I'm not sold on the argument that the right-wing does more crimes versus them going outside of normal/acceptable crimes/graft.
What Alito (& Thomas) did isn't a crime. It is corrupt as all get out. But, it isn't a crime since the Supreme Court doesn't have binding ethics rules (please correct me if I'm wrong). It is more extreme/blatant t…
I'm not sold on the argument that the right-wing does more crimes versus them going outside of normal/acceptable crimes/graft.
What Alito (& Thomas) did isn't a crime. It is corrupt as all get out. But, it isn't a crime since the Supreme Court doesn't have binding ethics rules (please correct me if I'm wrong). It is more extreme/blatant than the judges accepting speaking fees/free trips in exchange for speaking, but it is still corruption. Let's be honest, the main reason someone is paying for a Supreme Court justice to give a speech is because the Supreme Court justice is currently on the Supreme Court.
Similar to the current & prior president both getting caught with classified documents. One was more blatant/extreme, and the other's was the normal/accepted version
I'm not sold on the argument that the right-wing does more crimes versus them going outside of normal/acceptable crimes/graft.
What Alito (& Thomas) did isn't a crime. It is corrupt as all get out. But, it isn't a crime since the Supreme Court doesn't have binding ethics rules (please correct me if I'm wrong). It is more extreme/blatant than the judges accepting speaking fees/free trips in exchange for speaking, but it is still corruption. Let's be honest, the main reason someone is paying for a Supreme Court justice to give a speech is because the Supreme Court justice is currently on the Supreme Court.
Similar to the current & prior president both getting caught with classified documents. One was more blatant/extreme, and the other's was the normal/accepted version