• @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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    He did note, however, that senators on the committee have issued subpoenas for some of the “sugar daddies” — referring to the wealthy conservative donors who have plied the justices with gifts.

    Not good enough. Do that as well, but that by itself is simply not good enough.

    • FuglyDuck
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      3413 days ago

      DOJ special prosecutor, with a complete task force of IRS, FBI, and every other major alphabet soup agency in there. Hell, even the Postal Investigators get a crack. (what? postal investigators have brought down more mobsters than the IRS.)

      • Irremarkable
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        USPIS, the United States Postal Inspection Service. They’ve got something like a 98% conviction rate if it goes to trial. You do not fuck with the mail cops.

        • FuglyDuck
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          1713 days ago

          It’s unfortunate that it’s hard to imagine Clarence Thomas doing a little mail fraud.

          Then again, he strikes me as a cheap bastard, so it’s pretty easy to imagine him cheating on postage.

          • @LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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            They can make federal arrests on people sending anything illegal in the mail I believe. So if an illegal bribe was sent to him via the USPS, they might have jurisdiction to make an arrest without a warrant or subpoena anyone needed. They are a federal law enforcement agency, older than most. Don’t think the FBI were around when they became, and the secret service definitely weren’t.

            • FuglyDuck
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              813 days ago

              If you use the mail service for any kind of crime at all, it’s their bailiwick.

              Which is why they got most the monsters they did- sending checks in the mail for rico, running whatever scams were common “back then”, and that goes a fairly long way back… as you said.

              They also have some interesting caveats on warrant law that makes it absurdly easy for them to drum up a useful reason to search your place

            • @barsquid@lemmy.world
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              I report it as mail fraud whenever someone sends me any sort of “SeCoNd NoTiCe” without any existing business relationship with me. I like to think they get got.

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    People need to call for court stacking until it happens. You’ve gotta dilute these Federalist Society nutjobs.

    25-30 justices would do the job. Same as the next lowest court. Cycle them out to other federal positions, staggering it so each admin gets a few appointments. Done. No more theocratic majority.