DarrylS

An oversight, maybe.. but in probability more of just f..ing with the constitution. Seems somewhat arrogant that he failed to report, or maybe he just forgot. OTOH 686K of income if tought to forget over a 5 year period of time.. or maybe it is just "chump change" to the elite of the right.

Judges have to fill out financial disclosure forms to indicate that they have no 'conflict of interest' problems with their spouses' incomes. This is done yearly listing any incomes their spouses might have, any gifts they themselves might have been given, any income they themselves might have earned from anything outside their job as judge. Thomas's wife earned an income from an outside political group, and judge thomas could be tempted to rule in her favor or in the favor of her political group if a case came before him because he would be influenced by the money paid to her.

It could be argued that her political party purchased his vote by giving money to her. In order to avoid an appearance of impropriety (the standard for conflict of interest), judges are asked to be honest and to admit when they or their spouses have financial ties to any organizati*on that might be involved or influentia*l in a court case. Judge Thomas simply decided that because he is a judge he does not have to follow the rules.

This could be impeachable, but as the Congress is so broken it will never happen..


Group says Thomas failed to report income - UPI.com


The Constitutional Reference..

Article III | LII / Legal Information Institute

This is not very good behavior, and he should recuse himself from many of the decisions coming down the pipe as he has an obvious conflict..

Oops.. forgot the constitution is situationally applied and there is nothing to see here folks.. just move on. Thomas, despite an obvioius appearance of impropriety, will just keep on keeping on.

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DarrylS

That was the card he played during the nomination hearings...

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Nikolai

I think you might be serious here.

Then again, you're probably right. The left would never dare to collect large salaries or have large amounts of money either.



Back to the point, politicians robbing Americans isn't all that new. I wish it would have raised an eyebrow.

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cupofjoe1962

Wow.... This is the type of behavior that will get you a cabinet nomination in the Obama administration.

IcyPatriot

I hope this story does not create more political hate ...

patsfan13

If she were a dem she simply wouldn't have paid taxes on the income.


It is a real shock she worked for Heritage after all she had only published there for the past 15 years or so....

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DarrylS

So in your world it is ok for a Supreme Court Justice to be tainted.. mondo bizarro continues.

Without regard her income was not reported.. can that be justified??

Always thought that the SCOTUS was held to the highest standard?? Maybe not any longer, the highest bidder will now win. Sorry future for this country.

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Nikolai

That stopped with the advent of activist judges.

What's that old joke: Where is the only place in the US that the Constitution doesn't mean jack squat?

The Supreme Court

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DarrylS

Sometimes I think that I am the last remaining idealist, shudder to think what all of this will look like 20 years from now.. from an institution that was revered, will now revert to just another bastion of sectarian politics and ethics violations are considered not to be important..

The constitution intended the Supreme Court to be neutral in their upholding of our great document, but guess the right can just "settle" and situationallly apply it to fit their agenda.. even ethics violations do not seem to bother them.. guess BJ's are so much more important.. one thing for sure right wing circle jerks are paramount.

This country is turning into a f..ing cesspool.. when there are no standards for the SCOTUS.. then we need to seriously look at this country and whether or not it will be bound by the constitution.

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