By now you’ve heard about the three newest justices who lied under oath to Congress when they were vetted. You’ve heard about Clarence Thomas and his hiding of millions of dollars of gifts from a GOP billionaire without reporting it. You know that his wife, Ginni, was paid by this same billionaire for her non-profit work. You may know that Chief Justice Roberts wife has made money off the Supreme Court by referring lawyers that she recruits for case arguing before the “high” court. We hope all tax records and previous court case decisions are investigated. But the real problem is “what can the Department of Justice do if the investigation proves blatant bias on the part of any justice?” If the DOJ cannot act with what they have now what could they do if they find more corruption? Clearly the three branches of government are not equal. The Executive and Legislative branches have safeguards in place to some extent to control “going off the rails” but SCOTUS has no oversight. We suggest that the DOJ, backed by the White House and Congress terminate ANY justice who breaks their code of ethics or any tax law or shows any bias without recusing himself or herself. If the Founding Fathers truly wanted separate but equal branches these branches need to police each other. Failing that, SCOTUS is the ultimate authority on every issue and cannot be challenged. We’ve already seen what that attitude produces (e.g. abortion).
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