It is unfortunate to note that John Roberts, Chief Justice, may have also been compromised by blackmail.
With both Roberts and Walton, my guess is that they are decent men who were blackmailed in unusual circumstances for very specific decisions. I do not think they are "crooked judges"...they are simply very good men who may have had a weakness or may have made a mistake for which they became vulnerable.
Still and all, it is alarming to think corruption could reach the Supreme Court.
I'm sure Scalia was not a perfect man, either, though I might have agreed with his decisions more than other judges.
And it is also alarming to admit that there are people who could kill a Justice, and get away with it.
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Let he who is blameless, cast the first stone.
And lead us away from temptation, and deliver us from the evil.
