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06/04/2011 08:18 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | SCOTUS judge Thomas received $100k from Citizen United and ruled in their favor [ link to crooksandliars.com] Clarence Thomas Fails to Disclose Citizens United In-Kind Contributions
Clarence Thomas is falling into a deep, deep ethical hole, deeper even than the one he dropped into when he failed to disclose his wife's income for 20 years. As more facts come to light, it's obvious he failed to disclose quite a bit, including the $100,000 Citizens United spent on his behalf in 1991 to support his nomination. That would be an in-kind contribution which should have been disclosed as such.
A Time Magazine article from 1991 has the details:
Washington-area television viewers were startled last week to see three familiar senatorial faces pop up on their screens above the words WHO WILL JUDGE THE JUDGE? The follow-up question -- "How many of these liberal Democrats could themselves pass ethical scrutiny?" -- was hardly necessary, since the faces were those of Edward Kennedy, Joseph Biden and Alan Cranston, all scarred veterans of highly publicized scandals, from Chappaquiddick to plagiarized speeches to the Keating Five.
The ad, produced by two independent right-wing groups, was intended to bolster Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas' confirmation chances by pointing the finger at three liberal Democrats who seemed likely to oppose him. [ link to en.wikipedia.org] Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 08-205 (2010), was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be limited — because of the First Amendment.
The New York Times stated in an editorial, "The Supreme Court has handed lobbyists a new weapon. A lobbyist can now tell any elected official: if you vote wrong, my company, labor union or interest group will spend unlimited sums explicitly advertising against your re-election."[60] Jonathan Alter called it the "most serious threat to American democracy in a generation".[61] The Christian Science Monitor wrote that the Court had declared “outright that corporate expenditures cannot corrupt elected officials, that influence over lawmakers is not corruption, and that appearance of influence will not undermine public faith in our democracy.”[62]And the SOB voted for this. |
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06/04/2011 08:19 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: SCOTUS judge Thomas received $100k from Citizen United and ruled in their favor [ link to www.velvetrevolution.us] First, the organization alleges, Justice Thomas falsified 20 years of judicial financial disclosure forms by denying that his wife had income sources; second, he engaged in judicial corruption by receiving $100,000 in support from Citizens United during his nomination and then ruling in favor of Citizens United in 2010 without disclosing that fact or disqualifying himself; and third, he apparently conspired with his wife in a form of "judicial insider trading" by providing her with information about the result of the Court's decision in Citizens United prior to its issuance, which she then used to launch a new company to take financial advantage of that decision to benefit her and her husband.Nice uh? |
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06/04/2011 08:20 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: SCOTUS judge Thomas received $100k from Citizen United and ruled in their favor They don't call him "Your Honor" for nothing ya know. |
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06/04/2011 08:21 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: SCOTUS judge Thomas received $100k from Citizen United and ruled in their favor Good. People need to be loyal. Would hate for him to receive such a nice gift and not return the favor. |
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06/04/2011 08:21 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: SCOTUS judge Thomas received $100k from Citizen United and ruled in their favor Apparently nobody cares about this. Well, Anothony Weiner does and has been a pitbull about it....hence his recent run-in with Breitbart's internet thugs. All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
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06/20/2011 08:02 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: SCOTUS judge Thomas received $100k from Citizen United and ruled in their favor Apparently nobody cares about this.
Well, Anothony Weiner does and has been a pitbull about it....hence his recent run-in with Breitbart's internet thugs.
Quoting: IlikecandyNope, if it doesn't have OBAMA in the title nothing matters. |
