Justice Clarence Thomas hospitalized 'after experiencing flu-like symptoms'

Page 3 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.
Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
T

TheVrolok

Lifer
Dec 11, 2000
24,254
4,092
136
Fanatical Meat said:
Hmmmmm………

www.cnn.com

January 6 committee has text messages between Ginni Thomas and Mark Meadows

The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 riot has in its possession more than two dozen text messages, 29 in total, between former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, a conservative activist and the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence...
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com
Click to expand...
Ginni Thomas Pressed Trump’s Chief of Staff to Overturn 2020 Vote, Texts Show https://nyti.ms/3NmCXfO

NYT version.
 
  • Like
Reactions: hal2kilo, Captante and Roger Wilco
Captante

Captante

Lifer
Oct 20, 2003
30,339
10,858
136
TheVrolok said:
His wife would absolutely do crazy shit like this.
Click to expand...


Agreed. :confused:

Thing is getting away with it for a few weeks might work but in todays world unless he literally stays hidden in an underground bunker he will get caught in fairly short-order.
 
MrSquished

MrSquished

Lifer
Jan 14, 2013
25,944
24,262
136
HomerJS said:
Between this...
Clarence Thomas was the lone dissent in the Supreme Court's January order rejecting Donald Trump's bid to withhold documents from the January 6 panel (msn.com)

and the collusion with his wife and Congress I'm this close to wishing someone dies in office before 2023. Can you think of a better reason?
Click to expand...

Let's not mince words. Clarence Thomas, his wife, Trump, Cruz, Graham - and so many more are just garbage humans. The world would be better off without them for sure.
 
  • Like
Reactions: alien42, soundforbjt, Captante and 3 others
Fanatical Meat

Fanatical Meat

Lifer
Feb 4, 2009
35,862
17,401
136
Can you imagine the Republican Rage if this was a D appointed Judge and a wife who was running around in 2016 trying to get Hillary installed as President?
Democrats need to stop being slackers and copy what Republicans do.
 
  • Like
Reactions: soundforbjt, pmv and HomerJS
sandorski

sandorski

No Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
70,670
6,246
126
Fanatical Meat said:
Can you imagine the Republican Rage if this was a D appointed Judge and a wife who was running around in 2016 trying to get Hillary installed as President?
Democrats need to stop being slackers and copy what Republicans do.
Click to expand...

Not this way. Time to start applying some Legal solutions for obvious Ethical malfeascance.
 
HomerJS

HomerJS

Lifer
Feb 6, 2002
38,318
31,223
136
From what I've heard SCOTUS doesn't even have to explain. That branch of government needs a complete overhaul.

Thomas voted NO on a case where almost every legal scholar said was a no brainer and his wife was trying to stop the transition of power.

Can Thomas be impeached and removed for that vote? What does it take? Smells of corruption
 
Pens1566

Pens1566

Lifer
Oct 11, 2005
13,291
10,687
136
HomerJS said:
From what I've heard SCOTUS doesn't even have to explain. That branch of government needs a complete overhaul.

Thomas voted NO on a case where almost every legal scholar said was a no brainer and his wife was trying to stop the transition of power.

Can Thomas be impeached and removed for that vote? What does it take? Smells of corruption
Click to expand...

Can he be impeached for it? Yes
Should he be impeached for it? Fuck yes
Will he be impeached for it? No, because we're broken

At this point, I'm just hoping for widespread karma. Otherwise, buying early on Brawndo stock.
 
  • Like
Reactions: soundforbjt, HomerJS, dank69 and 1 other person
P

pmv

Lifer
May 30, 2008
14,771
9,669
136
dank69 said:
$20 says he has COVID or died of COVID and they are hiding it for as long as they can.
Click to expand...

Next time he appears on the bench, need to check to see if he's moving. They might try and string it out till after the next election.
 
K1052

K1052

Elite Member
Aug 21, 2003
51,507
44,037
136
So if he actually dies but they simply decide not to tell anybody for several years until there is an R president again do we consider that legit?

Doesn't seem so to me...
 
sandorski

sandorski

No Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
70,670
6,246
126
K1052 said:
So if he actually dies but they simply decide not to tell anybody for several years until there is an R president again do we consider that legit?

Doesn't seem so to me...
Click to expand...

Don't they have a roll call or something....someone should notice.
 
HomerJS

HomerJS

Lifer
Feb 6, 2002
38,318
31,223
136
I'm convinced they would hide his death until GOP took over the Senate or White House.

Problem is not sure we have any laws to cover it. The major flaw in our system is it requires some level of trust and acting in good faith. Republicans do neither
 
  • Like
  • Haha
Reactions: pcgeek11, dank69 and soundforbjt
Captante

Captante

Lifer
Oct 20, 2003
30,339
10,858
136
HomerJS said:
I'm convinced they would hide his death until GOP took over the Senate or White House.

Problem is not sure we have any laws to cover it. The major flaw in our system is it requires some level of trust and acting in good faith. Republicans do neither
Click to expand...

Just getting snagged doing it would be a big problem at least ethically if not legally .... not that that matters much to most Republicans.

I highly doubt they could get away with the ruse for too long though.
 
HomerJS

HomerJS

Lifer
Feb 6, 2002
38,318
31,223
136
I found something interesting. It bolsters my theory even if he died they would keep him either hidden or on life support until the GOP could replace him.
Originally Answered: what happens if a supreme court justice is not dead, but cannot perform their duties?
We know what happens because it happened to Justice William O. Douglas. He had a stroke in 1974 at the age of 76. He refused to retire despite a resulting disability. Seven of the other justices voted to defer to the next term any decision in which his vote would make the difference. He didn’t retire for almost a year despite urging from other justices. After retirement he tried to serve in a senior judicial status, but the other justices refused to cooperate. His long and distinguished career was partially marred by his hanging on when he could no longer function effectively. Yet there was nothing the President, Congress, or other justices could do to force him to retire.
If we ever reformed the Supreme Court by constitutional amendment it would be a good thing to add some provision for dealing with this kind of situation. What that provision should be is up for debate.
Click to expand...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom