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92. You have it backwards

Reply to RedSpartan (Reply #89)

Fri Mar 25, 2022, 11:35 AM

Mar 2022

He'll leave for precisely those reasons.

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The Supreme Court is in big trouble. Every decision Thomas has made is now tainted. [View all] fightforfreedom Mar 2022 OP

1. Thomas will never resign. no_hypocrisy Mar 2022 #1

I don't see how the court can function with Thomas moving forward. fightforfreedom Mar 2022 #4

He'll just ignore it Bettie Mar 2022 #9

yup, this will be ignored Amishman Mar 2022 #44

one of my favorite cartoonists... Javaman Mar 2022 #83

Yep, that's the one! Bettie Mar 2022 #84

If there's one thing Thomas has shown he is good at Mr.Bill Mar 2022 #111

What is Roberts supposed to do? onenote Mar 2022 #12

There you go, being realistic. we can do it Mar 2022 #107

I know. I'm a flawed individual. onenote Mar 2022 #109

It will function as it normally does Effete Snob Mar 2022 #31

The disagreement I have with your reasoning is that it seems Carlitos Brigante Mar 2022 #51

Is Thomas Blockading the doors or something? fescuerescue Mar 2022 #71

I take Rebl2 Mar 2022 #78

Republicans will rally round Thomas wnylib Mar 2022 #122

Same way they have functioned to this point quakerboy Mar 2022 #126

Yep. OldBaldy1701E Mar 2022 #18

Better do some big flipping, gab13by13 Mar 2022 #28

He may not get the chance. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #76

Thomas was released from True Blue American Mar 2022 #94

Yeah. Hopefully Hospice awaits. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #99

Yup. ismnotwasm Mar 2022 #120

He is a evangelist GQP . . .. Lovie777 Mar 2022 #2

My great aunt just laid something new on me. She said Samrob Mar 2022 #70

No, he will never resign! Nt USALiberal Mar 2022 #3

From your typewriter to God's eyeballs... 3Hotdogs Mar 2022 #5

What's a "typewriter"? SilasSouleII Mar 2022 #118

Did I miss some important news on Thomas and why the Supreme Court is in BIG Trouble? msfiddlestix Mar 2022 #6

??? Joinfortmill Mar 2022 #21

His wife is still crazy Effete Snob Mar 2022 #35

You believe there's some sort of force shield of separation between the two? msfiddlestix Mar 2022 #48

You apply this to every married couple? Effete Snob Mar 2022 #55

This. nt BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #62

This is not a case of the wife being the chattel, she has had him by the nose for decades msfiddlestix Mar 2022 #68

"she has had him by the nose for decades" Effete Snob Mar 2022 #75

oh please msfiddlestix Mar 2022 #80

Oh ok inthewind21 Mar 2022 #91

I'm not okay with anyone engaging in insurrection Effete Snob Mar 2022 #97

So it was okay for him to rule on a matter she was involved in? Kingofalldems Mar 2022 #115

I would not say nose, but!:) True Blue American Mar 2022 #96

You know she's had him "by the nose" for decades, how? BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #93

You want to know what's fascinating? Effete Snob Mar 2022 #100

I think you're spot on. nt BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #102

Probably, True Blue American Mar 2022 #105

Shades of Nancy Reagan leading... keithhs28 Mar 2022 #124

If you think it's hard to impeach Thomas. Try impeaching his wife. fescuerescue Mar 2022 #73

You forgot the Sarcasm things n/t aggiesal Mar 2022 #87

1/6 committee has text messages between Ginni Thomas.... Duppers Mar 2022 #38

thanks.. after posting I clicked on Home Page and WOW. msfiddlestix Mar 2022 #41

Exactly. And you're welcome. Duppers Mar 2022 #42

Why would he resign? gab13by13 Mar 2022 #7

Read the news. He did involve himself in a wifely matter Achilleaze Mar 2022 #10

She sent an email to Mark Meadows and gave him some kind of award, gab13by13 Mar 2022 #14

Being married to someone who commits a crime is not a crime FBaggins Mar 2022 #29

It is if you think husbands own their wives like chattel Effete Snob Mar 2022 #36

.... msfiddlestix Mar 2022 #43

It's true, though Effete Snob Mar 2022 #50

The Clarence Thomas defense: My wife and I never talk to each other. fightforfreedom Mar 2022 #47

He doesn't need a "defense" FBaggins Mar 2022 #54

"anything his spouse does is his action too" Effete Snob Mar 2022 #56

Common sense has died in America. fightforfreedom Mar 2022 #57

I know, right? Effete Snob Mar 2022 #61

Ferraro was a business partner of her husband owning 50% of the company and serving as secretary and PoliticAverse Mar 2022 #116

