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Clarence Thomas whines about the SC leak, says it has done "Irreparable Damage" and that Conservatives would never employ tactics to thrash a nominee

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“What happened at the court is tremendously bad,” Justice Thomas said. “I wonder how long we’re going to have these institutions at the rate we’re undermining them.”

The leak of the opinion, which would overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion, was “like kind of an infidelity,” Justice Thomas said.
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Justice Thomas said the left had adopted tactics that conservatives would not employ.

“You would never visit Supreme Court justices’ houses when things didn’t go our way,” he said. “We didn’t throw temper tantrums. It is incumbent on us to always act appropriately, and not to repay tit for tat.”

He added that conservatives had “never trashed a Supreme Court nominee.” He acknowledged that Merrick B. Garland, President Barack Obama’s third Supreme Court nominee, “did not get a hearing, but he was not trashed.”

“You will not see the utter destruction of a single nominee,” Justice Thomas said. “You will also not see people going to other people’s houses, attacking them at dinner at a restaurant, throwing things on them.”
 
If Clarence is so upset aboiut this, he can resign in disgust tomorrow. Enjoy the years he has left without having to put up with this BS.
He has probably been the least effective justice in my lifetime. What a disappointment.
 
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Who would have thought the Supreme Court of The Unites States could become a laughing stock?

To you hating Boomers and the time line, the SCOTUS has been the backstop. A fluctuating moderation with the primary interest of individual rights. States' rights are not individual rights. Rights not granted to all are not rights.

It took a non-democratic electoral process to put a numbskull in office to place Justices on the court, one by inexcusable trickery by an unethical Senate Majority Leader. The result: an infusion of comical mental misfits if the consequences weren't dire.
 
For years and years BEFORE Thomas was confirmed by the Senate the rules were clear. What happens at the Court stays at the Court.
Now it changes? It’s okay for some officious little prick of a clerk to leak something?
Just asking.
 
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For years and years BEFORE Thomas was confirmed by the Senate the rules were clear. What happens at the Court stays at the Court.
Now it changes? It’s okay for some officious little prick of a clerk to leak something?
Just asking.

Sure a clerk did it?
 
For years and years BEFORE Thomas was confirmed by the Senate the rules were clear. What happens at the Court stays at the Court.
Now it changes? It’s okay for some officious little prick of a clerk to leak something?
Just asking.

This isn't the NCAA tournament selection show, it's not made for tv entertainment. Just on principle, any government information that is not directly tied to a current national security issue should be public imo.
 
This isn't the NCAA tournament selection show, it's not made for tv entertainment. Just on principle, any government information that is not directly tied to a current national security issue should be public imo.

No law was broken, am I right?
 
No law was broken, am I right?
The rules established long ago by the S.C. are the rules - so yes they are not law in code. When you apply to clerk at the SCOTUS you do so voluntarily. No one forces you to abide by the rules and if you cannot agree to them when you’re selected you may of course choose not to accept the opportunity.
That’s pretty basic.
 
The rules established long ago by the S.C. are the rules - so yes they are not law in code. When you apply to clerk at the SCOTUS you do so voluntarily. No one forces you to abide by the rules and if you cannot agree to them when you’re selected you may of course choose not to accept the opportunity.
That’s pretty basic.
You're also not supposed to lie during confirmation hearings or embellish your record. That also is basic and has happened with multiple sitting justices.
 
Sure a clerk did it?
No. We don’t.
I think that’s why they’re investigating the matter isn’t it? If a filing person did it then we’ll know or if another employee saw it we’ll know that too, won’t we?
 
You're also not supposed to lie during confirmation hearings or embellish your record. That also is basic and has happened with multiple sitting justices.

List of lies and liars? Besides the mental case Christine Blasey?
 
The rules established long ago by the S.C. are the rules - so yes they are not law in code. When you apply to clerk at the SCOTUS you do so voluntarily. No one forces you to abide by the rules and if you cannot agree to them when you’re selected you may of course choose not to accept the opportunity.
That’s pretty basic.

Understand. It's only logical.
 
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The founding fathers thoughts aren't in play here, this is all about the Supreme Court and how they want to handle it,.. If this was a clerk and they're identified they may as well start researching alternate career paths...
 
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The founding fathers thoughts aren't in play here, this is all about the Supreme Court and how they want to handle it,.. If this was a clerk and they're identified they may as well start researching alternate career paths...
No no no Constitution takes precedence over everything. :) sarcasm btw.
 
Rules but are they in the constitution. Point me to where the founding fathers clearly said this wasn't ok :).

Not saying I disagree with the leak. The court has to have internal rules, but if rules are not broken we would be in shitty shape. Thomas is a walking, talking example of a court rule breaker.

The leaked draft served a purpose. It was far more important the information reached the public than the SCOTUS has with internal security issues.
 
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