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Itâs clearly Scalia speaking through his vessel. Apparently Zombie Scalia will get to vote after all.
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It speaks on its own!
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The question was: Are we breaking for lunch?
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I hope Clarence doesnât sprain his lips⌠theyâre undoubtedly stiff and inflexible from disuse.
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Maybe itâs because now he doesnât have Scaliaâs dick in his mouth.
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Was it about pubic hair ?
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⌠and a Coke can.
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The sad part of this is, itâs not an exaggeration that he hasnât asked a question in 10 years. Itâs documentable and irrefutable and heâs taken up space on the SCOTUS bench all that time without doing any kind of digging in on either side of the plaintiff or defense.
How in the world has this happened?
Are we now saying weâve pretty much had an eight-person court all this time, because Thomas declined to participate AND wants to take away oral arguments? You mean to tell me that the briefs submitted by both sides is enough information for him to make decision? No discussion, no clarifications needed?
Hell, with that kind of Justice, we could just computerize the whole thing and do away with the nomination process entirely.
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His first question in 10 years, and itâs idiotic. No wonder he doesnât open his mouth in court âThomas asked the Justice Department lawyer defending the governmentâs prosecution whether the violation of any other law suspends a personâs constitutional rights.â http://bigstory.ap.org/article/cca8c68bbd834a8082e07074204ed5cd/justice-thomas-asks-questions-court-1st-time-10-years#
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The first thing he says in 10 years is he wants to end oral argument? Holy shit! He about made me speechless with that.
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nope⌠it was âwhere are the donuts?â
and then he asked if one of the ladies on the panel would go get themâŚ
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read the article again
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Without Scalia there to exert his mind control, Thomas discovers that his vocal chords work!
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âThomas asked the Justice Department lawyer defending the governmentâs prosecution whether the violation of any other law suspends a personâs constitutional rights.â
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Justice Antonin Scalia, who was often aligned with Thomas, died earlier this month.
Actually, it was the other way around: Thomas was often aligned with Scalia (in much the same way as a compass needle is âoftenâ aligned with magnetic north). Scalia was a pitcher and Thomas was a catcher.
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Too bad Thomas didnât concur with Scalia one last time and jump in the open grave with him.
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now that Big Tonyâs gone, he doesnât have to adhere to that old âkeep your mouth shut so you donât embarrass all of usâ thing the little fella had on himâŚ
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You know, as attorney whoâs become pretty cynical about about the Supreme Court, I actually have no issue with Thomasâ lack of questions. Heâs explained his behavior by saying that the justices rarely, if ever, are influenced by oral arguments, and that itâs become nothing more than political theater and showboating. Why should he ask questions if heâs not going to premise his decisions on the answers?
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In the past heâs explained that he prefers to let the attorneys make their argument as best they can and to not interrupt them.
Heâs noted that justice questions rarely produce any new insight that is not already contained in the briefs and documents that all the justices must read anyway.
Scalia was the one who made aggressive interruption common. Prior to him, the justices mostly listened to the arguments.
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