We shouldn't.
#RashidaTlaib rightfully faced the scorn of her own party and was officially censured.
Did the same happen to #ClarenceThomas and #SamuelAlito?
That's why, given a choice, I'd rather tolerate #Tlaib and contain her instead of giving in to bribes from puppet masters who, as the current #SCOTUS situation shows, we are unable to contain.
@rameshgupta You're confusing different branches of government, though.
The different branches operate differently because they have entirely different functions in the US government.
@TruthSandwich@toad.social
What am I confusing?
That bribes in #Legislative branch are OK, but bribes in #Judicial branch or not? Or the other way around?
What's your point?
@rameshgupta You're trying to make some sort of point by comparing apples and oranges.
It's not a valid argument, and it promotes this ignorance of how the US government is actually set up, ignorance of civics, that people really need to know if they want to engage with their government.
No, justices aren't treated the same as legislators because they are in a completely different branch of government that is specifically designed so that they won't be treated the same as legislators.
It gets us nowhere to discuss US government operations while ignoring the structure of the US government.
@TruthSandwich@toad.social
I'm comparing bribery to bribery, the gist and effects of which remain constant regardless of the structure of government.
You are interjecting branches of government as a diversion without answering the two specific questions I asked you above.
You are just one post away from being muted. I like to engage people who want to discuss in good faith, but not those who waste my time with vague generalities.
Thanks.
I went back and looked at your initial post, and I now believe that your position is based on the lack of background knowledge about numerous documented cases of bribery involving #SCOTUS justices #ClarenceThomas and #SamuelAlito.
Without that background knowledge, you focused on the structure of the US government instead of bribery as the scandal.
That's the impression I came away with. Only you would know for sure.
@rameshgupta first of all, a lot of those stories were sensationalized and debunked, but setting that aside,
You're asking why one branch of government was not subject to the mechanisms of an entirely different branch of government. It doesn't even matter what allegations you're making because the two branches are separate with different rules and different mechanisms.
It's like saying, you took a bribe, and why weren't you held accountable to the laws of a country on the other side of the world? Well the answer is clear, and has nothing to do with the bribe, it's that that's a different country without jurisdiction over you.
You think these justices took bribes. I think you're wrong, but whatever, the mechanisms for addressing that aren't the ones that you are proposing.
If you think justices took bribes the resolution isn't censure but impeachment. So don't complain about censure, which has nothing to do with it, push for impeachment.
It's just pointless to ask why a justice wasn't censured since censure isn't the resolution for accusations in the entirely separate branch of government.
@TruthSandwich@toad.social
I don't just THINK the justices took bribes.
As I told you, the cases are well-documented.
Mute.
@rameshgupta I love how you ignored everything in my post just to repeat your same disputed claim.
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