After Thomas let Graham off the hook for a while

... there is no broad concept that a summons/subpoena is an optional thing.

He's trying to delay the inevitable, and it will only go so far.

Their term just began and only 4 can guarantee it isn’t heard until October 2023. A decision in February, 2024 would suit that worm nicely.

We’re on the same page. That, too, will make a subpoena moot.

And not just the judiciary. McConnell's SCOTUS dirty tricks & refusing to bring House bills to the Senate floor & for no reason but to be a bottleneck. WTF? McCarthy's promised to seek revenge if they win the House. WTF? The meanest little assholes in junior high are taking over our government.

So much needs to be addressed. It's boggling.

When there is no honor, the whole system falls apart.

We have been long baffled by the astonishing lack of intelligence and surprising "holes" in our laws which are showing up almost daily. It could be that our current darkness is because those things that were once respected are no longer protected by honor.

The whole attitude of certain political parties have thrown off the pretense of honor or love of country, and now they are seen in their true light. So, perhaps you are more fundamentally correct than we would care to admit. The Constitution is from a time when anything less than "honorable" was unthinkable.

And we failed the audit.

But there were obviously holes before Trump.

The GOP always rams right through any weakness in the system.

This. And I've been saying that to people around me for a while now. If you don't play by the rules, or rather, if you keep pushing the envelope of what's permissible, you've lost honor. Wall street, Right wing politics, and Big business are the main offenders.

But what allowed (allows) Trump to do what he does are the Republican congress who have lost their honor, and so we watch the whole system unravel.

Quite easy to lie, cheat, steal, destroy to their heart's content.

not be convicted so there is no point. Better to consider expanding the court. That we can do if we win the midterm. Everything depends on the midterm.

These suggestions of things that are IMPOSSIBLE are not helpful at all. They waste our time and emotions thinking that something can be done, when there is ZERO chance that it can.

And the mid terms will not change that, even if they go well for us and we are able to maintain or increase our membership in the House.

either in a criminal vs. civil proceeding, that if the posed questions are answered w/ a 5th amendment response, that the de facto answer is indeed the most negative answer possible automatically, e.g., since Graham is refusing to do his civic duty as a sitting US Senator to answer legally posed questions by an installed Georgia panel, then questions can be automatically answered by the Georgia prosecutor, e.g., did you talk to djt prior to calling our election supervisor? YES (answer is automatically assumed since Graham didn't answer or show up)...did you try to get the election supervisor to toss out legitimately cast ballots? YES (answer is automatically assumed since Graham didn't answer or show up)...etc.

All I can say for sure, IMHO, that why is he resisting so much? I thought he was Mr. Civic Duty, and show up, answer the questions and here he is, doing the stay-away-dance. If he has a serious concern of being implicated, then plea the 5th?! Simple, eh?

I guess he doesn't want to look bad, but that moment is long gone.

UNANIMOUS decision from an appeals court! At the very least, in a moment like this, the FULL SC should decide in THREE days. PERIOD!!

It states a quote by Laurence Tribe

The date for his deposition is November 17. It would be quite surprising if the full court doesn't rule one way or another before that date, in which case Thomas's administrative stay will be essentially meaningless. To be clear, the fact that the deposition isn't scheduled to the 17th is another reason (along with the obvious conflict and a unanimous ruling of the court below) why Thomas shouldn't have granted an administrative stay and just referred the request to the full court.

There was good and evil. There was cause and effect.
Now there is only Republican and Democrat. That is why we could never hope to have a successful impeachment of a SC Justice or even a Congress Critter.