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I have been hearing about this guys corruption and scandals since the early 90s.
Hes living proof of why lifetime Supreme Court appointments should not exist
BS.
I understand the desire for justice, I agree this case is egregious, and the proof does seem out in the open, but wishing doesn’t make it so
Could be? Or will be?
The governor is too centrist for this to be a real thing. I'm not holding my breath.
......unless the AG is angry enough about her recent vetoes to say fuck you, I won't do what you tell me.
It's the US - I think we all know the answer.
That country needs to (for so many reasons) drop "In God We Trust" as an official motto - "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda" seems more apposite.
Fine, but do it in Latin... for the mystique...
𝓟𝓸𝓼𝓼𝓮𝓶, 𝓐𝓾𝓭𝓮𝓶, 𝓓𝓮𝓱𝓲𝓫𝓮𝓶
Possem, Audem, Dehibem
Your phrase is actually a mix of Latin and Portuguese, translating to "I can, praise to God, I got along well."
Jesus Christ.
There's a difference between possible and probable. This headline is extremely misleading. It might as well say Clarence Thomas could have monkeys fly out of his butt on Monday.
Is it possible? Yes.
Is it probable? No.
I understand this is "a call to action" but the headline is disingenuous.
I've got to say it. This is a case the Biden DOJ could have brought too. And Obama. The Democrats have got to stop playing games. They should have immediately changed it up when Obama was denied justice picks.
That asshole really needs to fall for all the corruption he has been part of.
But it's doubtful it will ever happen.
Americans simply don't do enough against corruption, no matter how bad and no matter how obvious.
Isn't Monday a Federal Holiday? The courts will be closed.
I'll believe it when I see it.
Yeah that's what I told everyone when Trump was convicted of 34 felony charges :(
If it comes down to it, Trump will just pardon him as "a victim of the radical left".
this looks like a state charge. trump (theoretically) has no control over state pardons.
Yes but there won’t be any charges. This article is only saying that the state could charge him, if it decided to.
The good news it's the state of Virginia, not the federal government, that could file these charges, so the president would have no ability to pardon it. The bad news is that it's purely hypothetical. We can all see the crime was committed, but that doesn't mean a Virginia prosecutor will actually go through with pursuing the case on any particular day.
Watch thomas sue, let it get all the way to the SCROTUS and Thomas doesn't recuse himself.
Well, that would be another way to reinforce to American public that SCOUTS is illegitimate.
Would be charged, if the US wasn't deeply infiltrated by Nazis.
To be clear (because it isn't totally obvious from the title and text submitted on Lemmy), this article is a call to action, not reporting on a filing that's actually happened or rumored to be in progress or anything like that:
So why Monday? Because there is nothing special about Monday. It is the next day the courthouse opens, the next day a prosecutor could walk this to a grand jury, the same as they could have on any working day for the last several years. For anyone else, this case would already be filed.
[...]
Three officials can move on this, and they can each do something different, so we ask each one for what they actually have the power to do. [...] Here is where to reach them, by phone or by email.
He could be charged Monday. Or Tuesday. Or he could've been charged last Monday. There's three people in Virginia who have the power to make that happen, you should go call and email them.
Surely it's better to wait until trump is no longer president, otherwise if this forces Thomas to resign trump gets yet another supreme court pick who will be as young as possible to guarantee the court doesn't swing back around for another 40 years
Virginia's CIA puppet governor won't let it happen.
I mean, let’s prosecute crimes and all but the timing of this kind of seems like we’re giving the pedos another lifetime appointment.. dammed either way. Special shout out to disposing of the useful black idiot first
how is this guy still employed? honest question - dude has litany of corruption accusations going back decades and he's still holding a position? How does that work?
He's rich.
and there is no law for the rich
The legal system exists to serve these people and attack everybody else.
You obviously don't remember the nomination hearings regarding the coke can. Should have never gotten the job
DO IT.
I’m looking forward to the Supreme Court ruling that a sitting Supreme Court member has “operational immunity” and effectively ruling that anyone on the Supreme Court can break the law as much as they want until their fucking life ~~sentence~~ term is up
And also all supreme court members can't be tax audited. And the creation of a Supreme Slush Fund
The worst part of this is that even if he is convicted and removed from the judiciary, Trump gets to pick his replacement, so it will not only not fix anything but will very likely make it worse.
The least reliable members of the facist block of SCOTUS are those appointed by Mr. Trump.
He's really, really bad at the job.
I mean the trial will take time and if Democrats get to control Congress after midterms they could just not confirm any of Trump's picks. Who am I joking, the Democrats would never.
Absolutely nothing will happen.
Best case scenario, the stress pushes a clot into his brain.
Throw all the books at him
Oh no how unfortunate.
And this is why we are all poor, this is why billionaires keep stealing from us, because of greedy no backbone failures like him.
him and his wife are both hardcore magats, so crucify them
He will not be
No, he won't.
Should he? Yes, he should have been dragged out behind the courthouse 20 years. But he's not going to ever face any consequences for betraying this country or for taking bribes, even though he's made a career out of doing both.