Oyez Oyez Oyez
There was just another conversation on the teevee, a chat between the host and a member of the House or Senate, about the stinky miasma emanating from the Clarence/Ginni Thomas scandal. Much opining about how this could damage the reputation of the highest court and erode confidence in its function. Noted: the clear absence of the adjective further, as in "further" damage and "further" erode.
For many of us the decline in SCOTUS' credibility exploded onto the scene in 2000, and it's been seriously downhill since, starting but not stopping with Citizens United. Following Roberts' appointment, the addition of Alito was bad enough, but the later opportunity to add insult to injury proved irresistible and Gorsuch got stirred in, with Kavanaugh and Barrett joining Roberts in the "Let's Help W Get Appointed Club."
If this trend of judicial impunity continues, there will soon be nothing left to either respect or believe in.
Require recusal, SCOTUS, or just go home.
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