Supreme Court Ethics: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) 

This is why I love love this man! Endless humor and balls! Bravo Mr. Oliver👏👏

Nah Thomas is loving this. He's already established he possesses neither integrity nor shame. All John's done from his perspective is up the ante his billionaire 'friends' need to 'gift' to >$1,000,000/year + motorcoach gravy. The brilliance of this move by John was never anything to do with Thomas, it's bringing our attention to Supreme Court corruption in the most ostentatious way possible by publicly offering actual bribery and in doing so pointing out that it is totally legal. If we want that to change we're going to need to stuff the court with justices that will rule in favor of legislation that imposes actual oversight, or somehow get 3/4 of the states to agree to a constitutional amendment that forces it on them.

With a nice chassis too

​@@NoVerges would you mind telling why and pointing examples?

@@NoVerges No one here believes you, troll.

Come on mate, can't friends be just friends and give you a 500.000€ vacation for free. I mean isn't that what friends are for?

hmmm. answer is: Clarence is clearly a man whose ethics are ..... damning to him. And he has been bribed, with eyes wide open.

If you think thats bad, you might not want to look at the president

thats an assumption, media evidence isnt considered in court of trial, looking to do business, is a charge u have to prove to assume that sentence

There are a few factors: 1. Your company determines the amount. I for example could go to any lavish dinner, but couldn't accept a gift from a single person/family valued at more than 30 dollars, however if 3 or more students decide to give me a gift, there are no limits. 2. Is your reputation and level of work. If you are a mechanic, you should know a Japanese dude that remodels luxury cars so that they get a unique look, he literally gets flown all over the world and housed at top hotels. 3. You are acting like power, achievements, knowledge and experience should mean nothing, but it does. If you decide to speak with a recent graduate of a business school, looking for a job, and Warren Buffet or Elon Musk, it is obvious who'd receive the royal treatment

That's closer to the truth than any one wants to admit

When Democrats regain the House, they need to subpoena every one of those bribing billionaires. And if they refuse to testify, have a AG in there that will press charges. Put Leo and Crow in the pokey until they decide to testify.

Right. The fact that it’s SO hard to prove or argue in a higher court, and that most people don’t experience let alone report or appeal anywhere near Thomas’s level of impropriety… this should be a slam dunk. But who can you complain to?! The jan6th Ginny texts take it to a whole new level. I think he should retire with some dignity before the election. If Biden doesn’t win it’ll ensure that the left gets a seat and help him gain some redemption. Thomas will still have immense value in the private sector as his influence will continue considerably. But he knows that superior court judges aren’t held to a standard by the states judicial commissions unless they piss off a higher up or get caught on video lolol wtf. Bad judges are villains

No holes in this reporting is quite a bold statement considering they left out the part that mentioned the Clinton's, Pelosi's, and Epstein along with many other powerful people. A slight oversight perhaps? Every single "justice" of the supreme Court that is equally guilty needs to be exposed, and by some crazy chance he is the only one who is corrupt the others should have that highlighted as well.

TENET !!!

I would question your claim that you work for a court or know anything about it when you say that "appearance of impropriety" is a novel concept for anyone who is actually a court official.

@@Astrobrant2Unfortunately, mass incompetence and/or corruption in positions of major authority is not exceptional or extraordinary.

I'm proud of you, even while dealing with prosecutors causing me anxiety over a case that i was clearly innocent in with no evidence. I'm like that lady lol only had a 9mph over ticket in my whole life before this bc they changed the sign.

Unfortunately my biggest charge is a felony obstruction, which really worries me. I was just walking my dog and got SLAMMED by police with no explanation and apparently one broke a nail beating me so here we are.

You have a conscience and you listened to it and you are not morally corrupt. You are one of the few that is holding up the faith in the judicial system ...

Bless you. You have ethics and a conscience!!

now imagine she'd come in with $100k gift card. now imagine 15 people all offered you that amount for your job, you might turn into Thomas at that point if you have no conscience. Honestly, he's making $300k and it's not enough. it's mind-boggling!

John Oliver puts the Epic in Legendary!

He’s a rat

Holy shit I'm dying over here

I'll contribute $5 a month to John Oliver for the rest of Clarence's life if this works 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

So many gross psychopath’s at the top. Is no wonder so many of us down here are depressed

Fr this man is in the Law field. They have never been a little guy in their life.

