Clarence Thomas in Hot Water (Alito too!)

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vols40 said:
It was pretty easy question. Do you think electing people with cognitive decline or stroke is a good thing?
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No. Not that it's in any way relevant to clarence Thomas's gifts or the Supreme Court ethics rules, but for some reason you seem to think it is.
 
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clarksvol00 said:
I think the entire Supreme Court should be held to the same standard of conduct as any other federal judge regardless of party.
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You know there was a time when you could have honest political differences with others and they was ok. That is not the case today. Yet democrats still keep winning elections. And absolutely nothing gets accomplished. Harry Reid is the reason judges and now justices are elected by simple majority.
 
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vols40 said:
You know there was a time when you could have honest political differences with others and they was ok. That is not the case today. Yet democrats still keep winning elections. And absolutely nothing gets accomplished. Harry Reid is the reason judges and now justices are elected by simple majority.
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You say a lot of things that have nothing to do with the topic.
 
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vols40 said:
But the people who pass legislation that concerns the supreme court are
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So you would support congress passing a law saying SCOTUS is subject to the same code of conduct as every other judge? I would support them having to obey the same rules as the other judges.
 
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clarksvol00 said:
You say a lot of things that have nothing to do with the topic.
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You are a dem hack who hasn't proved anything other than you want him removed. Lol it's not happening. I wish I was tech savvy enough to post a meme with Justice Thomas wearing his Maga hat making it rain. I really truly don't GAC what judges or elected officials are doing or are given. Honest as I can be. Because it does not affect me in the slightest. If you put your faith any in person they will let you down. I'm really more concerned with important things like does my President have the brain capacity to keep us out of a possible nuclear conflict with Russia than to be bothered by what a supreme court justice does in their spare time. RBG was routinely making the rounds and must likely was being pampered by others. But I really could freaking care less.
 
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clarksvol00 said:
So you would support congress passing a law saying SCOTUS is subject to the same code of conduct as every other judge? I would support them having to obey the same rules as the other judges.
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I would be much more in favor of them passing laws that don't exempt themselves from.
 
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clarksvol00 said:
Just saw your edit, and that is true, however are you also giving extremely expensive vacations and sweet real estate deals to judges hearing NACDL cases? In crow's case, even if you don't have a specific interest in a particular case, you obviously support that organization's overall agenda and if you're providing an extremely lucrative gift for a judge hearing those cases, it creates an appearance of impropriety and only 9 federal judges don't have a rule against that. I don't think Thomas is the big story here, I think the big story is that the Supreme Court is bound by no ethics code and basically above the law.
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That’s a fair takeaway. Congress needs to pass a law. The problem is the political moment. There’s no way to hold them accountable. Thomas could literally stamp a for sale sign on a specific case and Republicans wouldn’t vote to impeach him. I doubt whether Democrats would for one of theirs at this point, either.
 
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vols40 said:
I find it odd that Joe Biden is supposed to be the hope for the continuation of the black race when his racist behavior towards a black supreme court justice along with his BFF'ness of a known racist and grand wizard of the KKK Robert Byrd. Rich. Spare me please.
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You probably shouldn’t post after a half bottle of Jack.
 
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luthervol said:
Plus, every vote that wasn't Trump was obviously a "not Trump" vote, at least for most people.
And out of all the "not Trump" options, only one was viable.
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Luther, I agree with this. There were three buckets of votes that mattered:

1. For Trump
2. Against Trump
3. For Biden

I believed, and have believed since the election, the smallest bucket by far was #3.
 
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RockyTop85 said:
That’s a fair takeaway. Congress needs to pass a law. The problem is the political moment. There’s no way to hold them accountable. Thomas could literally stamp a for sale sign on a specific case and Republicans wouldn’t vote to impeach him. I doubt whether Democrats would for one of theirs at this point, either.
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For either side, it would come down to whether or not they get to pick the replacement. If Trump were still in the WH, the Pubs might not be against impeaching Thomas and getting a younger conservative on the court. Same logic applies to the Dems with Biden in the WH. But neither side is going to vote to impeach one of theirs if it means someone from the other side is the replacement. No doubts involved, it's partisan logic.
 
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vols40 said:
You are a dem hack who hasn't proved anything other than you want him removed. Lol it's not happening. I wish I was tech savvy enough to post a meme with Justice Thomas wearing his Maga hat making it rain. I really truly don't GAC what judges or elected officials are doing or are given. Honest as I can be. Because it does not affect me in the slightest. If you put your faith any in person they will let you down. I'm really more concerned with important things like does my President have the brain capacity to keep us out of a possible nuclear conflict with Russia than to be bothered by what a supreme court justice does in their spare time. RBG was routinely making the rounds and must likely was being pampered by others. But I really could freaking care less.
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Please quote where I called for his removal.
 
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hog88 said:
I agree but we need to ask that about all of them.
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hog88 said:
What has he gotten for his money?
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The problem with the questions are that you seem to think you will get the correct/valid answer in Volnation Off Topics Political Forum.

I am just going to assume there is no answer to your question that is a viable source in this forum and until something is substantiated by a legitimate source elsewhere this will continue to go back and forth in a 360 degree vicious cycle as normal.

What's more, It will continue even when it is determined; in Thomas's favor or against Thomas. As the world turns discussion the support will continue for and against.
 
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GroverCleveland said:
Luther, I agree with this. There were three buckets of votes that mattered:

1. For Trump
2. Against Trump
3. For Biden

I believed, and have believed since the election, the smallest bucket by far was #3.
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There was certainly a fourth bucket....4. Against Biden.
There were at least a few million who didn't like Trump at all but voted for him anyway because they couldn't stomach Biden.

Same in 2016. Same with every election. It's just that there has never been a bigger "against bucket" than the ones for Trump in 2016 and especially 2020.
 
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luthervol said:
There was certainly a fourth bucket....4. Against Biden.
There were at least a few million who didn't like Trump at all but voted for him anyway because they couldn't stomach Biden.

Same in 2016. Same with every election. It's just that there has never been a bigger "against bucket" than the ones for Trump in 2016 and especially 2020.
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Yes, I just did not think the anti-Biden vote was that big and why I left it out, but agree it was probably the next bucket. Nothing like the anti-Hillary bucket in '16.
 
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GroverCleveland said:
Luther, I agree with this. There were three buckets of votes that mattered:

1. For Trump
2. Against Trump
3. For Biden

I believed, and have believed since the election, the smallest bucket by far was #3.
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Also what makes trump a bad candidate. He makes it too easy to be in category 2
 
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GroverCleveland said:
Yes, I just did not think the anti-Biden vote was that big and why I left it out, but agree it was probably the next bucket. Nothing like the anti-Hillary bucket in '16.
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True. I think in 2016, the two anti buckets were almost even. Again, that's why I didn't support Hillary in the primary. I do not understand the rationale of supporting a candidate in the primary who you know is the most hated by the other side. The results are never good.
 
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GroverCleveland said:
Luther, I agree with this. There were three buckets of votes that mattered:

1. For Trump
2. Against Trump
3. For Biden

I believed, and have believed since the election, the smallest bucket by far was #3.
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1. For Trump
a. Hold your nose and vote for Republican Party
2. Against Trump
a. Hold your nose and vote for Republican Party
3. For Biden
a. No I am going to vote Republican and hold my nose.
 
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Sudden Impact said:
1. For Trump
a. Hold your nose and vote for Republican Party
2. Against Trump
a. Hold your nose and vote for Republican Party
3. For Biden
a. No I am going to vote Republican and hold my nose.
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Yeah. McCain-Obama vibes. I said at the time that i went into the booth, threw up and voted McCain
 
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