Justice Clarence Thomas wants the Supreme Court to take aim at 'far-reaching' workplace safety laws

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to a key federal agency that oversees workplace safety, which conservative Justice Clarence Thomas slammed as a “far-reaching” authority that threatens Americans’ constitutional rights.

On Tuesday, Supreme Court justices declined to hear a case that questioned the constitutionality of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, an argument backed by right-wing legal groups and 23 Republican attorneys general.

The challengers had hoped to find a sympathetic court, on the heels of two major rulings that took a sledgehammer to regulatory agencies and the government’s ability to go after lawbreakers.

Only Justices Thomas and Neil Gorsuch wanted to hear the case.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/justice-clarence-thomas-wants-supreme-164908115.html

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

1. "threatens Americans' constitutional rights"?

He certainly can’t be talking about the workers.

Clarence Thomas is such a corrupt, arrogant POS. All I can say about him is that I hope his demise is prolonged and he suffers greatly.

[Volaris]

13. Hes talking about the right to be 6 years old

and stick your hand in a woodchipper by accident for 5 dollars an hour.

[struggle4progress]

2. He sure collects a lot of gratuities

[MistakenLamb]

3. Called it a few days ago

OSHA will be next, Abbot and DeSantis stopping local laws to allow for water breaks and states like Arkansas lowering the ages to allow children to work with dangerous equipment is just the start. It will be labor safety protections first, then labor laws and the right to have a union

[Solly Mack]

4. That August vacation is coming up.

[StarryNite]

5. K & R

[Baitball Blogger]

6. That man is so bought.

[Liberal In Texas]

7. Yeah, because the SC is the SUPREME law making body in the US.

Not the legislative or even the executive. Just the six appointed fascists.

[Hekate]

8. What I want to say about him at this point would lose me friends, so I'll let them say it & I'll applaud

[rubbersole]

10. I thought I'd lose friends...

..when I said Ginni was fisting him with one hand while dialing Mark Meadows with the other. But I didn't.

[Raven123]

9. Absolutely

Heck, we don’t need security for SCOTUS. If they feel their job is too dangerous, then quit.

Sort of sarcasm

[Kid Berwyn]

11. Clarence would vote for the return of slavery.

That was in the original.

Dumb fuck should have gone to a law school that teaches the amendment things.

[misanthrope]

12. As I've said, the last two letters in MAGA

actually stand for "Gilded Age."

[Hekate]

14. Very acute observation on your part, but then you are notably sharp

I’ve been thinking Gilded Age ever since Trump came on the scene, just didn’t think of appending it to MAGA

[misanthrope]

15. You're too kind

I've recognized American conservatives' fondness for the Gilded Age for most of my life. That's the era they have fought to return to in response to every progressive step our nation took over the 20th century.

[Hekate]

17. I've been saying it to hubby for quite some time. "Going back to the 1950s? " As if.

[misanthrope]

20. Answering my father's complaints about Alabama politics once,

I said, "It's always the '60s in Alabama." He laughed and mentioned something about MLK and George Wallace in the aptly nicknamed Heart of Dixie.

"Well, I didn't say whether it was the 1960s or 1860s," I added.

[Iris]

16. My God.

The regression will not end.

[jalan48]

18. No doubt. Clarence needs to keep saying the things that will keep the bribes coming in from his benefactors.

[The Magistrate]

19. Whose Right To What Is Impaired By Requiring A Work-Place Be Safe For The People Working There?

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

21. The owners right to make obscene profits.