You've Got to Be Kidding?

According to a new report, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted luxury trips around the globe for more than two decades, including travel on a superyacht and private jet, from wealthy prominent Republican donor Harlan Crow without disclosing them.   One trip, which included flights on Crow’s jet and island-hopping on a superyacht, would have reportedly cost Thomas and his wife Ginni more than $500,000 had they actually paid for the trip themselves. Gee, you mean to tell me that “Long Dong Silver” and his wife, who lead the charge to overturn the 2020 presidential election - might be corrupt?   Say it isn’t so!   Now, not to be overly critical, but I don’t believe the Founding Fathers really intended for Supreme Court Justices to have their own personal “Sugar Daddies.”   Nor do I recall anywhere in Jefferson’s writings where he proposed that the “ highest ” court in the land - should have the “ lowest ” ethical standards. So, it turns out that the United St...

Last month, when Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) went fishing for a “gotcha” question to ask Ketanji Brown Jackson at her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, she really thought she’d found one when Jackson declined her request to define “what is a woman,” by replying she was “not a biologist.”   This set the stage for tons of mockery from Republicans.   Marjorie Taylor Greene offered a Biblical explanation with “This is an easy answer. We’re a creation of God. We came from Adam’s rib. God created us with his hands. We may be the weaker sex — we are the weaker sex, but we are our partner - we are our husband’s wife.”   Then, Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) proclaimed “Science isn’t Burger King; you can’t just ‘have it your way.’   Take notes, Madame Speaker.   I’m about to define what a woman is for you.   X chromosomes, no tallywhacker.   It’s so simple.”   Finally, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) chimed in that a woman was “Someone who can give birth to a...

Amy Coney Barrett To Be Trump’s Nominee to Fill Ginsburg Seat:   President Trump has told people around him that he plans to nominate federal appeals court Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  Judge Barrette is a devote Catholic and a deeply conservative jurist who, for many years described her legal career as being only a means to an end, “and that end is building the Kingdom of God.”  Well, happy days!  I’m sure Judge Barrett will simply be thrilled to accept the President’s nomination for the Supreme Court - that is, assuming her husband says it’s OK.  Of course, as one might expect, selecting someone who holds such deeply religious and partisan views as Judge Barrett, is likely to stir up quite a bit of controversy.    However, let’s remember what President Trump once asked, “what have you got to lose?”  And, the answer is nothing - other than gay marriage, laws protecting...

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dead at 87:   Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the liberal leader of the Supreme Court, who left a lasting mark in the realm of civil liberties, as well as gender and pay equality, and who oddly grew to achieve improbable late-in-life recognition as a pop-culture hero and icon of the progressive movement - has died at age 87. Geez, gut-punched by 2020 yet again!  Too bad, I was kind of hoping we still had at least four weeks or so, before the entire country completely implodes.  This, ought to take hostilities to a whole new level.  Meanwhile, Republican cultists are already salivating over the thought of another right-wing justice.  I guess they can’t even wait till the body goes cold.  I can just hear Trump now, ”Good riddance RBG!  You never said any nice things about me anyway.”   Meanwhile, it looks like Trump has somehow managed to “fail upward” once again.  Perhaps he should consider having someone ghost...