#SCOTUS Justice #Alito spoke candidly about the ideological battle between the left & the right—discussing the difficulty of living “peacefully" w/ideological opponents in the face of "fundamental" differences that "can't be compromised." He endorsed…a necessary fight to “return our country to a place of godliness."
In the most jarring moment in the recording, #MarthaAnnAlito complains about having to see rainbow #Pride#flags in June, which is Pride Month.
"You know what I want?" Mrs. #Alito says. "I want a Sacred Heart of Jesus flag, because I have to look across the lagoon at the Pride flag for the next month."
Referencing her husband, Mrs. Alito says, "He's like, 'Oh, please don't put up a flag.' I said, 'I won't do it because I am deferring to you.'”
#MarthaAnnAlito continues relaying a conversation she had w/Justice #Alito, “'But when you are free of this nonsense, I'm putting it up & I'm gonna send them a msg every day, maybe every wk, I'll be changing the flags.' They'll be all kinds. I made a flag in my head. This is how I satisfy myself. …It's white & has yellow & orange flames around it & in the middle is the word 'vergogna.' 'Vergogna' in Italian means 'shame' - vergogna. V-E-R-G-O-G-N-A. Vergogna. Shame, shame, shame on you.” #SCOTUS
#ClarenceThomas has for years claimed income from a defunct real estate firm
Over the last 2 decades, #SupremeCourt#Justice Clarence Thomas has reported on required financial #disclosure forms that his family received rental income totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a firm called #GingerLtd P’ship
But that company… has not existed since 2006.
The #transaction is the first known instance of #money flowing from Crow to the #SupremeCourt justice. The sale netted the #GOP#megadonor two vacant lots & the house where Thomas’ #mother was living (& still is).
You are not looking at it from the libertarian Koch network standpoint.
SCOTUS justices sell the service of ruling in your favour, in a kind of freemium model.
Want a ruling based on the constitution bla bla bla, go with the free service model. Want the premium service model, with guaranteed outcomes, well, then you have to pay for it.
Calling it a bribe is so very last century, it's a premium service fee.