I see two options for Clarence. Is there a third?

[Miles Archer]

I see only one of two things happening.

1). He lives out the rest of his life in his lifetime SCOTUS appointment, enjoying yearly R.V. vacations in the WalMart parking lot

2). Democrats eventually have enough seats in Congress for the majority required to impeach him.

I don't acknowledge "Roberts doing something about him" as an option, because the saga just keeps getting worse, and Roberts is more silent than a mime trying to find his way around that invisible wall.

IS THERE a third possibility?

[Arthur_Frain]

1. I really wish he would be held accountable in a meaningful way.

I don’t believe he will be though.

[Miles Archer]

6. I don't see Roberts doing A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G...

...and, short of that, there IS no remedy other than impeachment. At least none that I'm aware of, hence my post. It's like asking the foxes to find out why eggs keep disappearing from the hen house.

[Effete Snob]

17. Let's play "If I were Roberts"

What, exactly, would you do?

[niyad]

2. Seppuku would be nice, but that requires something which he does not possess.

[fierywoman]

14. I love your way of thinking...

[niyad]

24. Thank you!

[Scottie Mom]

3. He drops dead and Biden appoints a new justice?

That would be my preference.

[Miles Archer]

9. That's possible, but...

...I'm thinking more in terms of what can be done while he's still among us.

[Sanity Claws]

4. Pressured to resign; ostracized by Crowe and other former supporters

Crowe does not like all this attention to his bribery. Clarence will find himself standing alone, feeling ostracized, and finally resigning.

[MOMFUDSKI]

11. The problem with people like crow

is that they don't care what anyone thinks because they are untouchable. That is how the upper .5% roll.

[Sanity Claws]

27. They don't like being in the news

They like the dark.

[orthoclad]

5. Yes, the DoJ acting

on the criminal referral sent to it according to an earlier post today.

Oops. Did I say "DoJ acting"?

[mopinko]

7. the right emissary is sent to tell him it's time to go.

or we take a real close look at a whole lot of stuff, including your wife.
joe should offer him a nixon style pardon. i dont usually approve of such things, but at this point i’d like to see 1 branch of govt not mired in protracted legal bullshit.

question is who to send.

[RockRaven]

8. "1, but he drops the Walmart shtick keeps taking enormous payoffs from billionaires" seems

the most likely. Who is going to stop him, realistically?

[Miles Archer]

12. True. Although he can't do anything about impeachment if Dems had the votes.

Thay's why I basically split it between that and what you said.

I think that, unchecked, he'll only become more arrogant.

[OAITW r.2.0]

10. The "Roberts Court" will go down as corrupt and illegal in the eyes of more than 50% of the voters.

This will be his legacy. Or yeah, "Citizen's United"....that helped our democracy.

[orthoclad]

16. Do you think they care about "legacy"?

They care about power and money. Tangible legacy.

[Effete Snob]

13. Wtf is Roberts supposed to do?

The voodoo some people believe is amazing. The Constitution is a pretty quick read.

[Ace Rothstein]

18. It gets pointed out here every time as well but people still run with it.

The Chief Justice isn't the boss of the rest of the Supreme Court.

[Effete Snob]

21. So weird

[Ace Rothstein]

35. They can put it on PPV and donate the proceeds to charity.

[Effete Snob]

37. Under Sup. Ct. Rule 32(c)(i)...

…Roberts is limited to giving him a wedgie.

[Sneederbunk]

15. He resigns under pressure of Senate Committee investigations and

the prosecution of his wife for her crimes.

[pandr32]

29. What should happen.

Or he could muster up the courage to resign even sooner, but then no more vacations and his mom would probably be put out on the street.

[RobinA]

50. This Will Not Happen

The man somehow weathered the Anita Hill mess, something he congratulates himself for every day of his life. But sitting there at the hearings, one look at him would have told you he wasn't a quitter. And that would have been an unbearable embarrassment to most sane people. He's spent his entire career in the spotlight as the proverbial immovable object. He's not going to quit over some fancy financial footwork.

