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Clarence Thomas Should Be Investigated For Nondisclosure, Democratic Lawmakers Say

source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/29/democratic-lawmakers-call-for-investiation-into-cla...

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WASHINGTON -- Democratic lawmakers on Thursday called for a federal investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' failure to report hundreds of thousands of dollars on annual financial disclosure forms.

Led by House Rules Committee ranking member Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.), 20 House Democrats sent a letter to the Judicial Conference of the United States -- the entity that frames guidelines for the administration of federal courts -- requesting that the conference refer the matter of Thomas' non-compliance with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to the Department of Justice.

The letter outlines how, throughout his 20-year tenure on the Supreme Court, Thomas routinely checked a box titled "none" on his annual financial disclosure forms, indicating that his wife had received no income. But in reality, the letter states, she earned nearly $700,000 from the Heritage Foundation from 2003 to 2007 alone.

Slaughter called it "absurd" to suggest that Thomas may not have known how to fill out the forms.


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95 comments // Clarence Thomas Should Be Investigated For Nondisclosure, Democratic Lawmakers Say

  • SAINTJULE
    • +3
      SAINTJULE  

    • Hey; I'm a supreme court judge, not some poor black guy. And every one knows like Leona Helmsly says: "only the poor pay taxes.". Besides it's just 700,000 bucks, just chump change.

    • 8 months ago
  • Buckeye_Bill
    • +2
      Buckeye_Bill  

    • Uploaded by chrisbutkovich on Sep 12, 2007

      Eddie performed 2 songs following the World Premiere screening of the documentary 'Body of War' at the Toronto International Film Festival. Here is 'Here's to the State of George W".

      All I got.

    • 8 months ago
  • dworrier
    • +3
      dworrier  

    • Clarence Thomas can't have it both ways. He can't even have it one way.

      By not remembering to file his wife's income is either gross inept negligence, which should render him as too incompetent to be a SCJ, or if he didn't file it on purpose makes him a criminal. Let alone the whole conflict of interest thing because of his wife's involvement in the obstruction of universal health care.

      By the way don't the American people pay for he and his wife's health insurance?.

      He has got to go.

    • 8 months ago
  • dinm76
    • +3
      dinm76  

    • It's long past time for a new (Weatherman) group to start up in this country.
      If it bleeds it leads...well...so be it!

    • 8 months ago
  • nanac
    • +6
      nanac  

    • Clarence Thomas feels that he is bigger than the law. No one is holding him accountable for his obvious crimes. He and his wife should be charged for knowingly withholding information with the intent to the defraud the Government..

    • 8 months ago
  • Milieu
    • +5
      Milieu  

    • If I Only Had a Brain

      I could while away the hours, conferrin' with the flowers
      Consultin' with the rain.
      And my head I'd be scratchin' while
      my thoughts were busy hatchin'
      If I only had a brain.
      I'd unravel every riddle for any individ'le,
      In trouble or in pain.
      With the thoughts you'll be thinkin'
      you could be another Lincoln
      If you only had a brain.
      Oh, I could tell you why The ocean's near the shore.
      I could think of things I never thunk before.
      And then I'd sit, and think some more.
      I would not be just a nothin' my head all full of stuffin'
      My heart all full of pain.
      I would dance and be merry, life would be a ding-a-derry,
      If I only had a brain.

    • 8 months ago
  • PIANORAMA
    • +6
      PIANORAMA  

    • Tell a small lie and no one will ever again believe a word you say. Tell a big lie and they'll vote you into office - such as judge on the Supreme Court. Commit a small crime and you go to jail. Commit a big crime and you'll get a bonus and live like a king.

    • 8 months ago
  • cmc101
  • letsliveinpeace
  • Imzadi
  • letsliveinpeace
  • GRC54
    • +7
      GRC54  

    • Isn't it a criminal act to leave out any money you or your tea bag witch gets from reporting it on the financial form?
      Why isn't this boob not wearing a bright orange jump suit?

    • 8 months ago
  • ThirdSection
  • Imzadi
  • bike10
  • letsliveinpeace
    • +8
      letsliveinpeace  

    • Yes! Clarence Thomas Should Be Investigated, but are they going to do it, I don't think so. He should be impeached, and his wife should do some jail time for tea bagging. Correction both should do time in prison, $700,000.

    • 8 months ago
  • jackshin
  • letsliveinpeace
    • +4
      letsliveinpeace  
    • jackshin:

      Oh don't get me started on Mr. Holder, he hasn't done his Job on anything. Right they have no balls.

