Billionaire human trafficking scandal and workers stripped of their rights: What’s the connection? Follow Clarence Thomas’ luxury vacations.
Appeals Court Lets Trump Remove Another Democrat From Independent Agency. The ruling cited a Supreme Court decision in May that allowed President Trump to sideline Democratic appointees from several other nonpartisan agencies. - NY Times
How John Roberts Created the Anti-constitutional Monster Devouring Washington. From ushering in Citizens United to granting presidents broad immunity, no one in the capital is more responsible for Donald Trump’s destructive second term than the Supreme Court’s chief justice. - Vanity Fair
Harlan Crow Has a Stake in Four SCOTUS Cases — and Clarence Thomas Hasn’t Recused - TruthOut
Clarence Thomas Scandal Much Worse: Brother of Billionaire Patron Sued in Human Trafficking Scandal - ShowBiz
Clarence Thomas: Here Are All The Ethics Scandals - Forbes
How have billionaires rigged the justice system? How are workers stripped of their rights so they can be exploited further? Track how John Roberts Court has politicized justice for Trump and billionaires with this relationship map.
Workers stripped of their rights by Trump packed courts
A federal appeals court cleared the way on Thursday for President Trump to remove a Democratic member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, sidelining her while the White House fights a ruling by a lower court that had reinstated her to the position.
The ruling, affecting Susan Tsui Grundmann, echoed those of several other cases in which courts have supported the president in clearing out individuals appointed by former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. from institutions that conduct oversight of the government and represent the interests of federal workers.
In a brief order, the three-judge panel concluded that the Supreme Court’s ruling in May, which involved people serving in similar positions on the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board, offered a clear precedent. - NY Times
Alleged human-trafficking ring
In federal court documents filed in California, Dallas real estate heir and investor Trammell Crow Jr. is accused by two women of financially supporting and participating in an alleged human-trafficking ring that victimized them over the course of 12 years.
Julia Hubbard and Kayla Goedinghaus filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against dozens of individuals and businesses, including Crow and even a Texas Ranger sergeant named Cody Mitchell.
In their sworn complaint, Hubbard and Goedinghaus assert that a man named Richard Hubbard ran a human-trafficking operation allegedly “with the essential financial assistance and influence” of billionaire Crow.
The two women allege that under the direction of Richard Hubbard, a psychologist, Dr. Benjamin Todd Eller, falsely claimed that they were “seriously psychiatrically troubled” in order to secure heavy dose prescriptions of “Xanax, Adderall, Oxycodone, Marinol, Soma, Lorazepam, Ambien, and Trazadone.”
These drugs were then allegedly used to control the women, and if they refused to participate in various sex acts were withheld or threatened to be withheld, causing the two to fear for their lives. - The Dallas Express (excerpts)
Conflicted Ginni and Clarence Thomas
"Ginni Thomas has drawn outrage among liberals for public political commentary on her “Ginni Thomas” Facebook page. Her comments there celebrated Trump’s supporters who assembled in D.C. on Jan. 6, hundreds of whom stormed the Capitol, resulting in the deaths of five people. Thomas encouraged her Facebook followers to watch the day’s events unfold on conservative news media, writing, “LOVE MAGA people!!!!” - Washington Post
TakeAway: Restore honor to the Supreme Court. Impeach conflicted justices.
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