Ethics is supposed to be a floor, not a ceiling:
|
| In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a
| remote corner of Alaska. The Supreme Court justice was on
| vacation at a luxury fishing lodge that charged more than
| $1,000 a day, and after catching a king salmon nearly the
| size of his leg, Alito posed for a picture. To his left, a
| man stood beaming: Paul Singer, a hedge fund billionaire
| who has repeatedly asked the Supreme Court to rule in his
| favor in high-stakes business disputes.
|
| Singer was more than a fellow angler. He flew Alito to
| Alaska on a private jet. If the justice chartered the plane
| himself, the cost could have exceeded $100,000 one way.
|
| Fact-based, independent journalism is needed now more than
| ever.
| Donate
|
| In the years that followed, Singer's hedge fund came before
| the court at least 10 times in cases where his role was
| often covered by the legal press and mainstream media.
| ...
<https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court>

--bks

>Ethics is supposed to be a floor, not a ceiling:
> |
> | In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a
> | remote corner of Alaska. The Supreme Court justice was on
> | vacation at a luxury fishing lodge that charged more than
> | $1,000 a day, and after catching a king salmon nearly the
> | size of his leg, Alito posed for a picture. To his left, a
> | man stood beaming: Paul Singer, a hedge fund billionaire
> | who has repeatedly asked the Supreme Court to rule in his
> | favor in high-stakes business disputes.
> |
> | Singer was more than a fellow angler. He flew Alito to
> | Alaska on a private jet. If the justice chartered the plane
> | himself, the cost could have exceeded $100,000 one way.
> |
> | Fact-based, independent journalism is needed now more than
> | ever.
> | Donate
> |
> | In the years that followed, Singer's hedge fund came before
> | the court at least 10 times in cases where his role was
> | often covered by the legal press and mainstream media.
> | ...
><https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-
>singer-scotus-supreme-court>
>
> --bks
>

If I give Alito $10,000 do you think he'll blow me?

I know Thomas will.

On 6/21/2023 5:53 AM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
> Ethics is supposed to be a floor, not a ceiling:
> |
> | In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a
> | remote corner of Alaska. The Supreme Court justice was on
> | vacation at a luxury fishing lodge that charged more than
> | $1,000 a day, and after catching a king salmon nearly the
> | size of his leg, Alito posed for a picture. To his left, a
> | man stood beaming: Paul Singer, a hedge fund billionaire
> | who has repeatedly asked the Supreme Court to rule in his
> | favor in high-stakes business disputes.
> |
> | Singer was more than a fellow angler. He flew Alito to
> | Alaska on a private jet. If the justice chartered the plane
> | himself, the cost could have exceeded $100,000 one way.
> |
> | Fact-based, independent journalism is needed now more than
> | ever.
> | Donate
> |
> | In the years that followed, Singer's hedge fund came before
> | the court at least 10 times in cases where his role was
> | often covered by the legal press and mainstream media.
> | ...
> <https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court>
>
> --bks

Alito settles the hit job on him.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/propublica-misleads-its-readers-alito-gifts-disclosure-alaska-singer-23b51eda

Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
>On 6/21/2023 5:53 AM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
>> Ethics is supposed to be a floor, not a ceiling:
>> ...
>> | In the years that followed, Singer's hedge fund came before
>> | the court at least 10 times in cases where his role was
>> | often covered by the legal press and mainstream media.
>> | ...
><https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court>
>
>Alito settles the hit job on him.
>
>https://www.wsj.com/articles/propublica-misleads-its-readers-alito-gifts-disclosure-alaska-singer-23b51eda

Har! Alito refused to answer questions from Pro Publica and
then writes a bullshit piece in the Murdoch WSJ proving
that he didn't even read the Pro Publica article.

And Yak thinks he "settled" it! Yak is a moron.

