Supreme Court Improprieties

Recent revelations regarding Justice Clarence Thomas raise the issue of whether the Supreme Court motto, “Equal Justice Before The Law” is just so many carved letters, or a real standard. Justice Thomas’s wife, Ginny Thomas, has been making money for the last two decades that did not make it into Justice Thomas’s financial disclosure forms. The Supreme Court Justice has attempted to claim that this was a simple matter of oversight. Raising two possibilities – either he is lying, or he is incompetent to hold his position.

From 2003 to 2007, Common Cause found earnings of $650,000 from “The Heritage Foundation”, a conservative outfit that is funded by the Koch brothers, the Coors family and other billionaire contributors. The Justice quickly amended his filings when this revelation was made and in record time (less than 24 hours) everything was legal again. This was done on a Saturday, have you tried to conduct business with a government office on a Saturday before? Of course the average citizen might not expect such expedited service from a government office, but as we used to say in the military, rank has its privileges.   

Very little has been said about this in America’s news media regarding this issue, further indicting the press for favoritism (for more: http://newsflavor.com/opinions/american-media-vs-european-media/). Just imagine if one of the liberal justices had been caught taking payment from a liberal organization – would the media be so forgiving?

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Then there is the question of other financial dealings by other members of the court that have not yet been fully explained. Both Justice Thomas and Justice Scalia attended an expensive soiree hosted by the Koch brothers that also included the likes of Glenn Beck, Haley Barbour and Jim DeMint. The focus was of the event was to discuss “threats to our free society.” Given the apparently exclusively conservative bent of the event, one wonders what and who these people see as a “threat” to our society. This entire event failed to make any of the Justices financial disclosures, raising the question of what else has gone unreported.

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Ginny Thomas has also been involved in efforts with “Liberty Central”, a Tea Party affiliated outfit that was created to fight “the leftist tyranny of the Obama administration.” Once again, no financial disclosures have been found that include this employment.

The result of all this has been a lowering of American respect for the Supreme Court. Of course this process had already begun with the Bush Gore election decision that was so shady that the court said it could not be used as a precedent in future cases. Many are now calling for the impeachment of Justice Thomas (and others) to restore public confidence in the court.

“Veterans Today” has called for the impeachment of Thomas. Peace team has set up a petition page where you can add your voice in the call for impeachment. This is not just a liberal/conservative issue, it is an issue of legal/illegal!