The "Progressives" New "Court Packing" Scheme

[Patranus]

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and a group of Congressional Democrats are said to be drafting demands that Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas be disbarred in Missouri for perjury, and investigated by the Department of Justice for bribery, according to House Judiciary Committee aides.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-reinbach/clarence-thomas-legal-cha_b_835956.html

"progressives" being "progressives".

 

[wuliheron]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-reinbach/clarence-thomas-legal-cha_b_835956.html

"progressives" being "progressives".

Ooooh, politicians pointing fingers! What a novelty.

 

[Thump553]

How is that court packing? Not even close.

 

[Slick5150]

Of course if this was the Republicans pointing this out about a Dem appointed justice, the OP would be praising them as patriots.

 

[First]

404 court packing not found.

 

[Doc Savage Fan]

Lynch him!

 

[Lemon law]

Thomas lying under oath and therefore being unqualified to serve on SCOTUS suddenly morphs into court packing in the minds of some.

Funny, when Nixon was forced to resign, with the GOP greasing the skids after the final tape release, no one came up with that novel defense.

Both democratic and republican public officials at all levels have been impeached, but they get impeached on the basis of a provable crime or breech ethics, and at no time in American history can I recall a conspiracy to get rid of public officials on the basis of political party.

You do the crime first, then the grounds exist to impeach or remove a public official.

And when FDR tried to pack the courts, the method was quite different. Because FDR tried to take advantage of a loop hole, in the fact that SCOTUS membership had never before been defined as nine and only nine. And by adding some more FDR friendly justices to the then nine members, FDR could dilute the dominance of the then majority anti FDR justices. As it is, the FDR court packing scheme got shot down.

But removing Thomas for perjury is not court packing and instead rests on the seriousness of Thomas's ethical breech. But I am confident that Thomas will get fairly judged by what amounts to a bi-partisan panel.

 

[Brainonska511]

You have a problem with Congress being a co-equal branch of government where each branch has some form of oversight over the others? Why do you hate the Constitution so much Patranus?

 

[Anarchist420]

They're doing this so Obamacare can remain law.

 

[Scotteq]

I was under the impression that Thomas was the one packing Anita Hill. But I guess if you're a lawyer, then it isn't really...

 

[DaveSimmons]

Not letting Thomas take bribes and commit perjury is un-American!

WE THE PEOPLE demand that he be allowed to grift and graft!

 

[Patranus]

404 court packing not found.

I take it you didn't see the quotes around the term.

This is nothing more than an attempt to pervert the supreme court to rule in favor of Obamacare by removing a justice.

More like the reverse of court packing by FDR but the same strategy to get the same result.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Perhaps as he claims here, Thomas is just criminally incompetent instead of a perjurer:

http://pfds.opensecrets.org/N99999918_2008.pdf

He claims not to have understood the instructions for reporting his wife's income, which are on page 3 of the PDF:

"B. Spouse's non-investment income
[ X ] NONE"

. . . and to have made this mistake for several years in a row.

 

[Lemon law]

As Patranus asserts, " This is nothing more than an attempt to pervert the supreme court to rule in favor of Obamacare by removing a justice."

The hypocrisy of Patranus become crystal clear, as he all but admits the possible removal of Thomas is not based on facts or any long held ethical standards, and only depends, in the mind of Patranus on which party has the sitting President able to appoint the Thomas successor.

If the shoe fits, Petranus, wear it.

 

[jackschmittusa]

Patranus

"This is nothing more than an attempt to pervert the supreme court....."

Thanks for pointing out that truth and ethics are alien concepts for you Righties.

 

[Fern]

How is that court packing? Not even close.

I suppose it turns on the definition of "court packing".

However, with a Dem President in power, removing a conservative judge would allow that Dem Pres to choose a more liberal one.

Fern

 

[Fern]

IMO, this is frivilous bull shiit.

Bribery? Seriously? lol

Who the heck in Congress wouldn't be guilty of "bribery" if this is how it is to be defined now? Wall Street firms donated heavily to many Dems, must they recuse themselves from voting on any financial legislation for the rest of their careers?

Ridiculous.

Fern

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

But removing Thomas for perjury is not court packing and instead rests on the seriousness of Thomas's ethical breech. But I am confident that Thomas will get fairly judged by what amounts to a bi-partisan panel.

They could use the Charlie Rangel approach and say he was a bad boy.

 

[Doc Savage Fan]

They could use the Charlie Rangel approach and say he was a bad boy.

Or use the Geitner approach...or maybe some of the Cabinet member excuses as they all seem to satisfy.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

They're doing this so Obamacare can remain law.

Political parties rarely get to insert themselves so directly into the SCOTUS. If the Dems can make something stick then they certainly will. Having someone interpret things to their liking would be an obvious coup. Breathalizers for all!

 

[Zebo]

You don't have to be a lawyer to serve on SC.

 

[boomerang]

Anthony Weiner is all you need to know in regards to this. His maturity level is about that of a fifteen year old.

 

[Jhhnn]

Any eighth grader could understand the instructions on the forms that Thomas failed to fill out correctly. So his omissions were either intentional, or he's completely incompetent, take your pick.

That really doesn't matter to Righties- the fact that he's a toady to their agenda, a completely reliable vote for all things Republican suits them just fine. The man has likely never examined his own beliefs in the slightest, or had an original idea in his life.

 

[matt0611]

Anthony Weiner is all you need to know in regards to this. His maturity level is about that of a fifteen year old.

You expect someone with that kind of last name to act mature?

 

[boomerang]

Any eighth grader could understand the instructions on the forms that Thomas failed to fill out correctly. So his omissions were either intentional, or he's completely incompetent, take your pick.

This has been discussed to death but keep the hate alive man! Fuck yeah!

That really doesn't matter to Righties- the fact that he's a toady to their agenda, a completely reliable vote for all things Republican suits them just fine. The man has likely never examined his own beliefs in the slightest, or had an original idea in his life.

Speaking of hate, why you hatin' on the black man, man? Psst, we know...
One more leftie on the court and all the decisions will go your way. The fact that you'll go to these lengths to continually drag up what is nothing more than a minor issue all the while hating a black Supreme Court justice solely because he's a conservative is really sad.