--bks

On 6/21/2023 1:19 PM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
> Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
>> On 6/21/2023 5:53 AM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
>>> Ethics is supposed to be a floor, not a ceiling:
>>> ...
>>> | In the years that followed, Singer's hedge fund came before
>>> | the court at least 10 times in cases where his role was
>>> | often covered by the legal press and mainstream media.
>>> | ...
>> <https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court>
>>
>> Alito settles the hit job on him.
>>
>> https://www.wsj.com/articles/propublica-misleads-its-readers-alito-gifts-disclosure-alaska-singer-23b51eda
>
> Har! Alito refused to answer questions from Pro Publica and
> then writes a bullshit piece in the Murdoch WSJ proving
> that he didn't even read the Pro Publica article.
>
> And Yak thinks he "settled" it! Yak is a moron.
>
> --bks

He doesn't need to answer anything because he's under no obligation to
report. Same bullshit, different justice. So yeah, it's settled.

We need 4 more preferably moderate and nonpartisan justices on the court
like Sen. Markey wants, that's the only solution for this far right
dominated and corrupt pathetic joke of a SC now.

Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
>>>> | In the years that followed, Singer's hedge fund came before
>>>> | the court at least 10 times in cases where his role was
>>>> | often covered by the legal press and mainstream media.
>>>> | ...
> ...
>He doesn't need to answer anything because he's under no obligation to
>report. Same bullshit, different justice. So yeah, it's settled.

Wrong again, Yak girl!

--bks

On 6/21/2023 1:53 PM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
> Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
>>>>> | In the years that followed, Singer's hedge fund came before
>>>>> | the court at least 10 times in cases where his role was
>>>>> | often covered by the legal press and mainstream media.
>>>>> | ...
>> ...
>> He doesn't need to answer anything because he's under no obligation to
>> report. Same bullshit, different justice. So yeah, it's settled.
>
> Wrong again, Yak girl!

Nope got it exactly right again, bs.

>
> --bks

Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
>On 6/21/2023 1:53 PM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
>> Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
>>>>>> | In the years that followed, Singer's hedge fund came before
>>>>>> | the court at least 10 times in cases where his role was
>>>>>> | often covered by the legal press and mainstream media.
>>>>>> | ...
>>> ...
>>> He doesn't need to answer anything because he's under no obligation to
>>> report. Same bullshit, different justice. So yeah, it's settled.
>>
>> Wrong again, Yak girl!
>
>Nope got it exactly right again, bs.

We believe you, Yak girl. Good luck with your tenure
among the Lizard People.

--bks

Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote in news:u6vbvg$2v4se$2@dont-email.me:

> On 6/21/2023 1:19 PM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
>> Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
>>> On 6/21/2023 5:53 AM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
>>>> Ethics is supposed to be a floor, not a ceiling:
>>>> ...
>>>> | In the years that followed, Singer's hedge fund came before
>>>> | the court at least 10 times in cases where his role was
>>>> | often covered by the legal press and mainstream media.
>>>> | ...
>>> <https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-
>>> paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court>
>>>
>>> Alito settles the hit job on him.
>>>
>>> https://www.wsj.com/articles/propublica-misleads-its-readers-alito-gi
>>> fts-disclosure-alaska-singer-23b51eda
>>
>> Har! Alito refused to answer questions from Pro Publica and
>> then writes a bullshit piece in the Murdoch WSJ proving
>> that he didn't even read the Pro Publica article.
>>
>> And Yak thinks he "settled" it! Yak is a moron.
>>
>> --bks
>
> He doesn't need to answer anything because he's under no obligation to
> report. Same bullshit, different justice. So yeah, it's settled.
>

Unless a Democratic judge was getting
huge benefits from labor unions and the
ACLU, then you would be the first to
demand "ethical responsibility" and
"Congressional oversight".

