And maybe his buddy Alito can catch it too.

Because that would be awesome for America.

... smack dab right were it's visible.

The longer Thomas is on SCOTUS the more damage he will do. Same with the Con.

but I won't wish death on anyone. If he should pass, I wouldn't be unhappy. I just don't like when people start rooting for people to become seriously ill or to die. Best to wish they get everything they deserve 100 fold.

No laws will EVER put him away for the punishment he and his hideous fascist wife richly deserve. And yet, death comes for us all.

for such people. I would rather they stay alive and be held accountable for the things they've done. For all we know, death could be an easy out for them.

That is definitely how I feel about Trump by the way. No easy exits for that creep. He has caused so much pain and misery for so many people. He needs to face what he has done.

If he croaks, Biden can appoint a replacement with a SML that will actually bring the vote to the floor.

I just wish the seat could become vacant another way. Of course, if it is his time to go, oh well.

Road trip.

Of course, all things are relative and at this point in my life 75 seems a tad young, but most certainly old enough to retire and take a very long road trip. I would like to see him held accountable (his loopy wife too), but I won't hold my breath. Most importantly, we need that seat.

I'm not picky.

If he lingers too long, it might not be doable.

Mitch would bitch about it being unfair.

Maybe he's the secret witness in New York this morning in Trump's trial.

“Like all religious evangelists, (Thomas) realizes that there is little satisfaction in the contemplation of heaven for oneself if one cannot simultaneously contemplate the horrors of hell for others.”

― P.D. James, The Children of Men

Musical Chairs is no fun if everybody gets a chair.

Glad you are posting!

The worst SC Justice of my lifetime. What a worthless grifter.

Of what RBG endured healthwise, and how serious HER commitment to the Court was.

Stark contrast?

.... could have filled that seat.

In every critical swing state Hillary lost by less than 1%, while Jill Stein received 1% of the vote in those critical swing states. It didn’t take much, and the same actors, Cornell West, David Sirota, Nina Turner, etc. are still pushing the same nonsense they did in 2016. Hopefully, voters have wised up to that garbage, and won’t be conned by that garbage.

n/t

forget that! EVER!

The cycle doesn't go past more than 8 years of one Party rule (not since 1988). The only reason that it was close was because Trump was the nominee. Had Romney waited for 2016, he'd be in his second term right now.

So, why am I saying all of this? Because RGB likely knew this in 2014-2015. Unless she thought that she would hold out until the next Democratic administration?

‘Serious’ Democratic Party leader approached her about retiring while Obama could appoint her replacement. But apparently we aren’t allowed to acknowledge that, as instead we have to blame the left for not being middle class white male voters in Midwest swing states.

are nonsense.

Hillary lost because of several contributing factors, the prime was because Corey released a letter to the republicans in congress
11 days before the election, and the MEDIA pushed the LIE that the email investigation was reopened. That entire week the MSM paraded every right wing pundit across their outlets, along with headlines in the major newspapers, propagating that lie. Hillary was ahead in every poll by about 4 points before that happened, completely erased that lead after Corey came out.

Finally, when Corey came out late Friday, the weekend before the general election, saying there was nothing found that merited the reopening the email case, the MSM barely mentioned it as a byline. The damage had already been done.

It is NOT a coincidence why we lost, and it had NOTHING to do with 8 years of Obama.

What finally clinched it though was the so-called progressives who refused to vote for Hillary, by either voting third party, or not voting, pushing the lie that there was "no difference between republicans and Democrats", "the Supreme Court didn't matter", and they were tired of voting for the lesser of the two "evils", which conned enough people, especially young people to either vote third party or not vote, and it didn't take much.

As I pointed out, in every critical swing state, Hillary loss by less than 1%, while Jill Stein received 1% of the vote in those swing states.

Because of THOSE thing we lost the Supreme Court, and anyone who didn't recognize that the Supreme Court was at state in 2016, especially after what happened in 2000, are not particularly bright people.