Because sadly, despite what everyone says, it only matters what you say and not what you do.... Its not even some clever propaganda trick, a lot of these people simply say "I'm on your side" and a substantial proportion of the population will believe it despite all the evidence

"the elites" is usually an antisemitic dog whistle for saying Jews without saying Jews.

John Oliver ONLY talks about Republicans and what they do wrong, he thinks Democrats do NO WRONG.

THEY ARE ALL CROOKED!!!!

As an Englishman, I'm very sad we didn't give him a platform like this. We relegated him to stand up comedy. You don't know what you have until it's gone, as they say. Our political system also needs a group of dedicated people like this show's staff to hold it to account. We have Jonathan Pie and Private Eye, but they don't have half of the reach or influence John has built in the US.

He's an American.

Interesting, informative and entertaining … not to mention dead-on accurate on who the enemies of the people really are!

John Oliver for president!

he's an american now. he has a better understanding of issues plaguing this nation than many american-born citizens do.

In capitalist America, ethics trickle up 👍🏻😂

The problem is that (out of necessity) the Supreme Court of each nation should be independent and safe from any political pressure. This inevitably means that the only thing preventing blatant misconduct is the integrity of the members of a supreme court.

Unfortunately, stupid is the new normal.

@@CaminoAir Well you could easily draw a group of random people like a jury to write an ethics code. Should minimize political manipulation.

More like no standards, like absolute monarchs, 9 kings and queens. Self regulating, what a complete joke. SCOTUS, more like a corrupt scrotums.

How exactly? Is it really that important to democrats to have a Majority on the Supreme court?

It is almost entirely using Pro Publica reporting.

No, but it’s important to get an obviously corrupt justice off the court. It has been proven he has been bought and paid for by big business.

Bribing a supreme court judge on tv. America is so fkn corrupt the americans love it... banana republic

@@reredrumuoyConsidering how the republican majority stripped women of their bodily autonomy, I'd say it's pretty damn important, yeah.

Having politicians appoint judges should be done away with before the lifetime appointments. Supreme Court judges should be hired by an independent body that looks at the history of judgements to ensure the person who makes the fairest and most often correct decisions is chosen. The idea of judges having political views that impact their decisions is completely alien to me. Judgements should not depend on whom is making them but on the laws, how they are written, and prior judgements.

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If this works, John Oliver should get the Nobel Peace Prize !! ❤🌍🌎🌏🌐

It would be nice if he cast that critical eye on the huge fortunes of all the bleepers in Congress (and the oval office) and not just on the one black guy on the supreme court. Funny how he doesn't mind Nancy Pelosi getting filthy stinking rich.

Clarence is definitely corrupt garbage, should be impeached. The conservatives on the court don't want to give trump total immunity at this time, because that would mean Biden could put a hit out on them as a "threat to democracy". They are waiting for trump to win, before giving him total immunity. They want a conservative dictator, not a liberal one.

"effecting"

It is not a bribe. If it was a bribe it would be illegal. Correction, after looking up the definition of bribe, I've come to the conclusion that I was wrong and it is a bribe.

​@@reprapmlpconfidently wrong there? Lmao

​@@jw8160no it's just an American style bribe bull face and Elton open that's literally what this entire segment was about. The fact that Clarence Thomas is legally accepting bribes bull faced and out in the open.

Effecting change is the proper way to say that. Check the dictionary.

Yes, indeed. 🎉

I'm sorry for your loss. May your wife rest in peace and fly high. 🫶🕊️

How bitter sweet. It's lovely to see you appreciating things for her. ❤

I love the cheer out loud bit. Sorry your wife is no longer around mate, she sounds like a real gem.

💙💙💙condolences. I know where your comming from. 👏

He can't afford that.

@@d-rot Thats what sponsor daddy is for.

Unfortunately, there is no lack of material to support these segments

People will start trusting the lefties more, just as soon as they stop trying to steal our guns and force us to give money to people who haven't earned it.

If Thomas were not a Supreme Court Justice, would Crowe even speak to him, much less extending luxury vacations? I think not. Thomas knows that as well and is milking all his billionaire friends for all he can get.

