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Clarence Thomas has struck again.
To his impressive list of recent supreme court victories – abolishing the right to an abortion, eradicating affirmative action, undermining federal regulations, and more – the ultraconservative justice can now add thwarting the criminal prosecution of Donald Trump for hoarding classified documents.
On Monday, Judge Aileen Cannon astonished the judicial world by dismissing the case. She did so based on a widely discredited legal argument that the special counsel who brought the prosecution, Jack Smith, had been improperly appointed.
The argument, initially aired by the former US president’s lawyers, had received scant support in judicial circles, given that stretching back a quarter of a century it has been repeatedly rejected by the courts. But there was one jurist who encouraged Cannon to pursue such contrarian thinking: Thomas.
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This man will do anything for anyone. He’s a prostitute politician. Just pay him enough.
I don’t really think that’s true. I think you could offer him a large sum of money to do the right thing and he still wouldn’t do it. It’s not even like the bribes are that huge. John Oliver tried, and I know that it was too public of course, but I still think if some rich progressive person were to offer him 10 million dollars or something to not be a huge POS he still wouldn’t take the offer cause he also just happens to be a huge POS. Like the bribes are nice, but he does also just personally want to make America a christofascist hellhole.
I think it was Harlan Crow(sp?) that said they give Thomas gifts NOT to influence his rulings, but because he rules in ways they appreciate. So, it’s more for services rendered, less about influencing outcomes.
Which is the now-legal way to bribe politicians
That said “justice” conveniently ruled on. How surprising.
I mean, this is the same as a sex worker saying they don’t do butt stuff.
For what it’s worth, I respect sex workers. I don’t respect politicians that sell out of the American people, however. That might be one of the lowest things I can think of, in fact.
How much does someone have to pay him to actually do his job?
That sum has not yet been printed
Reminder: Both Donald and his dad Fred had policies for their slums that would have quietly denied people that look like Thomas from even renting one of their apartments.
Their employees were instructed to put a little “C” for “Colored” on their rental applications for efficient denial on the basis of race.
Yet another example that the class war presides over all the other culture wars we are encouraged to beat one another to death over to stop us from engaging our owners.
Class war is upon you, whether you would acknowledge it or play pretend its the homeless people down the street’s fault like the owners want you to.
Honestly most surprised it was a “C” and not a “N”.
“There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.”
-Warren Buffet. Bragging about the situation.
He wasn’t attempting to raise awareness of the issue as evidenced by his disowning his granddaughter when she did try to raise awareness of the issue by being interviewed for the documentary The 1% by one of the Johnson kids.
They won’t allow us to regulate them, and have each killed hundreds of millions of us so far. I believe the phrase is believe someone when they tell you who they are, these people are unrepentant murderers, thieves, and environmental terrorists at an unprecedented level. They woke up and chose violence, we can only choose self defense at this point.
That’s impeachable…
Not for a Republican, it’s not!
I’m starting to get tired of this canned sarcastic response that is on literally every single thread I read.
It’s starting to feel defeatist. Say it enough and the joke loses its meaning.
It is defeatist. Outside of dragging this PoS to the gallows nothing will done about it.
It’s a statement of fact. Whether you choose to feel angry or defeated by it is up to you.
Its not “defeatist” when its true. Bring back the guillotines!
The conservative injustices of the Supreme Court recently declared that anything the president does that is an “official act” (to be determined by them) cannot be prosecuted. They waited to do so until the last minute in a blatant effort to help Donald Trump, who appointed three of them, avoid prosecution. We’re way past “oh, Republicans being corrupt is just a joke, ha ha.” It’s the fucking reality we live in now, and it should make you feel furious, not defeated.
If they won’t follow the rules, then it’s time for the ammo box
Edit: if they want to remove the ballot box and soap box from the equation, the only box left is out ammo box.
Those that make peaceful reform impossible, make violent reform inevitable.
“There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.”
-Warren Buffet. Bragging about the situation.
He wasn’t attempting to raise awareness of the issue as evidenced by his disowning his granddaughter when she did try to raise awareness of the issue by being interviewed for the documentary The 1% by one of the Johnson kids.
They won’t allow us to regulate them, and have each killed hundreds of millions of us so far. I believe the phrase is believe someone when they tell you who they are, these people are unrepentant murderers, thieves, and environmental terrorists at an unprecedented level. They woke up and chose violence, we can only choose self defense at this point.
Kompromat Klarence
Tldr judge cited his concurring opinion.
The article title is too early to be correct though. There is a good chance this decision gets judge Cannon removed from the case. Clarence may have made it much worse for Trump.
Even this supreme court is not going to allow the case to be dismissed over the appointment of a special counsel. No other judges joined Thomas’s concurrence because it was clearly wrong. He might pick up Alito when the district sides with Smith on appeal and Trump sends it back to SCOTUS. But 2 to 7 doesn’t give them the majority.
Smith may (and should) ask to have her removed over this and previous obvious bias/errors which I believe the district judges would also approve at this point.
All that is correct. But it’s a good reminder that the point of Cannon’s move is not to finally resolve the case. It has always been to delay the case until after the election. At that point, Trump will appoint an AG that will kill the case on day one.
Cannon also has one more goal - auditioning for a new job. I’m not a gambler, but if Trump wins I’d put money that the first open Supreme Court seat is hers.
It’s a GOOD THING he has NO Conflict Of Interest and is ONLY doing what’s he thinks the Law is Telling Him!
Uncle tom wants to stay in the big house
