Comments on: Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/07/20/quis-custodiet-ipsos-custodes-2/ Reality-based political commentary Sun, 10 May 2026 05:38:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/07/20/quis-custodiet-ipsos-custodes-2/#comment-203627 MtnCaddy Fri, 21 Jul 2023 05:46:15 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23839#comment-203627 I hope this gridlock breaks up. Trump will get killed by Joe in the rematch (spoiler: Repugs can’t help themselves and No Labels and Manchin will not matter) and I’d still say Joe has proved a more transformative President than I ever dreamed he’d be, maybe a second term Biden feels free to leave an even greater impact on America. I hope this gridlock breaks up. Trump will get killed by Joe in the rematch (spoiler: Repugs can’t help themselves and No Labels and Manchin will not matter) and I’d still say Joe has proved a more transformative President than I ever dreamed he’d be, maybe a second term Biden feels free to leave an even greater impact on America.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/07/20/quis-custodiet-ipsos-custodes-2/#comment-203626 MtnCaddy Fri, 21 Jul 2023 05:39:28 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23839#comment-203626 Did something happen and the Republicans lost the ability to simply filibuster it to keep it off the floor? Did something happen and the Republicans lost the ability to simply filibuster it to keep it off the floor?

]]> By: BashiBazouk http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/07/20/quis-custodiet-ipsos-custodes-2/#comment-203623 BashiBazouk Fri, 21 Jul 2023 02:54:31 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23839#comment-203623 The democrats should make the 2024 election about ethics. It’s simple and covers everything from the supremes to Trump and DeSantis and much of the republican house, all the way to right leaning CEOs like Musk and Spez (Reddit). Plus it’s something the republicans used to stand for…. The democrats should make the 2024 election about ethics. It’s simple and covers everything from the supremes to Trump and DeSantis and much of the republican house, all the way to right leaning CEOs like Musk and Spez (Reddit). Plus it’s something the republicans used to stand for….

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/07/20/quis-custodiet-ipsos-custodes-2/#comment-203622 John M from Ct. Fri, 21 Jul 2023 02:42:23 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23839#comment-203622 The justices' ethics violations are simply one aspect of the larger problem with this Court: that it is packed with hard-core right wing ideologues hand-picked by the Federalist Society. Suppose Clarence Thomas accurately reported his junkets with his rich friends - or suppose he actually refused to accept their favors because of the appearance of influence, following the Senate Committee's new ethics code. Would that change Thomas's judgments and rulings on the cases that appear before him and his colleagues? It's impossible to imagine he would become a more objective or legally-minded Justice just because he was forced to be more ethical regarding favors from high-placed conservative billionaires. I agree that it seems unlikely the current Senate or any Senate in the near future will address the actual Supreme Court problem, whether by packing it or imposing term limits or restricting its jurisdiction. But that problem is what it is: not the Court's ethics, but the Court's politics. Who guards the guardians? Gee, why it's the U.S. Congress, which writes the laws that determine how the Supreme Court is manned, organized, and empowered. That the Congress isn't doing anything about the guardians isn't surprising, given our political gridlock, but the question has an answer and it's not nemo. The justices' ethics violations are simply one aspect of the larger problem with this Court: that it is packed with hard-core right wing ideologues hand-picked by the Federalist Society. Suppose Clarence Thomas accurately reported his junkets with his rich friends - or suppose he actually refused to accept their favors because of the appearance of influence, following the Senate Committee's new ethics code. Would that change Thomas's judgments and rulings on the cases that appear before him and his colleagues? It's impossible to imagine he would become a more objective or legally-minded Justice just because he was forced to be more ethical regarding favors from high-placed conservative billionaires.
I agree that it seems unlikely the current Senate or any Senate in the near future will address the actual Supreme Court problem, whether by packing it or imposing term limits or restricting its jurisdiction.
But that problem is what it is: not the Court's ethics, but the Court's politics.

Who guards the guardians? Gee, why it's the U.S. Congress, which writes the laws that determine how the Supreme Court is manned, organized, and empowered. That the Congress isn't doing anything about the guardians isn't surprising, given our political gridlock, but the question has an answer and it's not nemo.

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