Closer look at potentially illegal Supreme Court activities (with video)

by: Combined Sources Tuesday 15 February 2011

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From CommonCause.org:

The statements coming out of the Supreme Court about Justice Clarence Thomas' involvement with Koch Industries just don't add up -- and as Rachel Maddow said on her show last night, "it's kind of a big deal."

New Common Cause research found that Justice Thomas enjoyed a four-day, all-expense-paid trip in 2008 to Palm Springs, courtesy of the Federalist Society, where Koch Industries was holding one of its secretive political strategy meetings. But a Supreme Court spokesperson said that his involvement was limited to a "brief drop-by" at the gathering.

If that is the case, then his expenses should have been reported as a gift. They weren't.

This is just the latest in a series of revelations that raise troubling questions about Justice Thomas' potential bias in the Citizens United case, which opened the door for corporations like Koch Industries to spend unlimited funds to influence elections.


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  • The firestorm from the qualified,legal community of judges and lawyers,protesting the patronage of a political opportunist "judge" like Clarence Thomas is in our not so distant memory(during his confirmation).
    Now,we more clearly see why it did so.
    A pet of the conservative "respectable"wealthy from Missouri,who,with anti-democratic whim and power to sway the whole media with corrupt "intelligence"forces,aiding with both disinformation and misinformation for control and legal oppression is the mode of operation of Yankee capitalism's judicial system.
    Relaying this whim of percieved absolute power from the privileged,obscenely wealthy,through the Clarence Thomases,we understand more clearly maybe,how the dictum of "absolute power corrupts absolutely"shows itself.
    Do we understand the sheer oppression of the onerous weight and almost absolute power of Citizens United emasculating the whole working peoples' civil,Constitutional and human rights in today's real world context?

    Posted by E.E.W.Clay, 02/16/2011 11:10am (14 years ago)

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