# Ongoing Judicial Deceit and Misrepresentation Omnibus Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-judicial-deceit-and-misrepresentation-omnibus-thread/982796 "2023-04-17T14:23:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-judicial-deceit-and-misrepresentation-omnibus-thread/982796/1 "2023-04-17T14:23:39Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Texas Federal Judge strikes down FDA approval of the abortion pill (competing lawsuit filed, outcome uncertain)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-federal-judge-strikes-down-fda-approval-of-the-abortion-pill-competing-lawsuit-filed-outcome-uncertain/982351/65): I’m starting a linked but separate thread for this, and while I know we sometimes dislike Omnibus threads, I feel we’re getting enough of them (and likely more in future sadly) to justify it. I set this one off from the Texas thread, but it is just as much a child of the Clarence Thomas thread. > [@Clarence Thomas secretly accepted luxury vacations from GOP donor without disclosing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-thomas-secretly-accepted-luxury-vacations-from-gop-donor-without-disclosing/982252): > > In short, a big money Republican donor has been inviting Thomas on swanky yacht and resort trips for free, and ethics rules require disclosure of these sorts of gifts. What can be done about it? Probably nothing, unless John Roberts has any power (or, less likely, inclination) to do anything. Republicans in the Senate certainly won’t cooperate. With an evil fairy step-mother “Loose Cannon” from the Trump document thread, and many honorable mentions to the SCOTUS nominees of the Trump years threads. This way I (and we ideally) are not trying to remember which thread the latest hypocrisy or revelation about our judges, including the SCOTUS, without having to cross post, or having to start a new thread that gets lost in the mix. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-judicial-deceit-and-misrepresentation-omnibus-thread/982796/2 "2023-04-18T01:21:45Z")
I actually intended to put some cites here, not just the link to two existing threads I mentioned directly above, but, well, work. Now that I have a moment: [https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/politics/justice-department-texas-judge-shopping/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/politics/justice-department-texas-judge-shopping/index.html) Much more detail about judge shopping, especially in Texas, and the whys and hows, a bit more context for the Abortion Thread. A bit more about fellow disgrace Alito: > **[The Real Supreme Court News Isn’t the Alleged Alito Leak](https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/real-supreme-court-news-isnt-alleged-alito-leak)** > > Revelations about an influence campaign by anti-abortion activists and donors highlight the need for ethics safeguards. > According to the _Times_, Schenck encouraged allies and wealthy donors to his organization to “invite some of the justices to meals, to their vacation homes or to private clubs,” and to contribute an estimated minimum of $125,000 to the Supreme Court Historical Society and “then mingle with justices at its functions.” Schenck also “ingratiated himself with court officials who could help give him access.” > > “You can position yourself in a special category with regard to the Justices,” Schenck told the paper. “You can gain access, have conversations, share prayer.” This is from November of 2022 (so approx 6 months old now) and with no investigations, no confirmation that I have found yet, but matches well with the patterns we’re seeing for Thomas, so figured it should be here as well. Anyway, I seriously we’ll be lacking more horrible examples as time goes by, but wanted to put a bit more meat that was missing from my OP, so apologies to all. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-judicial-deceit-and-misrepresentation-omnibus-thread/982796/3 "2023-04-20T22:19:32Z")
Linking here and the pre-spinoff thread: > **[Judge who suspended abortion pill failed to disclose interviews that...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/20/politics/kfile-judge-kacsmaryk-disclose-interviews-nomination/index.html)** > > The federal district judge who first suspended the US Food and Drug Administration's approval of the so-called abortion pill mifepristone failed to disclose during his Senate confirmation process two interviews on Christian talk radio where he... Not that I think during the Trump era it would have prevented him from being forced through, but I don’t actually believe his excuses.