Clarence Thomas Declares Precedent Irrelevant

    by pj7891sm

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    1. Yes, an attorney. With a law degree. On the highest court in the land. In a lifetime position.
      Thinks
      Laws don’t matter.

      Remove and disbar the fucking idiot.

    2. He looks bored, probably too slow to sexually assault anyone and not dead yet so still a supreme Court judge somehow

    3. That’s stating the obvious, and should;d be past tense, They overturned roe vs Wade. Thats about as “Precedent doesn’t matter’ as you can get.
      No, wait, they are going to try worse.

    4. blinkanboxcar182 on

      The next stage of project 2025 is to dismantle the court system as we know it. Right on track.

      https://www.project2025.observer/en

      People are being ripped from their families by masked agents, sent to concentration camps, and disappearing.

      Just because it doesn’t affect your daily life doesn’t mean we aren’t reliving Nazi Germany in real time.

      Don’t think this will all go away and we’ll be back to normal once ____ (midterms shift, Trump dies or no longer is in office, etc.). Most of what has already happened is irreparable. The US is no longer a trusted nation on the world stage and that’s not coming back any time soon.

      Until the comfortable middle class starts actively taking to the streets, this will continue. Don’t watch in sadness and say nothing. Start by being vocal on your opposition to what’s happening – even if it’s just a Facebook post. Start making it acceptable to speak up and speak out. Then organize rallies and protests – or when they’re organized by others, participate in them.

      We’re rapidly losing our country.

    5. I just went and found the actual article and read the quote and he pretty much seems to be saying “we shouldn’t defer to precedent dogmatically, we should consider how the precedent was set and whether it still makes sense”.

      Does anybody actually disagree?

    6. What happened to every justice who was interviewed to be awarded their seat saying precedent was solid and real?

    7. External_Demand_8839 on

      We need a Constitutional amendment limiting SCOTUS to 20 year terms. Bury this old fucking Uncle Tom already!

    8. therealtiddlydump on

      This has been his position on precedent since he was nominated. This is not news.

      _He’s written this in dissents for over 30 years!_

    9. As a non-native speaker, i always have to retrace and make sure that it reads ‘precedent’, not ‘president’.

    10. Joey_BagaDonuts57 on

      For Clarence and clarity:

      “**Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.**

    11. It doesn’t matter when anything can be on a shadow docket. Why waste time saying why your rulings have any legal reasoning behind them at all?

    12. I hope he’s happy about being discarded when he’s no longer useful, like Ramaswamy. Anyone remember him?

    13. I mean we’ve had a new precedent the as soon as Barrett was sworn in a month before the election. New Precedents:

      – SCOTUS no longer represents the people

      – Do harm

      – Serve the will of Donald Trump

      – Impose your version of Christianity on all citizens

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