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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months ago“I should have let everyone know I accepted a bribe. Not like you’ll do anything about it anyway, suckers!”
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThat’s exactly how I read that title. Oh, I can see there was no need to be sneaky. Apologies.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoThe only Justice to be impeached in US history was Associate Justice Samuel Chase in 1805. The House of Representatives passed Articles of Impeachment against him; however, he was acquitted by the Senate. https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/faq_general.aspx#:~:text=Has a Justice ever been,Justices are on the Court%3F
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoThey’re the American Mullahs. I’ve been calling them that for a while and I hope it catches on eventually.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI thought they were Muslim clergy. What am I missing?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-25 months agoThe Mullahs of Iran cannot be replaced no matter what they do. They are also the final arbiters on all matters.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoGotcha. That’s a fair comparison for sure.
minus-squarebrightandshinyobject@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI should let everyone know, I am taking bribes.
minus-squareboydster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months ago“I used to take a lot of bribes and I should have let everyone know. I mean, I still do, but I used to, too.”
“I should have let everyone know I accepted a bribe. Not like you’ll do anything about it anyway, suckers!”
That’s exactly how I read that title. Oh, I can see there was no need to be sneaky. Apologies.
The only Justice to be impeached in US history was Associate Justice Samuel Chase in 1805. The House of Representatives passed Articles of Impeachment against him; however, he was acquitted by the Senate.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/faq_general.aspx#:~:text=Has a Justice ever been,Justices are on the Court%3F
They’re the American Mullahs. I’ve been calling them that for a while and I hope it catches on eventually.
I thought they were Muslim clergy. What am I missing?
The Mullahs of Iran cannot be replaced no matter what they do. They are also the final arbiters on all matters.
Gotcha. That’s a fair comparison for sure.
I should let everyone know, I am taking bribes.
“I used to take a lot of bribes and I should have let everyone know. I mean, I still do, but I used to, too.”