YAAAAAAS QUEEN!!!

lol

Bruh they had to create a different section for him because he kept winning

Fuck! Now we do have to offer Trump a golden fleshlight of Mia Khalifa to earn an Emmy - Stephen Colbert probably

@@spiralentree737 They should just have a recurring "And now for our annual segment: We love you John, you weird British-American."

I was expecting the world's largest pot of honey 🍯

That’s about right

not ethical. constitutional. big difference.

it's overt fraud hiding behind a few loopholes

​@@vforwombat9915Finally, someone who gets it. 👍

Do asi say not as I do! This message has been approved by SCOTUS!

Years. 30 years. If it takes that long…

@@SchoolforHackersIt’s sad but I think you’re right. It would take a completely universal message from pretty much ALL of the media and citizens. How often do we actually see public outrage change anything? It SORT of worked during the civil rights movement but even those advances in rights have been slashed or outright eliminated by the far right and _THIS_ Supreme Court. I genuinely don’t know what it would take to remove somebody like Thomas but I would imagine it would at least have tk START with dems winning across the board and taking all three branches. Even then, who freaking knows. It’s not like democrats are immune from being bought off.

"TAKE THE MONEY, CLARENCE!"

Clarence will publicly refuse the offer and the Koch brothers are privately going to match it.

@@SchoolforHackersThe offer is good for the next 30 days, that’s why we want signs to remind him every day that the offer is still valid.

300,000 $ is only 300 bottles of 1000$ a bottle wine . not a decent salary . 🙄🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♀️

@@markbahouth2713 not even enough for a modest 1 bottle per day!

...That hurts. What hurts is that you MIGHT be correct. Romania prosecutes rapists. America ELECTS and APPOINTS them.

Which is funny becaue isnt it basicaly the norm for shitholes like harverd to have the "biggest people" in their respective field, so it is normal if they assign their own work. I mean would be contraproductive for the education if you could not assign the best book xD

It's the opposite where I used to teach. Idiot "professors" add a paragraph to a publishers stock book, get a coauthorship credit on that version and that's the course textbook.

It’s a club, bubba. And you ain’t in it.

Higher education policy was a big reason why i left my job

One of my professors got around this by offering the book for free, no drm, digitally, to his own students. Or we could pay $40 for the pair of books printed and bound nicely in the bookstore. I bought them, but I know some students really appreciated the free digital version.

The wild part is that's exactly why the Founding Fathers didn't want the government officials to make bank; so they wouldn't be there for the money.

Ditto as a librarian! There are real public servants out here barely making ends meet. He doesn't get to complain about 6 figures.

​@@cerishreve9918 Bait used to be believable

I work in environmental conservation and it's the same here. And I've been a teacher as well, so I very much get your side too.

Hear hear! I know what we agreed to be paid, what people say, why we do this job, and what we are worth. Signed a 5th grade teacher.

I don’t see a better way. The courts need to have no respect for politics. I think that at least, there needs to be a 60 vote Senate confirmation. From now on all judges will be partisan because the threshold doesn’t require bipartisanship.

@@rustynails68 of course there is a better way. The rules in the US are ridiculous, starting from the non-defined number of members of the SC and ending at the lifetime appointments. Just make them an uneven number, and limit their stay to a certain amount of time. And maybe pick someone who is not out of his / her mind, but has been, let's say, a well-respected judge for a longer time on a rather high court. You can't actually think that people like Thomas or Cavanaugh are the best justices in the entire country.

@@henryoffigaro2446 I like the fixed judge idea. The constitution isn’t perfect and if we try to improve it in this climate, it will certainly be very bad. Cavanaugh should have been disqualified during the confirmation for being a ridiculous person with too much respect for the president who appointed him. Katanji turns out to be very bad as well. They aren’t elite scholars anymore. I really hate opinions that evaluate the consequences of legislation. In my opinion, that is the legislative responsibility. There could be a 20 year term limit, but I don’t think that a judge should be loyal to a party or a president or should fear any consequences for being unpopular. Givers of inappropriate gifts should get consequences.

@@henryoffigaro2446 Our constitution is pretty good. It needs an amendment defining an insurrection and a mechanism of disqualification. It needs a 60 senator confirmation. It needs a 9 justice court. However, the potential improvements are of little concern. The concern right now is will we defend the constitution as it stands? It is losing respect. It is a slippery slope to ignoring it entirely.

