Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire.

[Grumblenuts]

There is a reason the ACLU signed on to the lawsuit.

Non sequitur.

 

[bripat9643]

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• American Civil Liberties Union
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• American Family Voices
• American Federation of Teachers
• American Friends Service Committee
• American Immigration Council
• American Immigration Law Foundation
• American Institute for Social Justice
• American Library Association
• Amnesty International
• Arab American Institute Foundation
• Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
• Bill of Rights Defense Committee
• Brennan Center for Justice
• Brookings Institution
• Campaign for America's Future
• Campaign for Better Health Care
• Campus Progress
• Casa de Maryland
• Catalist
• Catholic Campaign for Human Development
• Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC) [3]
• Catholics for a Free Choice
• Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
• Catholics United[3]
• Center for American Progress
• Center for Community Change
• Center for Constitutional Rights
• Center for Economic and Policy Research
• Center for Investigative Reporting[4]
• Center for Reproductive Rights
• Center for Responsible Lending
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS)
• Change America Now
• Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
• Coalition for an International Criminal Court
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• Electronic Privacy Information Center
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• Gisha: Center for the Legal Protection of Freedom of Movement
• Global Exchange
• Grantmakers Without Borders
• Green For All
• Health Care for America Now
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• Human Rights Watch
• I'lam
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• Immigrant Legal Resource Center
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• Immigration Policy Center
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• Institute for America's Future
• Institute for Policy Studies
• Institute for Public Accuracy
• Institute for Women's Policy Research
• International Crisis Group
• J Street
• Jewish Funds for Justice
• Jews for Racial and Economic Justice[4]
• Joint Victory Campaign 2004
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• Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
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• Lynne Stewart Defense Committee
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• Media Fund
• Media Matters for America
• Mercy Corps
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• Meyer, Suozzi, English and Klein, PC
• Midwest Academy
• Migration Policy Institute
• Military Families Speak Out
• Million Mom March[4]
• MoveOn.org
• Ms. Foundation for Women
• NARAL Pro-Choice America
• NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
• National Abortion Federation
• National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
• National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
• National Committee for Voting Integrity
• National Council for Research on Women
• National Council of La Raza
• National Council of Women's Organizations
• National Immigration Forum
• National Immigration Law Center
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• National Partnership for Women and Families
• National Priorities Project
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• National Women's Law Center
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• Peace Development Fund
• People for the American Way
• Physicians for Human Rights
• Physicians for Social Responsibility
• Planned Parenthood
• Ploughshares Fund
• Presidential Climate Action Project
• Prison Moratorium Project
• Progressive States Network
• Project Vote
• Pro Publica
• Proteus Fund
• Public Citizen Foundation
• Rebuild and Renew America Now (a.k.a. Unity '09)
• Secretary of State Project
• Sentencing Project
• Shadow Democratic Party
• Sojourners
• Southern Poverty Law Center
• The American Prospect, Inc.
• The Nation Institute
• Think Progress
• Thunder Road Group
• Tides Foundation and Tides Center
• U.S. Public Interest Research Group
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• Urban Institute
• USAction Education Fund
• Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia
• Working Families Party
• World Organization Against Torture
• YWCA World Office, Switzerla

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Organizations Funded Directly by George Soros and his Open Society Institute - KeyWiki

