“show me actual evidence that he did anything other than make a really bad ruling, otherwise it is all speculation on our part. We should hold ourselves to a higher standard.”
No.
Ordinary people are permitted to consider many things in the course of making their decisions. Not only are we allowed to hold ourselves to a “lower” standard, we must. There’s no other way to run a life.
The Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court earned an annual salary of $223,500 as of May 2010, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The court’s eight associate justices averaged $213,900. (Retrieved from Internet.)
Someone on that salary, living where and as he lives, should be buck-naked broke, not diving into his money bin like Scrooge McDuck.
Any honest white-collar crime investigator would be all over this like white on rice.
As a private citizen, I am justified in concluding that a member of our irredeemably corrupt and depraved political class who has way too much money is corrupt and depraved.
This is especially true when the decision was not a “bad” decision, as you say. It was an inconceivable decision; blatantly wrong. It was as though Stephen Hawking told us the speed of light is 25 kilometers per hour. Corruption is the only possible explanation, and until somebody comes up with another one, that’s good enouugh.
I understand your anger. I am and was angry about that decision as well. People get money from all kinds of places so I am not willing to convict someone without proof. I agree that there should be an investigation into that decision and/or perhaps term limits on justices.