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No one should have enough money to buy the courts. When it comes to democracy, letting someone have a billion dollars is like letting an individual own a nuclear bomb. Tax them out of existence. I am fucking fed up with: Billionaires and billionaires running the country.

Propublica broke the story of SCOTUS justices taking bribes and the Garland DOJ didn't even investigate. He had authority under 18 U.S.C. § 201 but did nothing. SCOTUS isn't an excuse for Merrick Garland, it is another one of his failures.

No "We" don't. If only there was some institution that had 24/7 access (channels and outlets, if you will) and an obligation to the American public, whose job it was to coherently inform the public & warn against dangers to one of the pillars of US democracy (like Leonard continues to be) 🤔

Thank you. I read this back when it was first published and wondered the same thing. I didn't take that 'wondering' too seriously until Feb 2025

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And here we thought that judges, even more importantly Supreme Court justices, were supposed to uphold the law; not their political affiliations. How can one pass fair judgements when they operate based on partisan ideology? There’s no way to be impartial, and there’s a major problem there.