I love how people want more justices now that it has the make-up it has now but when it was the other way nothing but crickets. Always funny how humans act when they lose to the other side.

It's amazing how the most rigorous journalism comes from a comedy show.

Agreed!

Indeed

The jester always tells the truth.

Oliver is so much better than stewart

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Wow I didn't even notice the intelligence of that loophole

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Clarence Thomas is a POS. I don't care if he's on the SCOTUS!!! OMG, he truly believes and behaves as if he is above the law! Lock him up!

:) It MUST have happended!

What's worse is that he almost doesn't have to try to make it funny, the jokes pretty much wrote themselves. that should tell you how bad things really are. Even worse is the fact that this came out in the news months ago, and there was basically nothing anyone could do about it. SC said we see no issue, and biz as usual.

What does it take to be an activist these days?

@@mdisenmoney apparently. Obscene amounts of money.

He's biased and is playing the game. He is one of them.

@@ryanyoung7433 Of course he's biased. Everyone is. He's just one of the few people that's vocal about it. And his platform does promote change.

The worst thing isn't Thomas saying he's just plain folks, or Trump claiming to be for the little guy. It's the millions of MAGA nitwits who are dumb enough to believe it.

Saying you’re not an elite out loud and then going on a 2 week sea cruise exclusive to the 1% 5 days later should result in prison time 😂 straight to prison no trial

It's a matter of perspective when all of your "friends" are billionaires. He's jealous that they own private jets and live in mansions, when he makes do with a motor coach and lives in a large house. It's pathetic, if you think about it.

He know he's part of the elite, he just doesn't want to say him because it would hurt him politically. Republicans rely on poor Americans to vote for them so that they can keep legislation in favor of their elite friends.

I used to work for a guy who ran a rehab. He lived in a big house, owns a ton of other rentals properties, literally took the entire paycheck every week from the 30+ desperate people in his rehab, and owned an absolutely massive motorcoach. Refused to ever say he was wealthy

I think it was on the promo poster but who knew then, what they were talking about 😂

Well according to the law bribery is only illegal if it's to influence the "decision" of a government employee. If "decision" means any choice whatsoever then that opens up a massive can of worms where nearly everything would be illegal if it involves money or stuff. So likely it means it in the legal way where it's a legal "decision". Bribing someone to quit their job shouldn't be considered part of that job. Now bribing him to vote a certain way would be totally illegal even though it's likely that has been going on a ton. So if John got in trouble for this then so would Clarence and his sugar daddy.

We all know Thomas won’t take John up on the offer, but I wonder how long it’ll take him to wipe the drool off his mouth seeing that brand new $2m+ behemoth and that $1m/yr “severance package” before ultimately making up some non-sense about how you can’t buy a Supreme Court justice You can; Thomas is proof of that… but this isn’t to “buy a Supreme Court Justice” … it’s to obligate himself to facilitating the “retirement” of a then *former* Supreme Court Justice… big difference And the best thing is that Thomas wouldn’t even have to declare it as a gift per the current ethics code because the exchange only happens *after* he steps down, lol “I’m too old for this 💩… after lengthy discussions with my totally best friend, the two of us have decided to spend the remainder of our retirement-aged years as retired people” **drives his current motor coach to NY to sign the contract and drive off in his new ride** I wonder what would happen if John got a visit from a sunglasses & ball cap adorned, trench-coat with lapels flipped up wearing Thomas who softly whispers “make it $2m/yr and you’ve got yourself a deal” … I think John would do it, lol… Thomas is 75… what’re the odds that he makes it to 85… dude looks like he’s 80+ as it is… $20m… to alter the course of America for the objective better… 🤞😯🤞

Ask Bob Murray

He's one of us now, officially, since December 2019 🇺🇸 And his comedy has been positively influencing US legislation and court rulings for many years... He's one of our best and brightest 😊

It's too bad he can't run for president

@@tabularasaAmerica was built by immigrants, and it takes more dedication to willing give up one's homeland and pledge yourself to a cause wholly of your own choosing. It's really common that the most staunch Americans who defend the ideals of the nation and not their own pocket books are immigrants who came here of their own choosing. While native borns take for granted their mother lands and abuse them.

