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We need the three liberal justices to address the corruption of the supreme court [1]
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Date: 2023-08-10
First a link to the latest ProPublica story:
www.propublica.org/…
This is just the latest outrage John Roberts will choose to ignore. Meanwhile Alito has published an op-ed stating that the Supreme Court is above scrutiny. The norm is for the Supreme Court Justices to not criticize their colleagues publicly, its time to break that norm. This could be by public statements but for impact I’d prefer it be addressed in court. The next time a party in a case, that may be at a disadvantage due to billionaire connections to the opposite side, presents to the court it should be addressed. I would like to see Ketanji Brown Jackson say something like the following.
“I would like to start by apologizing to you for having the misfortune of having to present this case to what may eventually be determined to be the most corrupt Supreme Court in this nation’s modern history. No doubt the court will hear arguments and even amicus briefs crafted by think tanks and law offices backed by the same extremely wealthy donors who have been reported by ProPublica to have been funding at least two justices to live lifestyles beyond their means with repeated lavish vacations and jet travel. Our Chief Justice’s silence on the matter indicates he is unwilling or unable to address this alleged corruption. One of the allegedly financially corrupted justices you will argue your case before has gone so far as to argue in a Wall Street journal article that the Supreme Court is above oversight or reproach of any kind. I will listen to your case with an open mind and seek to apply the law fairly however should you fear “the fix is already in” I can not, unfortunately dissuade you of that notion.
The other two liberal justices should then make similar statements. The norms have already been broken, the supreme court is broken, now we will see what will be done about it.
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