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marieo1

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15. Laws need to change

Reply to skip fox (Original post)

Sat May 21, 2022, 12:20 PM

May 2022

I don't understand why there aren't laws expelling someone from the Supreme Court when they have done something against our democracy - automatically, they should not be allowed to serve in any part of our government.

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The reason we don't yet know who leaked Alito's draft opinion might speak volumes! [View all] skip fox May 2022 OP

RWers stopped yelling about the leak . . . Lovie777 May 2022 #1

Yeah, that was rather sudden, wasn'tit? intheflow May 2022 #5

When did Roberts say they would announce the result? Effete Snob May 2022 #2

If the leaker was a Dem, the name and address would be make public immediately. Irish_Dem May 2022 #3

+1 2naSalit May 2022 #4

Time for Congress to get involved? exboyfil May 2022 #6

Sorry, duplicate. Hoyt May 2022 #7

Doesn't really matter who leaked it, it's not a crime and was a good thing to get it out when Hoyt May 2022 #8

Tell me how Ginni Thomas got her hands on the text of the draft, please Novara May 2022 #9

Thomas brings stuff HOME. Xoan May 2022 #10

Do you know this for a fact? Novara May 2022 #11

Really? PurgedVoter May 2022 #17

Proof? Novara May 2022 #21

Yes. It was mentioned in the article about his hospitalization. gldstwmn May 2022 #23

Who cares? We should all care about people destroying norms and laws. skip fox May 2022 #13

Clarence was in the hospital. Patterson May 2022 #19

Ginni Thomas could not be the leaker. dawg May 2022 #12

Justices take work home. skip fox May 2022 #14

Then the justice who took the work home is the leaker. dawg May 2022 #16

Laws need to change marieo1 May 2022 #15

In this case, the leak is not against Democracy. The draft decision sucks, but knowing it ahead of Hoyt May 2022 #18

Right? Any leak of any justices draft opinion on a ruling which effects the lives of millions msfiddlestix May 2022 #20

Exactly. Hoyt May 2022 #25

could Alito have leaked it? Takket May 2022 #22

Republicans and their media operatives were very vocal about it for a couple of days? kentuck May 2022 #24

Seems likely that a repub leaked it Danascot May 2022 #26