      Slaughter, 19 Colleagues, Call for Investigation into Justice Thomas's Non-Disclosure
      Under Law, Judicial Conference Must Refer Issue to US Attorney General

      WASHINGTON -- Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, together with 19 Members of Congress, today sent a letter to the Judicial Conference, requesting that the Conference follow the law and refer the matter of Justice Clarence Thomas's non-compliance with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to the Department of Justice. Throughout his entire tenure on the Supreme Court, Justice Thomas has checked a box titled "none" on his annual financial disclosure forms, indicating that his wife had received no income, despite the fact that his wife had in fact earned nearly $700,000 from the Heritage Foundation from 2003-2007 alone.

      Slaughter said, "To believe that Justice Thomas didn't know how to fill out a basic disclosure form is absurd. It is reasonable, in every sense of the word, to believe that a member of the highest court in the land should know how to properly disclose almost $700,000 worth of income. To not be able to do so is suspicious, and according to law, requires further investigation. To accept Justice Thomas's explanation without doing the required due diligence would be irresponsible."

      Section 104(b) of the Ethics in Government Act requires the Judicial Conference to refer to the Attorney General of the United States any judge who the Conference "has reasonable cause to believe has willfully failed to file a report or has willfully falsified or willfully failed to file information required to be reported."

      If the Judicial Conference finds reasonable cause to believe that Justice Thomas has "willfully falsified or willfully failed to file information to be reported," it must, pursuant to §104, refer the case to the Attorney General for further determination of possible criminal or civil legal sanctions.

      Throughout his entire tenure on the Supreme Court, Justice Thomas checked a box titled "none" on his annual financial disclosure forms, indicating that his wife had received no income, despite the fact that his wife had in fact earned nearly $700,000 from the Heritage Foundation from 2003-2007 alone. The Heritage Foundation was a prominent opponent of the Affordable Care Act, an issue that is expected to be considered by the Supreme Court in the near future.

      Slaughter said, "The Attorney General would be the appropriate person to investigate the issue of non-disclosure, and that is why my colleagues and I are making this request today. I cannot determine guilt or innocence, but I can request that the government do our due diligence in investigating a situation that strikes me, and many other Members of Congress, as suspicious."

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Y5dRHfT-TGQ

    • 8 months ago
  • ThirdSection
  • dcrog
    • -12
      dcrog  

    • Wow, a black man who does not jump on the Liberal Plantation sure draws a lot of fire. The hate directed towards Justice Thomas originates from the insane thought that he should be prevented from being the tie breaking vote to repeal Obamacare!

    • 8 months ago
  • ThirdSection
  • WakeUpPeople
  • dcrog
    • -3
      dcrog  
    • WakeUpPeople:

      Oh, so now you have the right to judge someone else's character. How pompous, but that certainly does seem to be the way of so many Leftists. I know I hit a nerve with that proir post, but the point was, if any of you trolls would be honest with yourselves, you know I spoke the truth. If Obama's healthcare scam was not headed for the Supreme Court and sure to be eliminated, there would be none of this fained indignance over the "character" of Justice Thomas.

    • 8 months ago
  • WakeUpPeople
    • +3
      WakeUpPeople  
    • dcrog:

      False. Just plain false. Just because you think that way doesn't mean everyone thinks that way.

      We all have the right to judge someone's character based on their actions. In fact, I have some opinions about you now.

    • 8 months ago
  • faye59
    • +11
      faye59  

    • Anita Hill was right.Obama was right about Alito ,too.These two should be impeached for their disregard for the rules.

    • 8 months ago
  • rgrisham
  • Kelly_Balthrop
  • faye59
  • VoyagerFilms
  • grammabet
  • dcrog
  • faye59
  • cmc101
  • dcrog
    • 0
      dcrog  
    • faye59:

      I realize that's your opinion, and that's okay. That being said, I fail to see how those two have any "creds", but at the same time, Leftists claim Justice Thomas has none?!?! I fail to see the logic. Well, as with most positions held by those on the left, I fail to see the logic because I think with my head and I don't wear my emotions on my sleve! :)

    • 8 months ago
  • HarukoHaruhara
  • Prijedor
  • HarukoHaruhara
  • dcrog
    • -8
      dcrog  
    • Prijedor:

      We can only hope that he is the tie breaking opinion to cut that worthless bill off the ass of the nation like the cancerous growth that anyone with even half of a functioning brain already realizes!

    • 8 months ago
  • SFirman
  • joeredford
    • +6
      joeredford [removed]  
    • dcrog:

      The only cancerous growth on this nation is the illiterate mob of racists and homophobes called the teabaggers, which we will surgically removed in November of 2012. No biopsy necessary, we will just cut them out and send them off to scientists to be studied to understand the aberrant peculiarities of a diseased breed of people. Most likely a mutated side effect of expoloding atomic bombs in the desert.

    • 8 months ago
  • nanac
  • faye59
  • cmc101
  • dcrog
  • chew_chew
    • +8
      chew_chew  

    • "Slaughter called it "absurd" to suggest that Thomas may not have known how to fill out the forms."

