GOP Judiciary Committee members stormed out of a committee meeting after Democrats tried to hold a vote to subpoena wealthy judicial influence-buyers.
  • @PM_Your_Nudes_Please
    171•1 year ago

    TL:DR Republicans got subpoenaed as part of an investigation, to determine who is funding conservative SCOTUS members. The suspicion is that lawmakers have been lining SCOTUS members’ pockets to protect their bills. Republicans are screaming and crying, because they don’t want to be forced to actually give up that info.

    • @SanctusEnglish
      102•1 year ago

      Why are they mad? I’m convinced Republicans could consume a child on national television and their constituents would find a way to blame it on the Democrats.

    • Deceptichum
      16•1 year ago

      Okay, so say they discover who’s giving who money.

      Than what?

      Is it illegal? Will these rich donors be arrested over it?

      Will anything actually happen or is this just performative.

      • chaogomu
        33•1 year ago

        It would be bribery, and yes, quite a few people could theoretically go to prison, including conservatives on the supreme court.

        Also, senators and representatives as well.

        If this is big enough, it could mean a massive blow to republicans, and the dismantling of their conservative movement funding.

        Now, all of that happening is an almost impossible ask, so don’t get your hopes up.

        Still, just the possibility of it has the repubs scared shitless.

      • ElleChaise
        11•1 year ago

        I get the feeling they’re in two camps. Some rich and powerful people are true believers; others are performers. Why can’t there ever be a person who actually wants to be “tough on crime” when it comes to white collar crimes and politics? It’s almost as if the entire thing is designed to keep people where they are forever, rich and poor.

    • Sabata11792
      10•1 year ago

      You can’t take away our bribes! Our corpo owners won’t pay our salary now.

  • @Ensign_CrabEnglish
    61•1 year ago

    Republicans are so angry because they expected Democrats to bind themselves to rules that Republicans get to ignore without consequence.

    Since Democrats simply let Republican fuckery slide, it’s nice that they’re at least taking advantage of fuckery being acceptable instead of being straitjacketed by their own self-imposed devotion to decorum over progress.

    For once.

  • Billiam
    40•1 year ago

    One of the doucheknobs from Texas, Cornyn, whas whining yesterday about terrible it would be for Congress to subpoena “private individuals.”

    Like, yes, you performative asshat, everyone who doesn’t work in government is, by definition, a private individual.