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Associate Supreme Court Justice annual salary: $285,400
So if he turns it down, he either really likes being a judge (he doesn't act like it) or he's got a financial incentive beyond his salary to stay.
And I'm guessing he'll turn it down.
We're stuck with him till 2034 at least, he had this to say following his confirmation:
"The liberals made my life miserable for 43 years," a former clerk renmembered Thomas who was 43 years old when confirmed saying, according to The New York Times. "And I'm going to make their lives miserable for 43 years."
Yes, but he also lies all the time, so I wouldn't exactly take than on face value.
I wonder what ways he thinks liberals made his life miserable. Honestly sounds like this idiot doesn’t even know what the word ‘liberal’ means.
He didn't like people thinking he got into law school etc because he was black. He fervently hates affirmative action.
He hates it because he's literally one of the people whom affirmative action helped put him in a position he is totally unqualified for (Supreme Court Justice).
His evidence that it is bad and doesn't work is... himself.
What was that thing about conservatives and projection.... Oh yeah: "It's always projection."
What's funny is the only people who think he got in that way are conservatives lol.
Maybe initially only conservatives thought that, but as a not-conservative I've got to admit that the way he's been acting is making a more and more compelling case for it.
I dunno. Oliver has guaranteed him a cool $1mil per year, until either Thomas or John dies (out of his own pocket no less!!), AND thrown in a brand new, top of the line Prevost Marathon motor coach.
It's a mouth-watering deal.
Which he will turn down. If you watch the episode you'll see all the perks he enjoys from being who he is. Which of course he'd stop being invited to, if he retired from the position.
True (and I watched the episode), but it doesn't take away from the fact it is a sweet deal. I bet you Thomas considers it, even if he chooses not to take it.
It was scary seeing the stark difference between when he was begging his legislative colleagues that they need to raise their pay and his more recent interviews about how they are paid.
It's clear as day that even though he isn't getting paid more, he's getting paid plenty.
The funny thing was that I almost couldn't get a security clearance because I had so much debt in my early career days. The fact that there is zero oversight over the Supreme Court is just baffling.
Third option: he turns it down because he likes STIGGINIT too much.
What's funny is, NPR did an interview with a guy who wrote a book on Thomas, and one of the things he points out is how much Thomas hates affirmative action because of a deep-seated insecurity about his own accomplishments.
Which becomes the ultimate irony: the only reason Thomas is on SCOTUS is because Republicans wanted a black man to replace Thurgood Marshall, but without all the pesky "morals" and "ethics." In other words, he obtained the pinnacle of his career... Because of his skin color.
No wonder he hates himself.
I truly believe Uncle Ruckus from The Boondocks is the best portrayal of Thomas anyone has done.
Even if he decided it was a good deal, if he cares about the legacy of his past decisions at least seeming legitimate, he has to turn it down. We all know he’s for sale, but he loses deniability if he straight up sells out.
if he was concerned with anything he's done seeming legitimate, He probably wouldnt have taken all the bribes and shit that we know of thus far.
We don’t deserve John Oliver. He is too good and pure.
I'm convinced that Stewart retired cause Oliver stole the source of his power when he left TDS to go to HBO.
I’d agree but. Stewart had a much harder job multiple days of the week imo. Oliver gets a week to really write gold. So Stewart still goated imo. Or his writing team was lol
I'm just annoyed HBOMax is now delaying pushing John Oliver's segments to YouTube but I guess it was inevitable...
Ah that's why it didn't show up yet. Enshittyfication.
I’m stealing this joke from someone I saw on bluesky or Masto (I forget), but:
Why would he take a pay cut?
Thomas is just going to use this to negotiate better pay from his existing benefactors...
That is fine too. Better be more expensive for them.
However, I'm rather inclined to suspect that they have enough "blackmail" over the course of his life's proclivity (including some before he even became a judge) hence money is probably not going to sway him that much.
The hero we want and need. Bless you John Oliver!
Just fundraise like 100 mil to get trump out of the race. Totally worth it and hes gonna take it with both hands.
He'd take the money and stay in the race
Yeah. He'd just fight the suit in court for years. And then when ordered to repay her could and have lived off they interest if they didn't somehow seize it into escrow.
This is very interesting. With all the crowd funding methods, would it be theoretically possible to put something like this together? Granted, the person has to accept, but imagine being able to pay a politician to just disappear.
If it were to actually happen, it'll just open up a trend of people joining politics and being major asswipes with the sole intention that people buy them out
You speak as if this isn't already happening. Rich corporations hire former US reps and regulators to be "lobbyists" for huge paychecks, but they aren't really asked to do anything--the real job happens before the big paycheck while the rep is still in office greasing the wheels, knowing retirement will be easy street.
Meanwhile scoundrels at every level are being loud public fuckheads so they can make a big name and sell books, or merch. They're getting paid too.
And these aren't even the real monsters. The real monsters are the ones who aren't doing it for money but for more political power.
Honestly, we should be so lucky as to have a way to buy the political fortunes of these pieces of shit before they have any political influence.
Even if this did top his current bribes, I can't seem him walking away from the power.
I didn't realize the show was back. Outstanding work. The Trump-packed courts are the reason I don't think the USA can be fixed during my lifetime and will only get worse.
Trump had nothing to do with Clarance Thomas, he's been in since the 90s
Trump put 3 of his own on it tho.
I saw this last night! ROFL! John Oliver kept asking how it was legal for him to make the offer! lol. I kinda hope Justice Thomas takes the offer.
Contracts can do pretty much anything legal. This is offering money to not work and penalties for this round be repayment. So there isn't a lot of risk involved at long as someone doesn't try to screw to receiver through bad contractual language.
John was aiming more for the "I can bribe a SCOTUS judge to quit the court and not get into trouble???" part of it.
I’ll be surprised if he doesn’t take it.
Are you joking?
Cool, but the Republicans would just block any appointments until after the election, like they did with Garland.
Only the Senate gets to block appointments like that, and Democrats control the Senate.