On 6/21/2023 11:17 AM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
> Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
>> On 6/21/2023 1:53 PM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
>>> Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> | In the years that followed, Singer's hedge fund came before
>>>>>>> | the court at least 10 times in cases where his role was
>>>>>>> | often covered by the legal press and mainstream media.
>>>>>>> | ...
>>>> ...
>>>> He doesn't need to answer anything because he's under no obligation to
>>>> report. Same bullshit, different justice. So yeah, it's settled.
>>>
>>> Wrong again, Yak girl!
>>
>> Nope got it exactly right again, bs.
>
> We believe you, Yak girl. Good luck with your tenure
> among the Lizard People.

Gak (fucked up the ass by priests hundreds of times a kid) actually is right.
The corrupt SCOTUS justices get to set their own ethical rules, and as might be
expected, they do *not* require reporting of extravagantly lavish gifts, nor do
they require recusals. Any reasonable sense of judicial ethics *would* require
it, but these corrupt bastards don't.

On 6/21/2023 2:17 PM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
> Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
>> On 6/21/2023 1:53 PM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
>>> Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> | In the years that followed, Singer's hedge fund came before
>>>>>>> | the court at least 10 times in cases where his role was
>>>>>>> | often covered by the legal press and mainstream media.
>>>>>>> | ...
>>>> ...
>>>> He doesn't need to answer anything because he's under no obligation to
>>>> report. Same bullshit, different justice. So yeah, it's settled.
>>>
>>> Wrong again, Yak girl!
>>
>> Nope got it exactly right again, bs.
>
> We believe you, Yak girl. Good luck with your tenure
> among the Lizard People.

We'll believe you once one of these hit jobs that you like to forward on
ever comes to fruition. For now all we have is your whining about a
justice that you don't like.

On 6/21/2023 11:44 AM, Yak wrote:
> On 6/21/2023 2:17 PM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
>> Yak  <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
>>> On 6/21/2023 1:53 PM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
>>>> Yak  <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>      | In the years that followed, Singer's hedge fund came before
>>>>>>>>      | the court at least 10 times in cases where his role was
>>>>>>>>      | often covered by the legal press and mainstream media.
>>>>>>>>      | ...
>>>>> ...
>>>>> He doesn't need to answer anything because he's under no obligation to
>>>>> report. Same bullshit, different justice. So yeah, it's settled.
>>>>
>>>> Wrong again, Yak girl!
>>>
>>> Nope got it exactly right again, bs.
>>
>> We believe you, Yak girl.  Good luck with your tenure
>> among the Lizard People.
>
> We'll believe you once one of these hit jobs that you like to forward on ever
> comes to fruition. For now all we have is your whining about a justice that you
> don't like.

It is beyond rational dispute that Alito and his fellow corrupt
Republiscum/QAnon Thomas are behaving unethically by not disclosing the lavish
goodies given to them by patrons who have business before the court, and failing
to recuse themselves from their cases.

Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
>On 6/21/2023 2:17 PM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
>> Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
>>> On 6/21/2023 1:53 PM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
>>>> Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> | In the years that followed, Singer's hedge fund came before
>>>>>>>> | the court at least 10 times in cases where his role was
>>>>>>>> | often covered by the legal press and mainstream media.
>>>>>>>> | ...
>>>>> ...
>>>>> He doesn't need to answer anything because he's under no obligation to
>>>>> report. Same bullshit, different justice. So yeah, it's settled.
>>>>
>>>> Wrong again, Yak girl!
>>>
>>> Nope got it exactly right again, bs.
>>
>> We believe you, Yak girl. Good luck with your tenure
>> among the Lizard People.
>
>We'll believe you once one of these hit jobs that you like to forward on
>ever comes to fruition. For now all we have is your whining about a
>justice that you don't like.

What "hit jobs"? I reported the facts. You didn't even contest the
facts! Instead you waved your hands. Sheesh!

