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[ProPublica] Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court (www.propublica.org)
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In the years after the undisclosed trip to Alaska, Republican megadonor Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. Alito has never recused himself.

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[–] 9 points 3 years ago

What in the actual fuck did I just read? The supreme court needs to be expanded and a strict code of involuntary ethics applied immediately. It sounds like the backers bought the entire lodge just to make this trip happen, as they sold it within a year after the trip? I'm not sure I'm getting that right. This country is so fucked.

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    [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    Corruption is on parade. What a ridiculous system of government we have allowed to develop.

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    [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    Conservatism is a plague of deception, corruption and oppression. It always has been.

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    [–] 5 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Im pretty sure I will be dead before we have a functioning supreme court if that ever even happens at this point.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    It will require a constitutional amendment, and one of the two parties in this country tries to act like you can't change the constitution, even though we changed it as recently as the 1990s, and have effectively averaged 1 amendment per decade

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    the court can be expanded without an amdendment.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    I meant meaningful long term change that removes corrupt justices through due process and can't just be undone the next time one party or the other holds both houses and the presidency

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    As they are lifetime appointments, our only options are either packing the courts, impeachment (which requires 2/3 votes,) or human mortality.

    The Constitution allows for the impeachment and removal of justices in much the same manner as a president: The House can vote for impeachment, and then a Senate trial is held, with a two-thirds vote needed to convict. source

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    • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    That's a conflict.

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    [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Oh good, more supreme court fuckerey reported on by pro publica. I'm really hoping they are slow dripping these stories out, each a little more fucked than the last,building up to something incredibly damning.

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