HBO is now delaying the YouTube drop to Thursdays On the latest Last Week Tonight, John Oliver is offering Clarence Thomas $1,000,000.00 a year and a $2½ million RV if he quits the court.
I don't think that Thomas will take the offer, after all, whores traditionally do not betray their clients.:
When it comes to Supreme Court reform, John Oliver is tired of just talking about term limits and ethics codes. Instead, the late-night talk-show host said he’s taking a page out of the playbook used by the rich and powerful, who the comedian said routinely lavish gifts on public servants to curry favor.
“If we’re going to keep the bar of accountability this low, perhaps it’s time to exploit that low bar the same way billionaires have successfully done for decades,” Oliver said on Sunday’s episode of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight,” before announcing the offer he had for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas: $1 million per year if he steps down from his post immediately.
Oliver is also throwing in a new $2.4 million motor coach that’s outfitted with a king-size bed, four televisions and a fireplace — a potential deal-sweetener for Thomas, who has come under fire for receiving significant gifts and favors from a network of wealthy friends and patrons.
Oliver’s “somehow legal” proposal — at least, according to the experts he consulted, Oliver said — was made at the end of a segment devoted to the highest court in the land. The Supreme Court, Oliver argued, had reached a “breaking point” following a string of scandals involving the patronage of right-wing billionaires — many of whom, the comedian pointed out, have a stake in some of the cases brought before the court.
I'd like to see an impeachment, but absent that, Congress does have the power to both make the federal judicial code of conduct stricter and to make it binding on SCOTUS.
The Supreme Court is restlessly corrupt, and it needs to be policed by someone who does not answer to them.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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