ProPublica Thursday reported on even more luxury travel for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas at the expense of potential conflict-of-interest when voting on relevant cases.
The independent investigative outlet found additional luxury vacations that Thomas enjoyed, consisting of “at least 38 destination vacations, including a previously unreported voyage on a yacht around the Bahamas, 26 private jet flights, plus an additional eight by helicopter; a dozen VIP passes to professional and college sports events, typically perched in the skybox, two stays at a luxury resort in Florida and Jamaica; and one standing invitation to an uber-exclusive golf club overlooking the Atlantic coast.”
Contributing pundit for the left Jim McCraw has this to say about the report: “The latest revelations reported by ProPublica show a whole bunch more freebies forced down the throat of Clarence Thomas. This man is a disgrace. He should resign so Biden can try to even up sides on the court. Term limits of 10 years would be good here, along with court expansion and a written code of ethics for the nine people who run our lives.”
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Bring Your Laptop to the Beach?
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The House of Representatives and Senate are on their regular summer break for the entire month of August – ending just after Labor Day – but politics are not taking a holiday. The Fulton County District Attorney is expected to issue the latest indictment against ex-President Trump as early as Thursday.
It would be Donald J. Trump’s fourth, and his second over alleged attempts to flip the 2020 presidential election results. Meanwhile, Trump may or may not be preparing for the first debate between GOP presidential candidates scheduled for Wednesday, August 23, in Milwaukee.
Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan has set Monday, August 28, as the date for the first hearing in the second of two Justice Department indictments of the former president, in Washington, D.C.
There is a lot here to discuss, including Pundit-at-Large Stephen Macaulay’s right-column opinion piece on Trump’s planned defense in United States of America v. Donald J. Trump.
In our latest Substack weekly newsletter we discuss origins of authoritarianism in the far-right wing of the Republican Party. You can read it at thehustings.substack.com.
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