Yet they still won the House and the popular vote that year. That was not to be the case in 2016. If Trump didn't run Romney, Bush, Rubio, or even Cruz would have won not only the Electoral Vote, but the Popular Vote as well.

I do, however, agree with you that Hillary lost because of, Comey, emails, third-party candidates, Russian propaganda, etc. She could have defeated Trump if even one of those factors didn't happen.

How do you feel about 2028 if Biden wins? You don't think it'll be a near-automatic Republican win because of 8 years of of one Party in power?

As for 2028 or any presidential year, I am of the mindset that most Americans are not comfortable with what they perceive as extreme left or extreme right candidates, at least I believe that is the case.

If we win 2024, and by 2028 the economy is doing well, Americans feel secure, and inflation is under control, barring any black swan event, the odds should favor us.

That is where I am coming from.

On the other hand if trump wins, I am not sure the country will survive as a democracy.

On our end, I expect it to either be Newsom or Harris, and probably DeSantis or whoever Trump's VP pick is on their end.

One thing you said I'd like to comment on though:

campaign, the media coverage of Gore was mostly negative. So many times I saw the coverage of Gore as a “joke”, with mocking phrase, “he invented the internet, he was boring, etc., At that time Nader was more respected, and he actively coined the phrase that there is no difference between republicans and Democrats, and last but not least, Gore distanced himself from Clinton because of the Lewinsky scandal, so the economy was only secondary.

Just my two cents. Clinton won a second term in spite of his scandals primarily because of the economy I believe.

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Bill Clinton would have easily won a third term in 2000. Obama in 2016 too. With the exception of Reagan in 1988, no Republican had a chance of winning a third term (and I doubt Reagan would have run for one).

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She provided the extra motivation to get them out to vote because she was the only one who mirrored their further left views, but she didn't snatch them away from Hilary.

progressives who refused to vote for Hillary.

Cornell West was given a seat at the Democratic rules committee during the convention, and after the convention
promptly endorsed Jill Stein. Nina Turner, David Sirota, Brihana Joy Gray, etc. made it clear they would not vote for Hillary., and Chris Hayes, Democracy Now, and other supposedly progressively slanted outlets, went out of their way to give airtime to Jill Stein, Susan Sarandon, Nina Turner, etc. to spew their anti-Hillary message.

In 2000, those same young people who were conned by those supposedly self-identified progressives, realized the disaster that occurred in 2016, and came out to vote for Biden in 2020.

the outcome could have been very different. Same with Nader - Why couldn't Al Gore even carry his home state? That wasn't on Nader, it was the result of an unfocused campaign strategy.

I have no love for Jill Stein so won't defend her. I get it - she's an easy target. But to think that her voters would have voted for Hillary is ill-informed. These voters were never going to vote for Hillary. Or any Democrat.

Perhaps we should ignore them and focus on the people who we can actually get. Trump managed to siphon off a lot of voters who supported Obama.

Latinos in 2012 voted 71% for Obama.
Lations in 2016: 65% voted for Clinton.

(That's quite a shift considering the things Trump called them)

African Americans in 2012: 93% for Obama.
African Americans in 2016: 89% for Clinton.

(plus the AA vote overall was lower in 2016)

Union households in 2012: 58% for Obama.
Union households in 2016: 51% for Clinton.

Income under 50K in 2012: 60% for Obama.
Income under 50K in 2016: 53% for Clinton

etc.

etc.

that camp. "There is no difference between republicans and Democrats". "I am tired of voting for the lesser of two evils", and best one was, "The supreme court didn't matter."

They influenced enough young people to either vote third party or not vote at all, and is a fact, because in 2000 that was rectified by that same demographic who did come out and vote for Joe Biden in the general election, to the disappointment I suspect of the David Sirota's Nina Turners', Cornell Wests', etc.