[Eliot Rosewater]

19. That is it. Unless the D's have enough votes on their own to impeach, he aint going anywhere

Cons are anti America, so they wont cooperate.

[LiberalFighter]

20. Just keep putting the pressure on him. The other supporters on the court push him to resign.

Ask the question. What have the other justices done that is improper or illegal? Ask that of those in his camp. Keep putting heat on them.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

22. I think there is a third option of their being enough pressure and ongoing disclosure that

lead Thomas to resign.

Not suggesting it is the likeliest scenario, as the mans seems shameless, but the glare of ongoing revelations and public attention could get to be too much.

A man can dream.

[Earth-shine]

23. We mock him relentlessly. We keep his name in the news for these transgressions.

We say to the voters, this corruption is what you get when Republicans have power.

[Marius25]

25. If New York didn't strike down our maps, we'd have the House

and we could impeach Thomas.

That's what happens when we try to play fair while the other side cheats.

[onenote]

32. And after the house impeached him, the Senate would acquit him

since it requires 2/3 vote to convict.

[Enter stage left]

26. Maybe, just maybe...the MASH theme song could be something that...

saves this country from a VERY ugly confrontation between those who have ethics, and those who HATE ethics.

There has never (In my very uneducated estimation) been someone so devoid of ethics as Clarence Thomas and his wife.

If we are going to save this country and democracy, and he refuses to step down, and the rePuqs refuse to impeach, then the MASH theme song could save us.

[CanonRay]

28. Yes. Find a criminal statute he violated

and prosecute him. Radical, I know.

[Hassler]

31. He spends time in jail and issues his SC decisions from there.

[ThoughtCriminal]

34. Expand the court

Bring in some new justices that do not tolerate un-ethical behavior and adopt rules that frankly, I do not think the current GOP appointees will be able to handle.

Not happening while the GOP has any ability to obstruct.

[lees1975]

38. Is direct prosecution an option? Or do we go through this Barr crapola about not being able to

indict sitting office holders. Otherwise, indict his ass. Put him on trial. Since he is a prominent personage, we should have him convicted and jailed by, oh, somewhere around 2040.

Frankly, though I don't like the process, indict his wife and make a deal that involves his resignation from the court.

[wnylib]

45. Last paragraph is most likely to succeed if tried.

[Samrob]

39. Expand the court to 13.

[brooklynite]

41. There isn't a second possibility.

Even if there were enough House. It’s to Impeach him, there would never be 2/3 of the Senate to remove him.

[Arazi]

42. It's cute you think anything will change including the perks

There’s no penalty for this.

Thomas is going to keep on accepting bribes until he dies.

[Ahna KneeMoose]

43. After Reading All Items Herein :: Your Option (1) Is Most Likely (n/t)

[DET]

44. Same As It Always Was

Even republicans have to recognize how bad this looks. Start out easy with some internal admonishment and nudging by the other SC justices. When that doesn’t make a dent, Crow and whoever else is bribing Clarence drop their support and make clear that it’s time to go. Next, up the ante with some stern warnings of ‘investigations’ into Clarence and his wife. Follow up with some actual investigations. He may be so fed up with the scrutiny at that point that he reluctantly resigns to ‘spend more time with his family’.

[usonian]

46. Hunting trip with the Cheney's.

[Effete Snob]

47. A late entry winner!

[Buckeyeblue]

48. The Thomas's don't care

The fact that all this is coming out enhances their standing in the crazy fascist world. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Ginni's fee just went up.

Republicans refuse to hold each other accountable.

[Johnny2X2X]

49. Weaknesses in our system

SCOTUS was always something considered to be beyond reproach. There are few if any hecks and balances on their behavior because the founders didn't think they'd need them because only the best among us with the highest character would ascend to this position.

Thomas is ike Trump in a way, when you have zero checks and balances, you end up with total and complete corruption.