Lol, John is a performer putting on a performance and getting paid very good money to do so. I'll bet you think the stripper really DOES like you.

Who is Oprah just trying to show the justices that she's got a ridiculous amount of money to spend on way overpriced flowers

Of course, an appointment for his replacement will be blocked until after the election and maybe a few elections after that because Biden really is a lame duck president, so he would probably be succeeded by justice Donald Trump junior or something which would make the move feel rather pointless.

Its low key genius Clarence is 75 even if he lives to be 100 that's only 25 million

John Oliver is becoming the an old British GOAT.... your MOVE CLARENCE!!!

It’s also a federal crime but who cares right

Remember when John Oliver said net neutrality was going to be the end of the internet in 16. How did that turn out?

Ditto!

One of the best episodes by far

So? He's come up from hell to the sewer?

Or BRILLENT as real fans of the show would say

@@permerte5118 Deep cut

That is a good one mate

That can be used for most presidents. Dem or rep both are lying sacks of shit.

"What have you done to our country? The army is for defending trade and collecting taxes. It's not supposed to be bigger than the army of New York state." -Thomas Jefferson

ATF is a body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody and they use chevron deference to imprison people who did nothing wrong

With absolute power comes absolute corruption.

The show would be 4 hours long !

Yeah, that's more of a Bill Maher thing.

Completely agree. I just caught John Stewart's return episode and found that it really messes up the flow of the jokes when he pauses for the laughter/applause.

Ginni for prison 2024

The audience should just hit the applause emoji button

the fact john didnt even use HBO's money for it REALLY shows he meant business

You're crying out laughing, I'm laughing till I cry. Two sides of the same coin, I guess.

I mean it kinda has to be. There is no quid pro quo and super pac/dark money "lobbying" isnt illegal/bribery so this by definition is a lesser offense than lobbying.

Like another Don used to say… ONLY IN AMERICA

It's only legal because it's only possible for people with a lot of money, if it were possible for the average person it would have been made illegal years ago

'Murica.

The fact that a: this didn't get more up-votes and b: I forgot that point is a testament to how off the rails the end was.

Yeah, solid research and wit. :)

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They don't need to. It's understood.

That kind of shaming only works on people with a conscience. These sociopaths won't be moved because they don't care. They honestly believe they're entitled to behave the way they do.

@@eighthourlunch Yes its the type of Psychopathology that comes with the circle of the Criminal Wealthy Ruling Elite---you're absolutely entitled to be some sort of god and the more sadistic you act the more you're rewarded -- thats why Christianity and Politics are in charge in the US--all the wrong people come through those two avenues.

Why would a conservative need to bribe a justice who already decides conservative?

Nice, trigger him into responding. 😂

"It's not an R.V..."

Its not an RV, its a motorcoach . LOL

nice, another lowkey racist episode that people laugh at

@@xyzzyx7812 just because a corrupt piece of shit happens to be black, does not make this racist

I would gain a little hope for mankind if he does.

For beauty of a vehicle like that he'd be crazy not to. The yearly million is a nice bonus too, since he'd be able to retire immediately and spend all his time driving the home.

If Clarence takes the deal, John will no longer be able to deny that his show has a real world effect.

Could you IMAGINE that bit being in the history books? A sitting Supreme Court Justice publicly accepts a bribe to retire. Shit would be wild

THIS IS GOING TO BE AWESOME 👍😎🎉

Snapped means something negative though?

​​@@allisons6910 That's the fun thing about the English language, context can change (almost) anything.

A classic “had us in the first half”

You can relax, he's not going to do anything. He also threatened to release all of the internet search history for Congress and he never followed through on that, either. It's just a tv show with a love for doing flashy stunts

Brilliant. Take the magic bus from this English muffin Thomas!!!

Absolutely - this episode deserves a special award. Past an Emmy ; cuz it's off the charts like no one has ever seen. If you're going to go after the supreme court , you better do it right. They got it right.

Classic case of a funny man, using his charm and comedic talent to entertain and capture the attention of the general public whilst also pointing out and making the public aware of lies, hypocrisy, and just general issues going on in the world. A modern day Jester.

