Anonymous wrote:It has now been debunked by […]

The problem with an illegitimate court led by a thumb twiddling potted plant is that it’s got all the believability of a kangaroo court. “Debunked.” Lol.

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Looks like he’s been a real d**k since Prep. Founder and president of the Fascism Forever club.

I guess you don't understand what a joke is.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/neil-gorsuchs-[…]-forever-club/

Here. This is for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSXKzPOcYDU

Anonymous wrote:That's interesting, because every other person in the Court building and the Courtroom is required to wear a mask.

The Court asks that attorneys wear masks that cover the nose and mouth
at all times within the Court building, except when actively eating or drinking. The Court
also asks that attorneys wear an N95 or KN95 mask in the Courtroom, except when
presenting argument. N95 or KN95 masks will be provided in the Lawyers’ Lounge.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/announcements/Winter%202022%20argument%20COVID%20protocols.pdf

SO WHAT? That's not what this thread is about. The disgusting things that have been said about Gorsuch are beyond the pale. Do you people EVER wait to get all the facts before tearing people apart? JFC.

That's interesting, because every other person in the Court building and the Courtroom is required to wear a mask.

The Court asks that attorneys wear masks that cover the nose and mouth
at all times within the Court building, except when actively eating or drinking. The Court
also asks that attorneys wear an N95 or KN95 mask in the Courtroom, except when
presenting argument. N95 or KN95 masks will be provided in the Lawyers’ Lounge.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/announcements/Winter%202022%20argument%20COVID%20protocols.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:apparently?

Looks like he’s been a real d**k since Prep. Founder and president of the Fascism Forever club.

I guess you don't understand what a joke is.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/neil-gorsuchs-fascism-forever-club/

It was all in good fun back when that yearbook was published, but the humor soured once a fascist-loving president awarded Gorsuch the Supreme Court nomination after McConnell robbed Obama of the confirmation process for the same opening. And later, a bunch of Trump-loving fascists attempted a coup.

Oh, you sweet summer child. Go take your smelling salts. Clearly, having YET ANOTHER FAKE STORY debunked has given you the vapors.

It has now been debunked by all the Supreme Court Justices involved, including the supposed victim herself.

Still, unlike the fake news about Justice Sotomayor dining out without a mask that was pushed in conservative media ten days ago, the “blue check” crowd has yet to demand retractions, nor have there been any soul-searching articles about gullibility or confirmation bias, nor any scolding of NPR or Totenberg.

NPR and Totenberg, meanwhile, still stand by the debunked report. It appears they will hang their refusal to take the Justices at their word on the sole reasoning that Totenberg used the words “in some form” when writing that Roberts “asked the other justices to mask up.”

Nevertheless, the original and still uncorrected report from Totenberg says definitively that Roberts asked. Roberts says definitively that he did not. Gorsuch and Sotomayor both said definitively that the story “is false.” They did not say “only part of the story is false” or “any implication of a specific interaction is false.” They, two attorneys, judges, Justices, said in a declarative statement: “It is false.” They left no wiggle room, nor did Chief Justice Roberts.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/justices-gorsuch-sotomayor-and-roberts-blow-up-npr-mask-story-by-nina-totenberg/ar-AASX1Qh?ocid=BingNewsSearch

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Anonymous wrote:apparently?

Looks like he’s been a real d**k since Prep. Founder and president of the Fascism Forever club.

I guess you don't understand what a joke is.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/neil-gorsuchs-fascism-forever-club/

It was all in good fun back when that yearbook was published, but the humor soured once a fascist-loving president awarded Gorsuch the Supreme Court nomination after McConnell robbed Obama of the confirmation process for the same opening. And later, a bunch of Trump-loving fascists attempted a coup.

Anonymous wrote:This is a fake story. It is hard to imagine what more can be said to convince the liberals that this is a story designed to raise outrage - probably in an effort to get Biden to stack the court.

Ruth Marcus and Nina Totenberg should apologize. So should Claire McCaskill while we're at it.

This is so delicious. Reading all of the overwrought, hysterical comments about Gorsuch - and then this. Plus the joint statement from Gorsuch and Sotomayor. Not only should Ruth Marcus, Nina Totenberg, and Claire McCaskill apologize - so should every single liberal on this thread insisting something nefarious was at play. And the title of this ridiculous thread should be changed. What a shameful, shameful thread.

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that he would even joke about a Fascism Forever Club indicates his douchbaggery.

From the same person happy to call anyone a fascist at the drop of a hat...

My ancestors were tortured and killed by fascists so I don’t think it's a joking matter. Does not speak well to his character.

Join the club. Maybe next time roll out that objection when someone starts yelling about "omg fascists."

Well said.

Anonymous wrote:Can you imagine how emotionally stunted you would have to be to have the same political beliefs today as you did in high school?

It explains a lot about him.

So you were a conservative in high school?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t care what he was like in HS. He is a selfish and entitle douche now. Glad I don’t work with him.

+1

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Although that “Fascism Forever Club” that he started in high school is worrisome. These GOP true believers all ossified in high school and never show any personal growth (like starting a club called Fascism Forever and then going on to serve a fascist party and being a complete allbag to your colleague. What a ducking weirdo.

What must it be like to be totally devoid of a sense of humor? WOW.

Political differences aside, Mr. Gorsuch was popular and respected, excelling at debate and being elected student body president.

When it came time to write his senior biography for the yearbook, he would make light of the divide between his conservative political beliefs and those of the more liberal faculty and students.

[Gorsuch] wrote that he founded and led the “Fascism Forever Club,” though those with knowledge of the school back in the 1980s say there was no such club. The mention of it in the yearbook was a tongue-in-cheek attempt to poke fun at liberal peers who teased him about his fierce conservatism.

It was “a total joke,” said Steve Ochs, a history teacher at Georgetown Prep who was the student government advisor during Mr. Gorsuch’s junior and senior years at the Bethesda, Md., school.

“There was no club at a Jesuit school about young fascists,” he told America. “The students would create fictitious clubs; they would have fictitious activities. They were all inside jokes on their senior pages.”

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/neil-gorsuchs-fascism-forever-club/

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Anonymous wrote:apparently?

Looks like he’s been a real d**k since Prep. Founder and president of the Fascism Forever club.

I guess you don't understand what a joke is.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/neil-gorsuchs-fascism-forever-club/

I still don't understand why posts are being deleted from this thread, but whatever.

I think Totenberg has made a misstep here. I don't think she made this up, but used some very vague language in her report.

IMO, she needs to be careful about preserving her record and legacy. She was a close personal friend of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Ginsburg's husband. But she's practically an American institution on Supreme Court reporting. The public pushback from the Court is a sign to knock it off.

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Anonymous wrote:So this whole story is BS? She is not one just to fall on her sword so there is really no other conclusion that this was a non-story from the start.

It could be BS... or, the justices could be lying to cover their a***s, which is more likely.

+1. This is a PR operation to salvage the dying reputation of the SCOTUS. Nina Totenberg is not just some B-list reporter.

Not likely. Totenberg is a B lister. She can be easily played as she has been throughout her time covering the court.

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Anonymous wrote:So this whole story is BS? She is not one just to fall on her sword so there is really no other conclusion that this was a non-story from the start.

It could be BS... or, the justices could be lying to cover their a***s, which is more likely.

Takes everyone to play together for that and there is no reason why she should.