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BS.
I understand the desire for justice, I agree this case is egregious, and the proof does seem out in the open, but wishing doesn’t make it so
I have been hearing about this guys corruption and scandals since the early 90s.
Hes living proof of why lifetime Supreme Court appointments should not exist
I mean, let’s prosecute crimes and all but the timing of this kind of seems like we’re giving the pedos another lifetime appointment.. dammed either way. Special shout out to disposing of the useful black idiot first
Jesus Christ.
There's a difference between possible and probable. This headline is extremely misleading. It might as well say Clarence Thomas could have monkeys fly out of his butt on Monday.
Is it possible? Yes.
Is it probable? No.
I understand this is "a call to action" but the headline is disingenuous.
That asshole really needs to fall for all the corruption he has been part of.
But it's doubtful it will ever happen.
Americans simply don't do enough against corruption, no matter how bad and no matter how obvious.
Would be charged, if the US wasn't deeply infiltrated by Nazis.
Could be? Or will be?
It's the US - I think we all know the answer.
That country needs to (for so many reasons) drop "In God We Trust" as an official motto - "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda" seems more apposite.
Fine, but do it in Latin... for the mystique...
𝓟𝓸𝓼𝓼𝓮𝓶, 𝓐𝓾𝓭𝓮𝓶, 𝓓𝓮𝓱𝓲𝓫𝓮𝓶
Possem, Audem, Dehibem
Your phrase is actually a mix of Latin and Portuguese, translating to "I can, praise to God, I got along well."
Virginia's CIA puppet governor won't let it happen.
Isn't Monday a Federal Holiday? The courts will be closed.
No, he won't.
Should he? Yes, he should have been dragged out behind the courthouse 20 years. But he's not going to ever face any consequences for betraying this country or for taking bribes, even though he's made a career out of doing both.
Oh no how unfortunate.
We may see a migration of Virginian motorcoaches into Florida and Texas.
I've got to say it. This is a case the Biden DOJ could have brought too. And Obama. The Democrats have got to stop playing games. They should have immediately changed it up when Obama was denied justice picks.
DO IT.
him and his wife are both hardcore magats, so crucify them
how is this guy still employed? honest question - dude has litany of corruption accusations going back decades and he's still holding a position? How does that work?
The legal system exists to serve these people and attack everybody else.
and it is absolutely disgusting
You obviously don't remember the nomination hearings regarding the coke can. Should have never gotten the job
i'm not american so my knowledge about american supreme court is limited to corruption news which paints a lively picture of that joint
Supreme court justices are appointed for life.
Does that include from behind bars?
TBH, I don't know. If my highschool history was correct, along with my memory, it is unlawful to prevent a supreme court justice from carrying out their duties. Cops can't even give them speeding tickets if they are heading to a sessions IIRC.
NOBODY should be appointed for life. That shit stinks of dictatorship real bad.
What bad could come of letting someone make important decisions, someone who has become deranged as their brain atrophies and also desperate as death looms large, someone with no future and no stake in the consequences of their decisions?
The idea behind the SC being lifetime appointments was to insulate it from political pressure, unlike the president and Congress which are suceptible to removal. The SC is (supposed to be) a rather apolitical body that determines if the laws passed are unconstitutional, in order to preserve basic rights.
Right now, it's rife with partisan hacks, and it need to be removed and rebuilt from the ground up. Absolutely none of the current Republican justices meet the qualifications nor strength of character to be SC jucsticies.
Didn't work. The highest prize for any president is appointing a SCJ from "their side".
Given that a president can serve 8 years, I'd say a fixed term of 16 years so that they can outlast a hostile president. On average a position would come up every couple of years with the current 9 seats.
what can go wrong...
He's rich.
and there is no law for the rich
To be clear (because it isn't totally obvious from the title and text submitted on Lemmy), this article is a call to action, not reporting on a filing that's actually happened or rumored to be in progress or anything like that:
So why Monday? Because there is nothing special about Monday. It is the next day the courthouse opens, the next day a prosecutor could walk this to a grand jury, the same as they could have on any working day for the last several years. For anyone else, this case would already be filed.
[...]
Three officials can move on this, and they can each do something different, so we ask each one for what they actually have the power to do. [...] Here is where to reach them, by phone or by email.
He could be charged Monday. Or Tuesday. Or he could've been charged last Monday. There's three people in Virginia who have the power to make that happen, you should go call and email them.
Haha silly, a supreme court justice can't break the law! They make the law! How can they make the law and break the law at the same time? That makes no sense hahahahahahaha 😭
I’m looking forward to the Supreme Court ruling that a sitting Supreme Court member has “operational immunity” and effectively ruling that anyone on the Supreme Court can break the law as much as they want until their fucking life ~~sentence~~ term is up