• Air America
• All Of Us Or None
• Alliance for Justice
• America Coming Together
• America Votes
• America's Voice
• American Bar Association Commission on Immigration Policy
• American Civil Liberties Union
• American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
• American Family Voices
• American Federation of Teachers
• American Friends Service Committee
• American Immigration Council
• American Immigration Law Foundation
• American Institute for Social Justice
• American Library Association
• Amnesty International
• Arab American Institute Foundation
• Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
• Bill of Rights Defense Committee
• Brennan Center for Justice
• Brookings Institution
• Campaign for America's Future
• Campaign for Better Health Care
• Campus Progress
• Casa de Maryland
• Catalist
• Catholic Campaign for Human Development
• Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC) [3]
• Catholics for a Free Choice
• Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
• Catholics United[3]
• Center for American Progress
• Center for Community Change
• Center for Constitutional Rights
• Center for Economic and Policy Research
• Center for Investigative Reporting[4]
• Center for Reproductive Rights
• Center for Responsible Lending
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS)
• Change America Now
• Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
• Coalition for an International Criminal Court
• Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
• Democracy Alliance
• Democracy 21
• Democracy Now!
• Democratic Justice Fund
• Democratic Party
• Earthjustice
• Electronic Privacy Information Center
• Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
• EMILY's List
• Energy Action Coalition
• Fair Immigration Reform Movement
• Faithful America
• Feminist Majority
• Four Freedoms Fund
• Free Exchange on Campus
• Free Press
• Funding Exchange
• Gamaliel Foundation
• Gisha: Center for the Legal Protection of Freedom of Movement
• Global Exchange
• Grantmakers Without Borders
• Green For All
• Health Care for America Now
• Huffington Post
• Human Rights First
• Human Rights Watch
• I'lam
• Immigrant Defense Project
• Immigrant Legal Resource Center
• Immigrant Workers Citizenship Project
• Immigration Policy Center
• Independent Media Center
• Institute for America's Future
• Institute for Policy Studies
• Institute for Public Accuracy
• Institute for Women's Policy Research
• International Crisis Group
• J Street
• Jewish Funds for Justice
• Jews for Racial and Economic Justice[4]
• Joint Victory Campaign 2004
• LatinoJustice PRLDF
• Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
• League of United Latin American Citizens
• League of Women Voters Education Fund
• Lynne Stewart Defense Committee
• MADRE
• Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
• Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition
• Media Fund
• Media Matters for America
• Mercy Corps
• Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
• Meyer, Suozzi, English and Klein, PC
• Midwest Academy
• Migration Policy Institute
• Military Families Speak Out
• Million Mom March[4]
• MoveOn.org
• Ms. Foundation for Women
• NARAL Pro-Choice America
• NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
• National Abortion Federation
• National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
• National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
• National Committee for Voting Integrity
• National Council for Research on Women
• National Council of La Raza
• National Council of Women's Organizations
• National Immigration Forum
• National Immigration Law Center
• National Lawyers Guild
• National Organization for Women
• National Partnership for Women and Families
• National Priorities Project
• National Public Radio
• National Security Archive Fund
• National Women's Law Center
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Pacifica Foundation
• Peace and Security Funders Group
• Peace Development Fund
• People for the American Way
• Physicians for Human Rights
• Physicians for Social Responsibility
• Planned Parenthood
• Ploughshares Fund
• Presidential Climate Action Project
• Prison Moratorium Project
• Progressive States Network
• Project Vote
• Pro Publica
• Proteus Fund
• Public Citizen Foundation
• Rebuild and Renew America Now (a.k.a. Unity '09)
• Secretary of State Project
• Sentencing Project
• Shadow Democratic Party
• Sojourners
• Southern Poverty Law Center
• The American Prospect, Inc.
• The Nation Institute
• Think Progress
• Thunder Road Group
• Tides Foundation and Tides Center
• U.S. Public Interest Research Group
• Universal Healthcare Action Network
• Urban Institute
• USAction Education Fund
• Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia
• Working Families Party
• World Organization Against Torture
• YWCA World Office, Switzerla

He is a busy man

 

[Seymour Flops]

If you can show where others have done the same, I'd condemn them also.

But along the same lines. Hillary took millions from the banks for her speeches. Now these were reported, we knew they happened but she refused to divulge what she promised the banks in these speeches.

I condemned her endlessly for that.

Ok, then.

If you are really that unbiased, you must have noticed how vicious the attacks on Clarence Thomas have been compared to criticism of of other conservative justices. The only one who came close was Kavanaugh.

The reason for the attacks was and is that he is a black conservative who replaced a black liberal on the court. Kavanaugh was attacked because he solidified the constutionalist majority on the court. Dems knew better than others that following the Constitution would be the end of Roe v. Wade.

 

[Grumblenuts]

Non sequitur.

Fake news, Knopp? Then go ahead.. Try to explain how

There is a reason the ACLU signed on to the lawsuit.

follows from anything you were supposedly addressing, wuss. I have no problem with the ACLU.

 

[pknopp]

Ok, then.

If you are really that unbiased, you must have noticed how vicious the attacks on Clarence Thomas have been compared to criticism of of other conservative justices. The only one who came close was Kavanaugh.

There has been. I believe the criticism has shaped his views over the years. Just an opinion.

The reason for the attacks was and is that he is a black conservative who replaced a black liberal on the court. Kavanaugh was attacked because he solidified the constutionalist majority on the court. Dems knew better than others that following the Constitution would be the end of Roe v. Wade.

What others do has nothing to do with me. It's shameful the Supreme Court has no ethic rules.

 

[pknopp]

Fake news, Knopp? Then go ahead.. Try to explain how

follows from anything you were supposedly addressing, wuss. I have no problem with the ACLU.

Then put 2 and 2 together.

 

[Grumblenuts]

Then put 2 and 2 together.

More semantics..