--bks

On 6/21/2023 2:47 PM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
> Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
>> On 6/21/2023 2:17 PM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
>>> Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
>>>> On 6/21/2023 1:53 PM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
>>>>> Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> | In the years that followed, Singer's hedge fund came before
>>>>>>>>> | the court at least 10 times in cases where his role was
>>>>>>>>> | often covered by the legal press and mainstream media.
>>>>>>>>> | ...
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>> He doesn't need to answer anything because he's under no obligation to
>>>>>> report. Same bullshit, different justice. So yeah, it's settled.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wrong again, Yak girl!
>>>>
>>>> Nope got it exactly right again, bs.
>>>
>>> We believe you, Yak girl. Good luck with your tenure
>>> among the Lizard People.
>>
>> We'll believe you once one of these hit jobs that you like to forward on
>> ever comes to fruition. For now all we have is your whining about a
>> justice that you don't like.
>
> What "hit jobs"? I reported the facts. You didn't even contest the
> facts! Instead you waved your hands. Sheesh!
>
> --bks

There's nothing to contest. Alito was under no obligation to report or
recuse. Sheesh.

In reply to "Lou Bricano" who wrote the following:

> On 6/21/2023 11:17 AM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
> > Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
> > > On 6/21/2023 1:53 PM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
> > > > Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > | In the years that followed, Singer's hedge fund came
> > > > > > > > before
> > > > > > > > | the court at least 10 times in cases where his role was
> > > > > > > > | often covered by the legal press and mainstream media.
> > > > > > > > | ...
> > > > > ...
> > > > > He doesn't need to answer anything because he's under no obligation to
> > > > > report. Same bullshit, different justice. So yeah, it's settled.
> > > >
> > > > Wrong again, Yak girl!
> > >
> > > Nope got it exactly right again, bs.
> >
> > We believe you, Yak girl. Good luck with your tenure
> > among the Lizard People.
>
> Gak (fucked up the ass by priests hundreds of times a kid) actually is right.
> The corrupt SCOTUS justices get to set their own ethical rules, and as might
> be
> expected, they do *not* require reporting of extravagantly lavish gifts, nor
> do
> they require recusals. Any reasonable sense of judicial ethics *would*
> require
> it, but these corrupt bastards don't.

Exactly. I was brought up to believe ethical people, especially ones in public service, should avoid even the appearance of impropriety.

On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 18:17:57 +0000, Mitchell Holman <noemail@verizon.net> wrote:

>Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote in news:u6vbvg$2v4se$2@dont-email.me:
>
>> On 6/21/2023 1:19 PM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
>>> Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:
>>>> On 6/21/2023 5:53 AM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
>>>>> Ethics is supposed to be a floor, not a ceiling:
>>>>> ...
>>>>> | In the years that followed, Singer's hedge fund came before
>>>>> | the court at least 10 times in cases where his role was
>>>>> | often covered by the legal press and mainstream media.
>>>>> | ...
>>>> <https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-
>>>> paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court>
>>>>
>>>> Alito settles the hit job on him.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.wsj.com/articles/propublica-misleads-its-readers-alito-gi
>>>> fts-disclosure-alaska-singer-23b51eda
>>>
>>> Har! Alito refused to answer questions from Pro Publica and
>>> then writes a bullshit piece in the Murdoch WSJ proving
>>> that he didn't even read the Pro Publica article.
>>>
>>> And Yak thinks he "settled" it! Yak is a moron.
>>>
>>> --bks
>>
>> He doesn't need to answer anything because he's under no obligation to
>> report. Same bullshit, different justice. So yeah, it's settled.
>>
>
>
> Unless a Democratic judge was getting
>huge benefits from labor unions and the
>ACLU, then you would be the first to
>demand "ethical responsibility" and
>"Congressional oversight".

Absofuckinglutely! The right would be screaming their fool heads off if Sotomayor had
gotten a $200k Caribbean on a private yacht from Soros!

Swill
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In article <u6vi6a$2v4se$5@dont-email.me>, Yak <Yak@inbox.com> wrote:

> Alito was under no obligation to report or recuse.

Therein lies the rub.

"How dare you peasants question our behavior!"

Even though federal judges one rung lower than them don't have the same
privilege.

We know how fond the right is of authoritarian rule over themselves
though.