Good ole Michael Moore pushed the same bullshit in 2000. " A vote for Gore is a vote for bush" at Madison Square Garden.

If we lose this election because of low turnout, the young don't vote, women don't vote, African Americans don't vote, Democrats don't vote, progressives don't vote, etc. etc. etc. the first thing I will do is STOP all contributions that I give to charitable organizations in this country. If that is the case the country deserves everything it get if trump is elected to the WH.

sometime before the 22nd century.

Elections truly have consequences.

Using her crystal ball, right?

I think the point of my post was missed here. I'm pointing out the commitment over many years when RBG had health issues (even in younger years) and continued to serve.

Thomas, in my opinion, has never had proper respect for the role.

She said in an interview before her demise that she thought that maybe Roe versus Wade was to devisive and maybe there should be some leeway (or something to that effect). The real problem is the nature of the supreme court. With only nine justices I think there is a lot of group think going on. With only nine justices we really need to expand the court, so the power of appointment would be diminished. Also, the way they are chosen needs to change. That is a more complicated idea that would take a whole article in itself. So I will leave it at that. I also think there should be some non lawyers, which has been done in the past so there is precedent.

So we are down to 50 votes for confirmation at best.

hopefully he will be reasonable on his way out. Hopefully he will get an opportunity.

Hopefully the doctors can pull him through …



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The Mediterranean Sea is too beautiful this time of year and on somebody else's yacht and expenses full covered on their credit cards it is 10X more fun.

to make it look like he is alive. and just keeping him that way for decades if need be. Never letting a real outsider in to see what is going on.

fleeing the country.

people or something like that he said in an interview…

You get my vote for post of the day!!

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At least until after April 25.

like McConnel did. Of course, now we have Schumer running the senate so a potential nominee would be given a chance. We only need 51 votes since there is no fillibuster for supreme court appointments. Assuming Manchin, Sinema dont behave like idiots, we might get a chance.

They can stuff him and install a microphone in his ass so Ginny can answer questions for him remotely.

Nobody would ever notice the difference anyway.




(I know, that's bad)

That got a chuckle from me lol.

Let a decent man make your replacement. Think the Senate would vote them in?

But he was probably just too busy doing other fun things.

Some or all of you have been thinking ill Karma towards this guy, perhaps?

33 years of corrupt shady decisions have to end at some point. The world we be a better place when he's no longer 1 of 9.

1-Kissinger
2- OJ Simpson
3- …


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Tragic.

John Oliver promised him a million a year plus a luxury RV if Clarence resigned. Because the show figured out a million was about what the asshole is collecting every year in graft. It's a great offer at his age. And everybody knows what a corrupt bunghole Clarence Traitor is already. Nothing to lose.

Go for it, Clarence!

I agree with OAITW r.2.0 comment:

"Hoping for the best outcome."

and never come back.

You can do it, Clarence!

. . . I pray his doctors are able to pull him through.


Hmmm, that didn't come out quite right . . . or maybe it did.

...and be on the lookout for a LARGE, EXPENSIVE RV registered in Clarence's name.

That makes it sound like he participated today.

Did he?

Thanks OP, I appreciate the post very much! I don’t wish harm to anybody, but I would love that man to be off the court.

for the best for the USA.

Him to go on a Scalia type vacation trip

he was looking for his robe. He doesn't know where he lives but he said his name was Long Dong Silver his wife rides a broom.
If you know this man don't call the police.

will President Biden get to nominate and will the Senate process the nomination of a new s.c. justice? And would that put the oppressors in a minority? And could we get our rights restored? Can I hope for a miracle?

The court is currently 6-3. If we get to replace Thomas it would be 5-4 and even then, not necessarily a strong liberal nominee since Manchin and Sinema will probably insist on a "moderate ".

darn it
Thank you!

nuff said..

Just checking. Waiting with my thoughts snd prayers.

It was fun while it lasted.

that he was recusing from yesterday's arguments without using that as an excuse.