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StarfishSaver

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5. He also said this:

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Fri Jun 21, 2019, 03:47 PM

Jun 2019

"If the court’s opinion today has a redeeming quality, it is this: The state is perfectly free to convict Curtis Flowers again.”

A sitting Supreme Court Justice wrote in an opinion that the state is free to convict - not try but convict - a man who is, as of today, completely innocent in the eyes of the law unless and until he he is tried and convicted according to law.

What a hateful, evil person this man is.

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Justice Thomas just handed down an opinion that would make it legal to kick black people off juries [View all] babylonsister Jun 2019 OP

Not surprising to anyone who knows anything shanny Jun 2019 #1

The thread title is a bit misleading - Thomas only wrote the dissent. The majority held The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #2

"Life is a box of chocolates, never know what you're saidsimplesimon Jun 2019 #4

Anybody who closely watches the Supreme Court (or any appellate court, for that matter) The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #8

Good to know, will bookmark saidsimplesimon Jun 2019 #9

Clarence Thomas atreides1 Jun 2019 #3

Justice Uncle Ruckus Salviati Jun 2019 #6

+10000 Celerity Jun 2019 #12

He also said this: StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #5

such ignorance should be an impeachable offense Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2019 #18

Flowers' case was the subject of season 2 of tishaLA Jun 2019 #7

as a practical matter his dissent means nothing shanny Jun 2019 #10

This is incorrect mcar Jun 2019 #11

the OP clearly states that Celerity Jun 2019 #13

I was referring to the headline mcar Jun 2019 #14

the headline is what I just posted Celerity Jun 2019 #15

Could we also kick them off the SCOTUS? RainCaster Jun 2019 #16

Thomas is damaged. Seems to me like all conservatives are damaged people. Solly Mack Jun 2019 #17

But, but, Joe Biden ? OnDoutside Jun 2019 #19