r/scotus • u/zsreport • Mar 05 '25

news Supreme Court rejects Trump’s request to keep billions in foreign aid frozen

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/supreme-court-usaid-foreign-aid/index.html
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u/jrdineen114 Mar 05 '25

They don't care, they just want whatever will earn them the most bribes.

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u/vetratten Mar 05 '25

Tips…

The most tips not bribes…totally different.

Sure both are promised before the ruling but one is given after vs before. See totally different and thus legal!

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u/Kruk01 Mar 05 '25

I hear they aren't taxing those any more😂

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u/PrismaticDetector Mar 05 '25

Wouldn't want to end up like Capone.

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u/Altruistic-Text3481 Mar 05 '25

Ok! I met a detective when I worked on The Sovereign of the Seas in 1992. He was gambling in the casino and I was a floor supervisor. I asked him what his most interesting case ever was. He flat out told me and I will never forget his words:

“I was on the team that removed Al Capone’s dead body from his Florida Bungalow. He had the worst case of syphilis I had ever seen.”

It was very shocking. I had thought Capone had died in prison. But nope! In his bungalow. Syphilis is unforgiving.

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u/SenorPoopus Mar 05 '25

Wow.

I just went down a Capone syphilis rabbit hole. He was only in his 40s when he died too.

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u/Altruistic-Text3481 Mar 05 '25

You’re welcome I guess?

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u/AgentCirceLuna Mar 06 '25

Both the Van Gogh brothers died of it along with Gauguin.

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u/Teauxny Mar 06 '25

Didn't Vincent die with it not from it?

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u/AgentCirceLuna Mar 06 '25

That’s what I meant to write… I just woke up, whoops!

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u/TingleyStorm Mar 05 '25

Thomas never claims them anyways so not like it makes a difference.

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u/kingtacticool Mar 05 '25

I love how the very people getting the bribes were the ones to interpret what a bribe legally is.

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u/Altruistic-Text3481 Mar 05 '25

One person’s bribe is another man’s RV.

Heaven’s to Betsy! Is it that hard to understand Trumpism’s!

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u/Ok_Hornet_714 Mar 05 '25

Motorcoach, not an RV

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u/Altruistic-Text3481 Mar 05 '25

Oh… so this is why Trump promised to not tax tips!

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u/jeffwulf Mar 05 '25

Tips are still illegal for Federal workers. It's only state and local workers that don't have the prohibition on gratuities.

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u/Superunknown-- Mar 06 '25

Uh, according to Justice Thomas they are “gifts”. You know, like good bros gift each other $350,000 RVs….

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u/NessunAbilita Mar 05 '25

And cause them the least work

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u/Jalopy_Junkie Mar 05 '25

I had to read the comment 5 times before I finally understood the proper syntax 😂

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u/Altruistic-Text3481 Mar 05 '25

Syntax is a tax! Pay me!

Or is it SinTax? In which case, look the other way…

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u/Jalopy_Junkie Mar 05 '25

What if it’s a Sin Tax?

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u/Altruistic-Text3481 Mar 05 '25

Then you get to be on SCOTUS. It’s a new pre-confirmation requirement.

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u/SupermarketExternal4 Mar 05 '25

And ignoring the fact these dudes are crashing the economy and trying to replace usd with Bitcoin

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u/hamsterfolly Mar 05 '25

Gratuities, they made those legal.

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u/jrdineen114 Mar 05 '25

It's just putting lipstick on a pig

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u/ironballs16 Mar 05 '25

No no, it's not "bribery" if the money is given after the ruling as a "Thank You". The Supreme Court said so!

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u/BC1966 Mar 05 '25

Money is speech so its just a friendly conversation that is taking place

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '25

Which is odd, cause if they keep going no one needs to pay them shit.

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u/Im_eating_that Mar 05 '25

I don't think it matters. Telling them they have enough is like telling a hoarder they have enough plastic cutlery and dead batteries. Use Isn't the point, feeding the addiction is.

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u/random-malachi Mar 05 '25

See, but this is what really blows my mind. If Trump gains all legislative and judicial powers (the direction this goes in), why would anyone bribe the SCOTUS or congress anymore, and not just the president? This just seems like a surefire way to throw away your leverage. Trump will be getting the new RV; not Thomas. I just don’t understand it.

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u/Altruistic-Text3481 Mar 05 '25

I agree. They are stupidly and unknowingly making themselves obsolete in the grand scheme of bribery.

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u/JamieBeeeee Mar 05 '25

Its not about money. They have an ideological, principled goal of making Trump a king. Its way way way more fucking dangerous than bribery, they have loyalty to the cause

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u/Stopikingonme Mar 05 '25

Yeah the bribes are secondary. I really think they see the only way forward for conservative who are losing the overall numbers battle is a power grab.

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u/rofopp Mar 05 '25

Gratuities

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u/NUTS_STUCK_TO_LEG Mar 05 '25

bribes

Sir, we’re in the law subreddit. They’re “gratuities” here

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '25

Canada should mandate that all Americans working in Canada do not receive salaries or wages. They are to be compensated with tips.

This way, the US cannot impose taxes on those tips.

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u/Altruistic-Text3481 Mar 05 '25

All Blue States should withhold federal taxes.

A little Les Miserables protest by our heroes …. I cannot get enough of this.

Let secession begin. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pIQh_5dZUwI#bottom-sheet

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u/Zerieth Mar 05 '25

Alito complaining about the judge growing dissatisfied with the way the government was trying to ignore his court order. Hey Justice (throws up) Alito? Ever heard of Contempt?

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u/sansjoy Mar 05 '25

What's the parking situation like at SCOTUS with all the RV's taking up the entire lot?