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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dems just keep screwing up. Anyone with half a brain knows that the digging into the Thomases personal affairs is because Democrats desperately want another seat on SCOTUS. No one is fooled by this grandstanding and false piety. I have no doubt Thomas has taken advantage of his position, as many justices before him have, and as many justices and judges all over America are doing right. Unless Democrats intend to fully investigate every sitting justice, including democratic justices, this is a politically-motivated witch hunt and it will backfire. The fact that I am turned off as a Democrat who can’t stand Thomas tells you something. This is opening the door to using witch hunts of sitting supreme court justices as a score-settling measure between the parties. The country is wracked by partisanship enough as it is. Give it a freaking rest. [/quote]

I don't believe you're a democrat who dislikes Thomas. I'm shocked that you think it's okay to do these things. I believe there should be an actual code of ethics they must follow rather than norms. I also believe all the justices should be checked out. If they're all doing this stuff, let's put a stop to it and make some actual rules with actual consequences. If it's a one side issue, that's legit corruption, and I feel like that should be handled differently, but I don't know how. If it's Thomas only, I think he should step down or be removed. I don't see how anyone can look at this and say honestly that they think this is fair and should be condoned. [/quote]
[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dems just keep screwing up. Anyone with half a brain knows that the digging into the Thomases personal affairs is because Democrats desperately want another seat on SCOTUS. No one is fooled by this grandstanding and false piety. I have no doubt Thomas has taken advantage of his position, as many justices before him have, and as many justices and judges all over America are doing right. Unless Democrats intend to fully investigate every sitting justice, including democratic justices, this is a politically-motivated witch hunt and it will backfire. The fact that I am turned off as a Democrat who can’t stand Thomas tells you something. This is opening the door to using witch hunts of sitting supreme court justices as a score-settling measure between the parties. The country is wracked by partisanship enough as it is. Give it a freaking rest. [/quote]

Lol it’s the “I’m a Democrat” gaslighter.

Why can you just leave the corrupt SC alone? Everyone does it![/quote]
Heaven help us. This is kind of knuckle dragging response that Democrats produce nowadays. We’re supposed to be the smart people, the clear thinkers, the people who can see the forest beyond the trees.

Have you clerked?

I have!

I clerked for two federal judges in major jurisdictions — both Democratic appointees.  During my three year is clerking, I saw lots of goings on among judges on the district and COA level that anyone could make something of if they felt like being spiteful. You have no freaking clue. And everyone I’m talking about is a Dem.

You are completely batshit if you think any justice can go through the kind of scrutiny we are putting Thomas through right now and come out clean. The ethics rules are very subjective, very vague, poorly enforced, and intentionally so because the idea is to give justices latitude in the conduct of their affairs.

You might not like that, but using them as a pretext for this witch hunt is going to blow back on us. When right wing nut jobs turn the same scrutiny on our justices AND our federal judges it’s going to be a bloodbath. They’re combing financials right now and already making noises about Sotomayor.  At some point, a republican will return to the presidency and then you’ll see. Our base isn’t going to shrug and the heads of good Democratic judges will roll. [/quote]
+1000[/quote]
It’s disgusting but unsurprising to see how vehemently MAGAS will defend unscrupulous behavior when it’s one of their own.[/quote]

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