Sunday, April 16, 2023

Are You New Here?

What we’ve learned is that the vaunted “Founding Fathers” weren’t nearly as suspicious of abuses of power as we’re so often told they were. And despite populism and the “lessons” of the Gilded Age, etc., we haven’t improved that much on their limitations. Or on limiting power and position for individuals not members of Congress or the civil service.

Since I’m pontificating on Justice Thomas, let me add this is a good idea:
Unless the investigation reveals that the facts differ radically from what has been reported, the Department of Justice should thereafter initiate an action against Justice Thomas under the Ethics in Government Act seeking a civil monetary penalty for each knowing and willful omission from his financial disclosure reports. The penalty is $71,316 per omission.
I’m all in favor of DOJ investigating Thomas, especially if civil penalties are involved. The prospect of making a Supreme Court Justice face a government civil suit could force him to retire and still pay for what he did. 👏

1 comment:

  1. I'm willing to bet a box of donuts that the "lawyer" that told Thomas that it was ok to not disclose travel was Scalia, because it seems very likely that Scalia wasn't reporting any of it either.

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