Eh, not really. This episode was pretty straight forward since he was mainly relying on the Propublica piece who did all the leg work. But GENERALLY speaking you get a very very slanted understanding of an issue when you watch it here. I tune in every week for the entertainment aspect, but you shouldn't be getting your understanding from here, because it's often angled to the point where it borderlines misinformation. There was recently a monument which was destroyed because of bad info on this show. So yea, entertainment awards, yes, but not the journalism hall of fame. This isn't journalism.

​@@MrSlowestD16what statue was destroyed aka. information from this show??

@lood6761 Some statue in some fly-over state. There was a rumor or theory that it was commissioned by a white supremacist, which Oliver reported on (and he did admit it was a rumor), and then went on to discuss the potential racist roots it had for 20 minutes, then some nut job heard this & destroyed it figuring it must be true. But it transcends the 1 episode, if there's ever a topic you're well informed about before Oliver does a piece on it then you'll see it quite clearly. There's a lot of conveniently absent facts and points that are either skipped over or glazed over to pander to a young progressive audience a bit more. A lot of topics are more nuanced and complicated than they appear here. It's not really any different than any other talking head, and it's a good place to hear about a topic for the first time (as well as get some laughs), but it shouldn't be used as a primary source of information, more-so a starting point of learning about a topic. I usually don't miss any episodes, but I'd never say this is "journalism."

Aren't these usually up on RU-vid on Monday mornings? I wonder if the content is why they waited til Thursday. I absolutely love this show 😊

@@coalbloodedfrom now on, they only release it on Thursday, it was announced on twitter.

​@@coalblooded supposedly HBO has made a requirement that he can't post it on RU-vid immediately because they want ppl to watch the episode on Max.

@@coalblooded No, some of the streaming services and HBO have a policy thing that puts them on hold from uploading edits to RU-vid for 4 days so there's actually a reason to pay them if you can't wait that long.

Maybe they wanted to take the extra time to make sure that his insane (but clearly established in precedent) offer was indeed legal… or at least not legally dubious… We all know it won’t be taken up, but I can honestly say that if this closing piece ends up getting circulated on ANY prominent news channel of either political persuasion, daytime or late night talk shows, etc and gets followed up on Friday, March 22 (actually that’s when the offer expires, so followed up on Saturday, March 23 or Sunday, March 24th) then that would be epic beyond epic And since Thomas wouldn’t be in a position to give John anything of substance and there’s zero chance that Johns retirement package would yield personal bias in Thomas’ current or future opinion in court matters (since he’d no longer be in a position to have any), this wouldn’t count as quid pro quo… but rather more akin to being nudged into early retirement by your investment firm with all the finesse and subtlety of a motor coach flying down the highway at full speed

Eh not really

And he pointed out that the Supreme Court justices dress up like wizards in Harry Potter. 😆😄 They wave their magic wands and make Roe vs Wade disappear.

:( didn't accept the offer tho

True, it does feel almost like bribery.

@@thesmithersyalmost???

Am also an Indian from State of Karnataka. What you have said is correct.. I watch John Oliver's shows regularly and am a huge fan of him 😊

lord knows yall got your problems over there. good luck man

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Mah, YOU ARE SO RIGHT AND HIS HUMOR LIKE SOME OTHER LATE NIGHT PEOPLE THEY TELL THE TRUTH WITH HUMOR!

Eventually, it’ll turn out Thomas has been on a month long yachting holiday every year with Vladimir Putin, and his title will be confirmed.

I'd pay my $10 a year and yours, so you don't have to make that sacrifice. This is a good plan right here and well worth getting this guy off the court.

I'm in!@@somerandomyoutubechannel5816

Hi, Samantha, I'm a senior, too, but I'd cough up $10 a year. I wouldn't be surprised if Anita Hill pitched in $10 also. She's been waiting for 40 years to see him go!

and me. $10.

And my $10

Roe v Wade was wrongly decided. We're supposed to be a nation run by laws; not by men.

Legal work for the ACLU?

Best wishes on your journey!

I can’t believe how many people in this country are defending the mega wealthy, we should all be absolutely enraged!

No, it's not just comedy that can get the point across, the problem is NO ONE listens. Even with these comedy attempts, you'll pretend you listened to it, got the point.... but a week from now you'll have forgotten and will be saying this same thing to some new segment and the cycle will continue until we've all lost our freedom or have just died.

