The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Monday April 10th, 2023
A Matter of Personal Hospitality: Buying the US Supreme Court by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
What is going to be done with Clarence Thomas, that darling reactionary among reactionaries on the US Supreme Court? Evidently, the justice seems to assume that being bribed, paid off or bought by a billionaire over the course of 20 years is a perfectly appropriate practice, reconcilable with the role of his office in handing down judgments affecting the lives of millions.
A ProPublica investigation has found that the Supreme Court justice received gifts fromthe billionaire real estate magnate and Republican donor Harlan Crow for two decades. It opens with a description of one of those gifts: flying on a Bombardier Global 5000 jet to Indonesia, wife Virginia “Ginni” Thomas in tow; nine days of island hopping across the archipelago on a fully staffed superyacht – all for the splendid value of $500,000.
As the investigation points out, the failure to disclose such travel and resort stints would seem to violate the post-Watergate law requiring justices, judges, members of Congress and federal officials to disclose most gifts. For Crow, as outlined in a statement, this was all a case of extended “hospitality”, something which Thomas had never sought. It was “no different from the hospitality we have extended to our many other dear friends.” That’s influence for you.
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The Second Beatitude #poem by George Cassidy Payne
“My mind is rustling
leaves, sound shadows
and deadening echoes.”
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Ant-Biotics #13 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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