypress]

I mentioned this in the other thread, but it bears repeating. I was a VP with a large corporation and was the decision maker for a pretty significant budget. I was not allowed to accept anything of value over $25 from anyone who could potentially do business with the company. I understood and abided by that decision. That means vendors couldn't pick up my check for a meal, or for a bar tab. Could I go to a hospitality suite at a conference? Sure could. Could they take me on a vacation or put me up in a hotel room? Not a chance.

I had to pay a contractor back for a cup of coffee.