Thanks for the additional info on Franklin.
The scandal with the Belgium judiciary being into abuse of boys a few years ago opened my eyes to this sort of thing.
Some of the inexplicable votes in Congress and by the Supreme Court male me wonder if people are getting blackmailed regularly.
I just assume that anyone who gets elevated and rubber stamped by the corporate media (regardless of party) is a compromised black-mailable politician. Anytime one of them retires after multiple terms, I assume they were told it is time to go for the next sock puppet (or else), like Boehner being replaced by Ryan.
The minute one of them stands up for us and our country the dogs of war are called out and any minor or major skeleton suddenly becomes front page news cycled 24/7, while the real predators like these guys get nothing but accolades and puff pieces written about them.
The only way to fix this is mass ejection of all incumbents simultaneously to overwhelm the control system that is in place why we wait on the corporate media to destroy itself as a useless agitprop/propaganda club that has run its course. In a way, this election is showing signs of this happening if you look at Bush/Rubio and how nothing the corporate media or their elite donors did made a bit of difference in them winning.