@rbreich
Like with corporate corruption, different rules are applied to ones in governmental hierarchy and This too is: #CORRUPTION
Ones with Less authority and influence are scrutinized to a higher moral/ethical standard whereas the Leaders continue to coast securely on grey area ideologies that don't hold Them accountable to a higher moral/ethical standard.
@rbreich Sadly, that is exactly the same calculation that is used at University of California. So while we should hold things to a higher standard, to the extent we do not raise these questions throughout our society, it is bound to happen in the federal government as well. #UCAccessNow
@rbreich I get that you're asking this as a rhetorical question, but you've been around and in government far too long to get away with feigning ignorance of how power works.
Supreme Court Justices aren't supposed to be utter twats while random humans may or may not function just fine while also being utter twats? Something like that?
@rbreich The VA employees who provide me outstanding healthcare can't accept gifts valued at more than $15. For holidays, I give them local artisan chocolates in 5 piece packs that cost under $15.
It makes perfect sense to an authoritarian. Some people are bound by the law but not protected by it. Other people--you know, the ones that matter--are protected by the law but not bound by it.
It is a perfect example of the actual function and application of law in a Fascist state, to keep the proles suppressed and to protect the elite.
Unless you believe all that guff about everyone being equal under the law, which your Supreme Court clearly does not.