What about his vote to oppose wnylib Mar 2022 #123

Nope FBaggins Mar 2022 #130

Thank you. elleng Mar 2022 #128

Not that the numbers matter, but I believe therevwere 19 emails. niyad Mar 2022 #74

text messages /nt Effete Snob Mar 2022 #77

yes, thank you. niyad Mar 2022 #82

Boofer (R) is also grossly unqualified and tainted with lies Achilleaze Mar 2022 #8

What's even scarier is that tens of millions of Americans co-opt this madness Mr. Ected Mar 2022 #11

And the press normalized this insanity Generic Brad Mar 2022 #39

We can demand that he recuse as much as we want DetroitLegalBeagle Mar 2022 #13

Democracy is in big trouble. The Supreme Court is untouchable. yardwork Mar 2022 #15

Yeah, this Ginni Thomas thing is window dressing, gab13by13 Mar 2022 #16

Seems that way. Our democracy is dying, state by state. yardwork Mar 2022 #20

WOW !!! wtf USSC?! I tried to google this ... I'm so ... just damn uponit7771 Mar 2022 #37

Me too, gab13by13 Mar 2022 #45

Brace yourself. Republicans in NY plan wnylib Mar 2022 #125

How DU was born, lest we forget JCMach1 Mar 2022 #22

I never forget. yardwork Mar 2022 #23

Totally agree. Joinfortmill Mar 2022 #24

This should be an OP malaise Mar 2022 #26

Thank you. yardwork Mar 2022 #27

+1, how did Roberts ... NOT KNOW ... about Thomas's conflict of interest ?! uponit7771 Mar 2022 #34

Right? If I know, one would think the Chief Justice would know. yardwork Mar 2022 #58

Yes, and? Effete Snob Mar 2022 #79

Unfortunate that you are correct. The USSC awarded the 2000 election to GWB when Gore won. PufPuf23 Mar 2022 #40

+1 leftstreet Mar 2022 #108

Spot on. It's fascism, which is a form of insanity. Joinfortmill Mar 2022 #17

You think the right cares if the SCOTUS is tainted ? SoonerPride Mar 2022 #19

Ginni Thomas is a member of the Council for National Policy, an anti-democracy organization. Lonestarblue Mar 2022 #25

Thomas Isn't In Good Health OhioTim Mar 2022 #30

Or, so we're told. Wednesdays Mar 2022 #104

There is no way to force Thomas to do anything...sadly. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #32

Thomas will not stay on the court. "Health " reasons ashredux Mar 2022 #33

He has a secondary infection from Covid Farmer-Rick Mar 2022 #52

Do you have a link for that? BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #63

Sure Farmer-Rick Mar 2022 #65

Here. BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #103

Thanks Farmer-Rick Mar 2022 #106

Short of impeachment, there's really no recourse COL Mustard Mar 2022 #46

Interesting how Thomas "got sick" & disappeared right before this came out. CaptainTruth Mar 2022 #49

So now that its blowing up, he's out of the hospital onenote Mar 2022 #112

"tainted" To you and to me, but Ferrets are Cool Mar 2022 #53

One of Ginni's emails to Meadows stated she had just discussed the matter with her "best friend." sop Mar 2022 #59

What we have seen time and again though, is a horrible and odious double PatrickforB Mar 2022 #60

+1000 This! FakeNoose Mar 2022 #72

It was the Dems inthewind21 Mar 2022 #98

Thomas will only leave the Court when he dies. RedSpartan Mar 2022 #64

He'll step down with the next republican senate/president FBaggins Mar 2022 #86

No chance. RedSpartan Mar 2022 #89

You have it backwards FBaggins Mar 2022 #92

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #66

They were landscaping for four seasons that's for sure bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #67

What is different now? Thomas has been on the SC for 30 years fescuerescue Mar 2022 #69

You'd have an argument if it had been Justice Thomas who sent the texts Kaleva Mar 2022 #81

Well... Effete Snob Mar 2022 #85

Indeed! BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #95

The key issue will turn on just how much influence Ginni had on Meadows and the Inner clique. Ford_Prefect Mar 2022 #88

His decisions were tainted from the beginning. GoCubsGo Mar 2022 #90

I don't think it works that way. SCOTUS doesn't have to hear anything it doesn't want to. SYFROYH Mar 2022 #101

The Republicans did this YoshidaYui Mar 2022 #110

He never was qualified in the first place ailsagirl Mar 2022 #113

Sad to say, one thing our fore fathers could NOT forsee is bluestarone Mar 2022 #114

Well said! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2022 #117

"Thomas must resign" - no, he really mustn't. He'd have to be impeached. NullTuples Mar 2022 #119

Aren't Supreme Court emails a matter of public record? FakeNoose Mar 2022 #121

No FBaggins Mar 2022 #133

'I am not a lawyer' elleng Mar 2022 #127

I don't see how Thomas can rule in future cases involving Trump! Emile Mar 2022 #129

What do you imagine Roberts can do? FBaggins Mar 2022 #131

Republicans have pissed on integrity, honor, and justice Achilleaze Mar 2022 #132