 

[ralfy]

Both parties are, and they work for Wall Street.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding campaign finance laws and free speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It was argued in 2009 and decided in 2010. The court held 5–4 that the free speech clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting independent expenditures for political campaigns by corporations, including nonprofit corporations, labor unions, and other associations.

It gives dark money and corporations more influence in our politics.

I believe they said it wasn't fair that unions could be involved in politics but corporations couldn't?

Associate Justice John Paul Stevens argued that the court's ruling represented "a rejection of the common sense of the American people, who have recognized a need to prevent corporations from undermining self government"

The decision remains highly controversial, generating much public discussion and receiving strong support and opposition from various groups. Senator Mitch McConnell commended the decision, arguing that it represented "an important step in the direction of restoring the First Amendment rights".[3] By contrast, former President Barack Obama stated that the decision "gives the special interests and their lobbyists even more power in Washington".[4] The ruling represented a turning point on campaign finance, allowing unlimited election spending by corporations and labor unions, and setting the stage for Speechnow.org v. FEC, which authorized the creation of "Independent Expenditure Committees", more commonly known as Super PACs

Clearly the Republicans on the Supreme Court were wrong to rule the way they did.

I think you (Democrats) might have had a chance to prevent corporations from making large donations if you had included labor unions in the rules. The American people still have a sense of fairness, and allowing heavily Democratic Party unions to donate unlimited amounts to Democratic Party politicians while using the power of a temporary legislative majority - brought about by those donations - was patently unfair.

Perhaps you will find comfort in the wokeness fad among so many corporations. They now have their freedom of speech restored and will be a great asses in your quest to transgenderize childrent and stigmatize being white.

 

[pknopp]

I think you (Democrats) might have had a chance to prevent corporations from making large donations if you had included labor unions in the rules. The American people still have a sense of fairness, and allowing heavily Democratic Party unions to donate unlimited amounts to Democratic Party politicians while using the power of a temporary legislative majority - brought about by those donations - was patently unfair.

Perhaps you will find comfort in the wokeness fad among so many corporations. They now have their freedom of speech restored and will be a great asses in your quest to transgenderize childrent and stigmatize being white.

Corporations did not bring the lawsuit.

 

[Grumblenuts]

More semantics..

Ah, more Fake News, Knopp? Explain yourself, you fucking idiot!

...and crickets...

Can't. Big surprise!

 

[Seymour Flops]

There has been. I believe the criticism has shaped his views over the years. Just an opinion.

Interesting. You could be right.

What others do has nothing to do with me. It's shameful the Supreme Court has no ethic rules.

No ethics rules? The whole point of the article that started this angst is that there are ethics rules for the judicial branch. Those rules were recently changed and Clarence Thomas past behavior would not have complied with the new ethics rules.

Therefore - according to Dems - he was not a good n________ like Toby.

Even the old plantation master would not have made a new rule on Friday and then whipped a hard-working field hand for not following the rule the previous Wednesday.

 

[pknopp]

Interesting. You could be right.

No ethics rules? The whole point of the article that started this angst is that there are ethics rules for the judicial branch. Those rules were recently changed and Clarence Thomas past behavior would not have complied with the new ethics rules.

Therefore - according to Dems - he was not a good n________ like Toby.

Even the old plantation master would not have made a new rule on Friday and then whipped a hard-working field hand for not following the rule the previous Wednesday.

There were rules. Unfortunately the justices decided that they were going to ignore them. They have been posted in this thread.

 

[Oddball]

 

[Grumblenuts]

Even the old plantation master would not have made a new rule on Friday and then whipped a hard-working field hand for not following the rule the previous Wednesday.

Thomas is just

a hard-working field hand

to you. 'Nuff said.

 

[Lastamender]

except take millions in illegal gifts from the wealthy elite deep state that controls the entire GOP.

I think you need to look up the definition of nothing, because what he did certainly is not nothing. he should be in prison.

Trump lost money when he was in office.

 

[Seymour Flops]

There were rules. Unfortunately the justices decided that they were going to ignore them. They have been posted in this thread.

That has been repeated over and over, but I must have missed the post in which a rule was posted with evidence that Justice Thomas broke it. Since so many have said that, I looked through the thread, but I still could not find it.

What was the post number?

 

[Seymour Flops]

Corporations did not bring the lawsuit.

Changes nothing that I said in the post you replied to.

 

[pknopp]

Changes nothing that I said in the post you replied to.

The lawsuit was brought by the people. Hence "Citizens United". It was never about Corporations or Unions. It was about squashing the voice of the people not under the two parties control.