@courtney I think the trouble is that (elected) politicians can usually dress up bribes as "campaign contributions" or something and there's less plausible deniability when it's an appointed for life judge? maybe?

@ingrid @courtney Doesn't the Chief Justice have the power to demand the resignation of a Regular Justice for ethics violations, and (unlike impeachment) isn't this is a non-theoretical thing that has actually happened, most recently with [searches] Abe Fortas in 1969

@n1ckfg @courtney sure, do we actually think John Roberts would dare though, like he couldn't even bring consequences down on whoever leaked the overturning of Roe which for sure was done by a justice IMO