FORMER LEADER. HAPPY THURSDAY.
HAPPY THURSDAY.
WHILE SOME WELCOME TO MEET THE
PRESS NOW.
WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN TODAY WITH A CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE OF
WITH A CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE OF
THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT.
REPORTING TODAY REVEALS YET
ANOTHER TROUBLED FINANCIAL
ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN SUPREME
COURT JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS
AND HIS CONSERVATIVE
BILLIONAIRE MEGA DONOR FRIEND.
REPUBLIC A IS NOW REPORTING IN ADDITION TO THE LUXURY
ADDITION TO THE LUXURY
VACATIONS, IN ADDITION TO THE
NONPROFIT GROUP THAT PAID JENNY
THOMAS'S SALARY, IN ADDITION TO
BUYING THE HOME OF CLARENCE THOMAS'S MOTHER, HE WAS ALSO
THOMAS'S MOTHER, HE WAS ALSO
PAYING SCHOOL TUITION FOR A
CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER HE WAS
RAISING AS HIS SON.
THEY HAD ESSENTIALLY ADOPTED
HIM, RAISING THEM IN THEIR OWN
HOUSE. THE HEIST PRICE TAKEN THIS
THE HEIST PRICE TAKEN THIS
TUITION PAYMENT COULD BE AS
HIGH AS $250,000.
THOMAS NEVER ONCE MENTIONED
THIS TUITION BUT ONCE DISCLOSED
A GIFT FROM ANOTHER FRIEND THAT
DID GO TOWARD THE TUITION.
THE POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL
ENTANGLEMENTS OF BOTH JUSTICE
THOMAS AND HIS WIFE, JENNY
THOMAS AS POLITICAL ACTIVISM
AND FUNDING FROM BIG-MONEY
DONORS.
THESE ARE JUST THE LATEST
CREDIBILITY ISSUES FACING THIS
CONSERVATIVE COURT.
AFTER YEARS OF PARTISAN
NOMINATIONS, CONTROVERSY, AN
UNPOPULAR ABORTION RULING AND
TODAY WE HEARD BIPARTISAN
AGREEMENT IN THE HALLS OF
CONGRESS THAT THE SUPREME COURT
HAS A REPUTATION PROBLEM, A BIG
ONE.
>> THE PERCEPTION OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE IS INFLUENCED AND I DO THINK THE SUPREME COURT
AND I DO THINK THE SUPREME COURT
NEEDS TO ADDRESS [INDISCERNIBLE]
THAT ONE NEEDS TO BE THE GOLD
STANDARD. I UNDERSTAND SOMETHING HAS TO
I UNDERSTAND SOMETHING HAS TO
BE DONE.
THE REPUTATION OF THE SUPREME
COURT IS AT STAKE HERE.
THE CREDIBILITY OF THE COURT
WHEN IT COMES TO FUTURE
DECISIONS IS AT STAKE AND HIS
REPUTATION AS A LEADER OF THIS
COURT IS REALLY AN ISSUE, AS
WELL.
>> ON THE QUESTION OF WHAT TO
DO ABOUT IT, LAWMAKERS RETREAT
TO FAMILIAR PARTISAN CORNERS.
ON A RECENT HEARING ON A
POTENTIAL CODE OF ETHICS FOR
THE COURT
>> THIS ASSAULT ON JUSTICE
THOMAS IS WELL BEYOND ETHICS.
IT IS ABOUT TRYING TO
DELEGITIMIZE A CONSERVATIVE COURT THAT WAS APPOINTED
COURT THAT WAS APPOINTED THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL PROCESS.
>> IT'S ALL A SHAKEDOWN.
NICE SUPREME COURT YOU'VE GOT
THERE, AMERICA.
SURE WOULD BE A SHAME IF
SOMETHING HAPPENED TO IT.
>> DEMOCRATS CAN HAVE
DISAGREEMENTS BY SOMA BUT THIS
ATTEMPT TO DELEGITIMIZE THE
COURT, THIS ATTEMPT TO
PERSONALLY SMEAR CLARENCE
THOMAS IS DISHONEST AND
EVERYONE IN THE MEDIA ECHOING
IT IS PARTICIPATING IN A
SHAMEFUL REPRISE OF 1991 HIGH-
TECH LYNCHING.
>> ASK YOURSELF THIS.
IMAGINE THE REACTION FROM THOSE
SAME SENATORS IF A LIBERAL
JUSTICE WAS ACCUSED OF TAKING
MONEY FROM A DONOR, LET'S SAY
GEORGE SARRIS, AND HE WAS PAYING
THE TUITION FOR THE NIECE OF
SONIA SOTOMAYOR.
ASK YOURSELF WHAT THE REACTION
WOULD BE.
THERE WOULD BE CAUSE FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY IF IT WERE A
LIBERAL JUSTICE THAT WAS HIS COMPROMISES CLARENCE THOMAS
COMPROMISES CLARENCE THOMAS
CLEARLY IS.
SO MANY PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT NOW
SAY YES, BUT THE LEFT IS MORE
CROOKED, SO IT'S OKAY.
IF THE CRICKET ONES ARE ON MY
SIDE, AND ANYWAY YOU LOOK AT
IT, HYPER PARTISANSHIP ABOUT