You mean it massages your bias

​@aliciafraser1835 probably because if you were serious you'd start with sotomayor. I'm only half way through... only conservative justices are mentioned.

@@stevenp25100 only Zealots are mentioned.. big difference

It's only my opinion but he's making big changes. I love John he makes me see hope in this world

I absolutely believe he would. Absolutely. I expect his "good friends" are upping the anti as we speak. They need him on the court doing their bidding.

@@cindys2617 agreed, which it why he won't sign. He'll go for a million 1 from them

And illegal

Of course not, the point of it is to show how easy it is to corrupt the Supreme Court. What John is doing SHOULD be illegal, but hilariously its not. And in the absoultely bat shit case that Thomas takes the deal, the political fallout will destroy the conservative wing of the court and their GOP allies. Its a win-win move by John. Impressive.

The fact that there's nothing stopping him from signing that contract is absolutely wild.

You’re too young for Jon Stewart aren’t you?

Hopefully not a nazi salute like thomas's friends.

Seconded.

I agree. I hope HBO, for the sake of the country, will allow RU-vid to keep it up.

He was just exposed for bribing someone in the Court btw

is he in imminent danger?

​@@ingridfong-daley5899 tbh if Clarence took the offer, he probably would be

I imagine there are a shit ton of transactions that he is able to hide from the public. He probably is making more and if he isn't those ceos are gonna probably raise how much he is getting from him to keep him there. Concerning context of all of this aside.

That or his power trip is worth more to him than conceding his seat

imagine if more elites came through and added to the pot, they would eventually reach a number Thomas couldn't refuse. Also Thomas is pretty old, so I imagine they wouldn't have to make payments for too long.

Bribes bribes bribes

To be fair, we don't know what's in the contract.

It should!! Everyone needs to hear this

Yes! His bribery and the way left leaning opinions win awards is epic! ...wait

It takes corruption to declare it into law that a woman's body doesn't belong to her.

@@laurie_guilbeau it needs corruption to enslave a state... the doctor knows drug dealers from purdue pharma meat which want to enslave the nothern earth for their needs i see so much faulty tales by flying fungus figures drives, weapons, brain and many more i think there will be a record in the past where they say _" you should us kill when you see us "_ just like by doctor who at the moon landing which was in the time of martian looser kink - is he the son of "plaque bantears" ?

30 minutes of pure fire, from the Boeing joke to the red flag to the ending.

It really makes you wonder how they'll top this, doesn't it? Actually sending Elon Musk to Mars?

The brilliance of Last Week Tonight and this hilarious bribe offer is that it is only batshit insane because the situation in the corrupted Supreme Court is batshit insane.

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?

​@@kuntz67 Very entertained! I did not see that ending coming! Fucking love John! Unfortunately, Thomas is as idealistic as the maga nation in their far right christian nationalist pedigree.

He is stupid and no longer funny. so are you.

But, who can hold the kings of the court to the law? They will appeal TO SCOTUS. The IRS is like: "we have to spend a million in law costs so that he and 4 of his buddies will say it's ok to tax evade when you're rich or have rich friends. Not worth the risk."

It's "gung ho"...

Of course it is. You must be one of the lucky few who have never inadvertently misspelled a word. Thank you for setting the record straight.@@ellabartal4652

That's the problem - how do you "go after" Supreme Court justices? What court would take the case?

YES!

i wish i had bought an "i believe Anita" t-shirt. I think of her every time Clarence and Ginni spew more right-wing hate, or take another bribe.

Well said

I adore you so much. A man of the people. Thank you so much. This episode brought tears to my eyes.

Thank you for your service!!

Im pretty sure you have some great stories :)

I think you have a good idea for a comic book hero here. 😂

To be fair, the conservatives are sending their best.

That was a defence, one very libertarian person once used, to defend why their company took a very dodgy government contract. Because "someone else would have, better to be us."

"Why make gun safety laws when the bad people will break them anyways?" Debating a Conservative is like debating a child.

Or a guy I know who said of his married, cheating, closeted lover, "if I didn't sleep with him, someone else would have." 🙄

To say what we didn't know that we wanted to say how we didn't know we wanted to say it.

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