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If you're still there, they aren't nearly stringent enough, Rapey McKavanaugh.
If they wanted it done, they could just adopt the same ethics rules that every other court in America has to abide. If they're working on anything, it's how to keep getting free vacations and gifts from donors without having to disclose them or, god forbid, someone on the court having to experience consequences for their corruption.
Knowing Thomas he'd probably argue for the rules then argue he's exempt because he got the job before they were implemented.
Ohh sorry I guess there is no higher court that can compell us to do that. Also congress can't either....sorry. I guess there are no real checks on our power jeeze.
Can't imagine a world where anything they come up with has any bite or actually correct any of the ongoing problems. The number of cases where justices should've recused themselves for conflicts of interests seems to just keep growing.
"We're TOTALLY going to start policing ourselves one day. Just you wait and see. When? This year isn't good we have an election coming up and we need to make sure the American people can weigh in on this very important matter [so we can see if Republicans will overthrow democracy and we can move on from this without change. Clarence's mom ain't paying rent and I got "baseball tickets" ill need another "small" loan for...]."
They're going to be concrete steps by which they can investigate and clear themselves out and wrongdoing, before they head out on vacation with their billionaire "friends".
The cunt that lied to get his position is going to tell us about ethics now. Fucking clown.
Cool. I want three resignations. Openly corrupt Thomas, the rapist who isn’t Merrick garland, and the lying christofascist who was placed at the last minute. Sure only one of these is related to the court’s corruptions. But they’re all a corruption of the court. I also want rules on what happens with the senate in the situations of the other two, because either they refused to do their constitutional job and should be punished once or they violated the spirit of the rule in a partisan power grab.
Just a reminder that trump appointed a Christian cultist and a frat bro rapist to the Supreme Court. No one should listen to a goddamn thing these unfit rejects have to say. Read any dissent by the actually educated and fit to serve liberal justices and it’s clear that they are forced to watch as the court is hijacked by vile traitors to this nation.
The only thing that will change this all is just sheer force of will. Vote every single time. Encourage everyone you know to vote. Super majorities can happen. Elect people that will take steps to right this boat. No more pandering to christofascists .
Anything less ensures the pendulum will inevitably one day swing back the other way. The second this occurs they’ve made it clear it will never come back again.
Step 1: How to avoid scrutiny that might put our ethics on display.
Step 2: legalize things we currently get that might appear unethical.
Step 3: profit
Oh the irony.... 😑
I mean Brett Kavanaugh is just the beacon of ethics.
Really? Crying beer man who got everything handed to him on a silver platter who when for the first time in his life was questioned, broke down in tears?
:'( I like beer -sniffle- and ethics. >:'(
Rapist says what?
Beer? I mean what?
Dracula and other vampires discuss the ethics on drinking human blood.
He's working on concrete steps?
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Any chance some one could shove him down them?
Oh yeah. Let me trust the rapist to tell me about ethics. /s
I forget his name half the time, most of the time I refer to him as "shit stain rapist."
You know we're fucked when a title like that isn't even on nottheonion. We may have entered a"not 'not the onion'" era
Get about 8 beers deep.
Do a super weird, horrible fake cry on camera.
Now that everyone has turned of the TV, grab the prettiest female reporter. The Republicans won't care about one more rape.
Concrete steps?
Is that a drinking game or something?
Fox gives assurances on improved henhouse security
Must be nice to decide for yourself which rules will apply to you.
Yeah, our US police have been doing it for years.
This means that a billionaire has hired a contractor to build literal concrete steps outside his house.
It isn't a commitment to clean up the illegitimate court: it's a disclosure statement.
(deep breath)
AHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Sorry, I just couldn't contain my derisive laughter at Beer Bro.
That fucking guy? That they had this clown make a statement about their plans on ethics tells us all we need to know. What fucking jokes these assholes are. Shit is intentional and premeditated.
They could start by at least following the same rules every other federal judge must follow. The fact that they don’t simply agree to those rules and then work on strengthening the rules for members of the highest court in the land shows how disingenuous Kavanaugh’s claims are.
Doubt.
Do the concrete steps include boofing?
Gonna be quite the pact, with beer, alleged rape, getting swole with they boys, and everything goes on calendars that'll be around forever for some reason.
I wonder if it includes drinking on the job.
It's not technically drinking if you squirt it up your ass.
This is truly the most fucked up timeline.
Boy, these charges of impropriety are sure creating a Devil’s Triangle of problems.
Just a boofing session or two away.
Unless they're resigning, it's not going to work.
Uh huh...