Justice Clarence Thomas misses Supreme Court arguments
Justice Clarence Thomas misses Supreme Court arguments
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Justice Clarence Thomas misses Supreme Court arguments
The conservative justice was not present for oral arguments on Monday, but the court did not provide a reason why.
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was not present at the court for oral arguments on Monday, with the court giving no reason for his absence.
Chief Justice John Roberts said in court that Thomas “is not on the bench today” but would "participate fully" in the two cases being argued based on the briefs and transcripts.
A court spokeswoman had no further information.
Thomas, 75, is the eldest of the nine justices. The court has a 6-3 conservative majority.
We’re not lucky enough to have this ghoul drop dead in the next 9 months.
Imagine if he already was and they were weekend at Bernie’s-ing him so they could inflate the conservative numbers?
I mean 5-3 is still a majority so this makes zero sense but like, we live in the bizzaro world where I honestly wouldn’t put it past them
Even if he did, the Democrats would probably give the pick to the Republicans again
The democrats currently control the senate which was not the case when Obama’s pick was tabled by McConnell. There’s plenty of legitimate stuff to criticize democrats for, but don’t blame them for republican fuckery.
Can't happen this time because Mitch isn't running the Senate...
BUT...
Here's a scenario...
Thomas drops dead.
Sinema or Manchin change party to Republican.
Senate flips to Republican leadership and Mitch is back in charge because he doesn't step down from the leadership role until the term ends.
Mitch blocks the nominee just like he did with Merrick Garland.
Trump wins and gets a 4th Supreme Court pick... which doesn't change the balance, since Thomas is right wing, but it locks in the 6-3 majority for decades.
Again? When did they give it to them the first time?
Impossible this time. Dems have the Senate. They didn’t when Scalia died.
On any given roll of the dice, it's very difficult to say how lucky we are.