      If he *did* know how to fill out the forms, he is a thief and a liar and should be gone. If he *did not* know how to fill out the forms, he is far too uneducated for a judge (on any court), and and should be gone. Either way, he has proved he has no business being on the SCOTUS.

    • 8 months ago
  • WagonMaster
  • kgMA
    • +9
      kgMA  
    • WagonMaster:

      Yes! Impeach him if he is guilty! And then put his ass in jail and throw away the keys! These men and women on the SC, as well as our political figures, are positioned to represent honesty and fairness in our justice system in America! Perhaps jail time is to good for these crooks? A few Public Executions I feel would have better results!

    • 8 months ago
  • dcrog
    • -10
      dcrog  
    • WagonMaster:

      Yeah, turn the Supreme Court over to the Marxists and let's suspend the vote in 2012, and let's ammend the Constitution so the Marxists can implement their dreams without interference. Yeah, yeah, that's the ticket.

    • 8 months ago
  • Buckeye_Bill
    • +5
      Buckeye_Bill  
    • dcrog:

      Would you like to know who had the most influence on the SCOTUS that will be "visited" upon us for decades...since Chief Justice Roberts is sooo young?

      George Walker Bush.

      Gee, thanks George.

    • 8 months ago
  • WagonMaster
    • +8
      WagonMaster  
    • dcrog:

      Blah..blah.blah..Marxist,,blah..blah..blah..Liberal..blah..blah..blah..Socialist Agenda... You NeoCon Tea Klux Klanners need to have a real cold drink of shut the hell up and leave the thinking to the adults. Go back to the Aryan Nations web site and spew there.

    • 8 months ago
  • dcrog
    • -6
      dcrog  
    • WagonMaster:

      I guess that means you believe Current is dedicated to that twisted emotion-based "feeling" process that is so common amungst the Left; you know, refusal to pay attention to facts, feel before you act, throw what's left of the brain cells out the window kind of thinking? I'm not in the "Tea Party", I'm not a neo-con, and I 'aint never been a member of that there KKK. If memory serves me right, that organizaiton has consistently been mostly white democrats.

    • 8 months ago
  • WagonMaster
    • +3
      WagonMaster  
    • dcrog:

      Thank you for your input, however no one really cares what you think or what you say. You're just another white spot on the bottom of a very large bird cage. And by the way, the Pillsbury Doughboy is pissed at you for using his picture...or is it the StayPuf Marshmallow Man. Whatever.

    • 8 months ago
  • dcrog
    • -5
      dcrog  
    • WagonMaster:

      LMAO. It never ceases to amaze me, when a Leftist is confused by something, they respond like they did when they were in 1st grade. It never fails, it's as easy to predict as taking the morning dump. Has this guy ever said anything that makes sense? I doubt it.

    • 8 months ago
  • WakeUpPeople
  • faye59
  • dcrog
  • dcrog
  • WakeUpPeople
  • faye59
    • +8
      faye59  
    • dcrog:

      I'll start with Citizens United and Wal Mart and then I'll say that the redistricting that they okayed in Texas for the elections are clearly discriminatory. Can you name one where they favored regular people? I can't.

    • 8 months ago
  • Imzadi
  • dcrog
    • -8
      dcrog  
    • faye59:

      But wait!!! You have just cited decisions here, you offered nothing objective, you are still expressing your unfounded opinon. Thinking people realize that "progressives" are not on the side of the evil and greedy coporations. You know what they say, "one man's trash is another man's treasure. The responsible way to post is use common sense and facts to support an opinon, not empty opinons; that's how debate happens. Rather than simply spewing tired old Marxist war against the machine rhetoric, let's try sticking with facts.

    • 8 months ago
  • WakeUpPeople
  • faye59
    • +7
      faye59  
    • dcrog:

      I'm allowed opinions aren't I. You offer only rhetoric and party line goop. I'm still waiting for a decision from this court that helped regular people..

    • 8 months ago
  • Buckeye_Bill
    • +7
      Buckeye_Bill  
    • dcrog:

      dcrog: You know what they say, "one man's trash is another man's treasure."

      Me: You know what they say, "Dog poop is the same to anyone who can see and smell."

      dcrog: Rather than simply spewing tired old Marxist war against the machine rhetoric, let's try sticking with facts.

      Me: Is EVERYONE a Marxist in your eyes if they don't agree with you?

      Would it be too much to ask you to sing a song? I know the words to it, too. But for those who don't know them, there's lyrics to go with this JBS song.

    • 8 months ago
  • Buckeye_Bill
    • +5
      Buckeye_Bill  
    • Image
    • faye59:

      Hey, faye....you didn't get back to me last night...er, early this past morning about the Koch Brother Sucker Squad and their "family history".

      Did you "sleep" on it?

      Let me know.....and speaking of justice not being "served"....

