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Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️</p><p>&gt;&gt; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bribe</span></a>-fattened <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Justices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justices</span></a>, as part of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secureSocialElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secureSocialElites</span></a>, have turned the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> into a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/venalPublicOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>venalPublicOffice</span></a>.</p><p>We have already seen Supreme Court Justices <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SamuelAlito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelAlito</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BrettKavanaugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrettKavanaugh</span></a> bought by wealthy benefactors.</p><p>Without a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wealthTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealthTax</span></a>, social secure elites like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HarlanCrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarlanCrow</span></a> can effectively pass Supreme Court seats down to their children.</p><p>And SCOTUS will make it legal to resell them to 3rd-parties just like in olden times. Splendid!</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FalseHopes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FalseHopes</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bribe</span></a>-fattened <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Justices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justices</span></a>, as part of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secureSocialElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secureSocialElites</span></a>, have turned the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> into a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/venalPublicOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>venalPublicOffice</span></a> by ruling that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> Law did not apply to tips, gifts, and payments meant to reward actions taken by state and local officials.</p><p>They did this by distinguishing after-the-fact rewards for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/officialAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>officialAction</span></a> from before-the-fact bribes.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/26/us/politics/supreme-court-corruption-bribery.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/06/26/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/supreme-court-corruption-bribery.html</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ I tagged the above <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FalseHopes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FalseHopes</span></a> because that's what <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> president <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KevinRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KevinRoberts</span></a> — who is part of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secureSocialElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secureSocialElites</span></a> — is relying on in his opening salvo of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecondAmericanRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecondAmericanRevolution</span></a>.</p><p>He should learn from the tragic and violent <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FrenchRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrenchRevolution</span></a> in which the mass of people who were NOT ordinarily predisposed to violence were nonetheless swept away and were consumed by it, only to the ultimate detriment of the secure social elite and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monarchy</span></a>.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@ianbassin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ianbassin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@gtconway3/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gtconway3</span></a></span></p>
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