(04-11-2023 08:04 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(04-11-2023 07:42 AM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  

(04-10-2023 08:46 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(04-10-2023 02:44 PM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  

(04-10-2023 02:32 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  "It seems swampy" is an allegation. You are clearly implying improper conduct. What else would that mean? And if you aren't implying improper conduct, then what is the point of this conversation?

(..."have a history of not reporting things they were supposed to"... is more than an implication, it's an accusation, btw.)

Of course it is. I think I read that and if I was vociferous in this accusation of course I would be responsible for backing it up. I, however, made it clear that it was something that I THOUGHT I read... something about Ginni Thomas not reporting a salary? Do you want me to google it?

Not really. I assumed you had a reason for bringing it up, is all.

A pattern of nonreporting?

https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-xpm-...story.html

If you read the article, that law isn't enforced and Thomas isn't the only judge to ignore it.

I did read the article.

"Federal judges are bound by law to disclose the source of spousal income, according to Stephen Gillers, a professor at NYU School of Law. Thomas’ omission — which could be interpreted as a violation of that law — could lead to some form of penalty, Gillers said.

“It wasn’t a miscalculation; he simply omitted his wife’s source of income for six years, which is a rather dramatic omission,” Gillers said. “It could not have been an oversight.”

But Steven Lubet, an expert on judicial ethics at Northwestern University School of Law, said such an infraction was unlikely to result in a penalty. Although unfamiliar with the complaint about Thomas’ forms, Lubet said failure to disclose spousal income “is not a crime of any sort, but there is a potential civil penalty” for failing to follow the rules. He added: “I am not aware of a single case of a judge being penalized simply for this.”

Is the bolded what you meant by the law isn't enforced?

Where did you see that Thomas isn't the only judge to ignore the law?

Whaddaboutism aside... a pattern of nonreporting?
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"I am not aware of a single case of a judge being penalized..." implies other judges do it.

I engage in a pattern of exceeding the speed limit.

Still not sure of your point, beyond siding with Propublica and AOC.