There has never been a straighter line between Thomas' unethical conduct and his jurisprudence.

ProPublica released a new report on Friday detailing Justice Clarence Thomas’ close relationship with the Koch brothers with previously undisclosed and extraordinarily damning new details.

According to ProPublica, the justice developed a friendship with the Kochs as they were funneling hundreds of millions of dollars into right-wing causes, many of which ended up before the Supreme Court. The brothers then used Thomas to raise money for their sprawling network, inviting him to speak at “donor events” that brought in millions of dollars.

He disclosed none of these activities on his annual disclosure forms, an obvious violation of federal ethics law.

  • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
    1261·
    1 year ago

    We shouldn’t be talking about impeachment at this point. We should be talking about prison. Injustice Thomas needs to go to prison.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
      433·
      1 year ago

      First impeachment, then a criminal trial ending in significant prison time.

      Edit: scratch that. Caging humans doesn’t decrease crime or otherwise benefit society. Give him several years of community service and permanently take away his licence to practice law in any way, shape or form.

      • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
        22·
        1 year ago

        You’re right about incarceration. But there needs to be a further penalty. Monetary. Make him pay back all the dirty money. And maybe make him clean up dog shit for the community service.

      • Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
        201·
        1 year ago

        No. Let him keep the license but only so he can serve as a public defender in New Your City as part of a 10 year term of community service working 40 hours per week with one week of vacation per year. Then reduce the sentence for one day for each successfully defended case.

      • Gamey@feddit.de
        101·
        1 year ago

        Im not an American but if people I know are put in a cage for fucking Weed I certainly want shitbags like him to go there too, it may not be helpful but certainly what he deserves!

    • Chocrates@lemmy.world
      823·
      1 year ago

      The problem is I doubt anything he is doing is illegal. If it is though that is a much more realistic option than impeachment