Thinking about it, he was between an (evil) rock & an (evil) hard place. To recuse himself, he would be acknowledging he was aware of her involvement. But their whole defense is that they lived ‘separate professional lives’ thus were unaware.
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What reputation is he pretecting? We know he’s a hack and Republicans also think he’s a hack. No one other than Roberts thinks he’s an impartial jurist, and deep down JR knows he isn’t either.
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My fantasy, he is ill enough that he leaves the court. Then Breyer agrees to stay on until a second Biden nominee is confirmed.
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Slappy Thomas can’t wait to uphold this!
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Clarence Thomas needs to resign.
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His recusal would have signal his realization that there was a problem. He decided that this vote was more important than recusal and that denial would be enough regardless of how it would hurt his and the court’s credibility.
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In Soviet Florida not committing a crime is also a crime.
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Here’s something else Slappy T can’t wait to rule on!
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Him recusing would have people asking why he was recusing, and asking if he was recusing from that case, why not others?
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There’s just no way Thomas would pass his confirmation hearings if he had to go through them again to retain his seat.
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Well that’s a disappointment.
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At 73, Thomas is very old for a black man in this country. Just sayin’ …
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Aka “judicial philosophy.”
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New York Times app alert: “BREAKING NEWS: Justice Clarence Thomas, the most senior member of the Supreme Court…”
OMGOMGOMGOMG and then you click on the story.
What a tease.
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Obstruction of Justice ? Asking for AG Merrick Garland.
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“Clarence Thomas MUST RESIGN!!!”
Narrator: Not only did Clarence Thomas not resign, he and his wife increased their speaking engagements and appearance at far-right rallies.
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If you believe that then you haven’t been watching the past three nominees’ confirmation hearings. They’re just theater; the voters’ minds are set the day the nominee is named.
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He wouldn’t have known that at the time he made the non-recusal decision. Recusing after you’ve already lost the vote would give the game away. In for a penny, in for a pound.
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DOJ will have to make it clear whether or not it still holds this position, now that the former attorney general and his manipulations are gone.
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Clarence Thomas Released From Hospital
Alive?
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