Their article on the low level of ethics within the U.S. Supreme Court begins:
In his upcoming memoir, retired Judge David S. Tatel wrote that he stepped down from his position on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit due to the U.S. Supreme Court‘s “low regard” for judicial principles, according to a Friday report by The Washington Post.
Though it seems that our country’s abandoning its integrity happened entirely in the last 10 years, that can’t possibly be the case. Clarence Thomas is the oldest and longest standing justice. Do you think he went bad just a few months ago?
Scandals in corporate America, e.g., Wells Fargo’s choice to defraud millions of its clients, Enron, Bernie Madoff, and the dozens of banksters associated with the sub-prime loan collapse, go back many decades. In fact, the Wikipedia page on the subject lists the collapse of the Medici Bank in the 15th Century as an example of malfeasance.
All that said, there is no doubt that the Trump phenomenon has brought about an avalanche of dishonesty, given that the president himself is a felon, and feel identically zero remorse for his actions.
Newsweek Reports: Judge Quits Job with Rebuke of Supreme Court’s ‘Low Regard’ for Principles
Can’t swear that this is true but hoping so.
We must never forget.
The more visibility and the more frequent reminders we can get on this catastrophe in U.S. history the better.
It’s almost funny when we hear that California is a socialist state, or a police state (due to our environmental restrictions), or that people are leaving in droves to go to Texas or Florida. When I come across people who say this, I wonder: have you ever actually been to California?
Do you know that the garden-variety 3 BR, 2 BA house here lists at about $1.2 million, where, if it were moved to, say, the Midwest, it would be worth perhaps $2500,000? Why do you think that could possibly be? Maybe the law of supply and demand doesn’t apply to the Marxist part of the nation?
Perhaps it’s because Californians are offered fantastic economic opportunities. We develop and implement ideas that improve the lives of everyone on Earth, and that we profit greatly from our undertakings.
Something for the MAGA crowd to consider.
The main way governments create wealth is by educating people so that they can become productive members of society. They also build roads and airports and maintain law and order so that honest businesses can thrive.
Anyone living now who believes that Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are creating wealth for anyone but themselves is a total fool.
A ton of people bought into the concept expressed here in the mid-20th Century, but no semi-intelligent person today believes that tax breaks for billionaires/trillionaires generates a nickel for the common person.
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