    • 8 months ago
  • faye59
    • +4
      faye59  
    • Buckeye_Bill:

      Yes, I answered you last night. I am appalled and surprised. i had heard about the John Birch society when Rachel did her show onCPAC having them as part of their conference, but the nazi stuff is mind boggling.

    • 8 months ago
  • Buckeye_Bill
  • Buckeye_Bill
    • +3
      Buckeye_Bill  
    • faye59:

      I'm baaack. Got it!

      So, did those three videos offer any new info you hadn't known prior?

      It's very chilling to know that very few people know ANYTHING about those two...and I'll wager, if I were a wagering man, that the Kochs have their "grip" on the Conned-servative Judges, too!

      Like Clarence Thomas!

      Dollars to doughnuts!

    • 8 months ago
  • ClassicalGas
  • faye59
  • Buckeye_Bill
    • +2
      Buckeye_Bill  
    • Image
    • faye59:

      "Koch Industries is the child of the violence of Buchenwald, widely regarded as one of wartime Germany’s most notorious “death camps”.

      Information connecting Ilse and Koch Industries is hard to find but is a string of fragments, pieces of information that connects the American and German Kochs and this connection gives us a clear image of the sentiment behind the Tea Party and conservative American politics since the 1950s. Where is the connection between the German Koch’s and Fred Koch? Besides evidence the American Koch was related to Ilse’s family, Erich Koch (a high level Nazi official in charge of Prussia) invites Fred Koch to sell his oil in Nazi Germany when he is banned from doing business in the US. After the fall of Nazi Germany, Erich Koch and Fred expand the oil empire to the Soviet Union. Erich Koch had been in charge of Prussia for Hitler so his ties to the Soviet Union ran deep. A few years later the Soviets took Fred Koch’s oil and prosecuted Erich for war crimes – Fred Koch returned to the US, became anti-communist, and was allowed to do business in the States again.

      American Fred Koch, and through association the Kochs from Germany, establish the John Birch Society in the 1950s in NY, which becomes the policy center for American conservatives. The society was built on Fred Koch’s oil money in the 1950s and can be thought of as the center of neo-conservative politics as well as the Tea Party movement. The ideologies of each are not the same – but the Tea Party fits into the neo-conservative put for colonial corporate police state as a sort of consumer citizen of the neo-conservative strategy mad as hell at the government and the legacy of liberalism, postmodernism, multiculturalism, taxes….etc.
      http://unknownjournal.wordpress.com/2010/10/06/%E2%96%BC-report-the-kochs-their-...

      Source: http://soleranotes.blogspot.com/2011/02/koch-brothers-more-references.html

      I hope this helps your "search" in the historical past of the Koch clan.

      Google is not just the only reference material I use to gather information. But it's a fine "tool" and is getting better daily!

      }8^)

    • 8 months ago
  • cmc101
  • Buckeye_Bill
    • +9
      Buckeye_Bill  
    • Image

    • What's that song Jiminy Cricket sings?

      Oh yeah, "When You Wish Upon A Star".

      I can't believe that we have nine people that have such a dictatorial position for life that can have such sway over our lives. No man or woman should have that much power and authority. Talk about absolute power corrupting....this idea of SCOTUS members having tenure for life should be revisited and changed.

      For OUR own good!

      +^d

      }8^)

    • 8 months ago
  • bailey78
  • Buckeye_Bill
  • kgMA
  • Buckeye_Bill
  • bailey78
  • grammabet
  • dcrog
    • -5
      dcrog  
    • Buckeye_Bill:

      I notice that the 4 Marxists are not wearing a hammer and sickle. It appears that the Constitutionalists are all sporting logos of what they believe in, American Captitalism at it's best.

    • 8 months ago
  • Buckeye_Bill
    • +3
      Buckeye_Bill  
    • dcrog:

      LOL...you're funny! The Marx Brothers sure were funny, too!

      Like their movie, "Monkey Business"....

      Which is what you're doing by inferring the "liberal" part of the SCOTUS are Commies.

      I think you just "told" on yourself!

      You're a John Bircher, aren't you? ALWAYS seeing commies...under beds, behind trees, around corners, following JBS members everywhere they go!!!

      Look out! The Commie Marxist commies are like a shadow to Conned-servatives. Always right behind them....unless it's night time.

    • 8 months ago
  • kgMA
  • Buckeye_Bill
  • Joeydee44
  • faye59
  • Leen61
    • +11
      Leen61  

    • This is what Anthony Weiner was on the verge of doing and then, damn, that stupid sex scandal. At least it sounds like getting to this Thomas is still alive and well. I don't care who investigates him, just do it! Getting rid of this jerk is long overdue.

    • 8 months ago
  • faye59
  • Leen61
  • SFirman
  • Leen61
  • Progresshiv
  • dcrog
  • Progresshiv
  • cmc101
  • Progresshiv
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