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[–] pottedmeat7910@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This man is a straight up whore. The fact that he hasn't been tossed off the bench is a miscarriage of justice.

[–] roofuskit@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

The GOP would never support giving up the seat they stole by doing the right thing.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 5 points 2 years ago

In a speech that night, he said he had never yearned to be a federal judge. “Pure and simple, I wanted to be rich,” he said.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This guy is such a piece of shit

[–] roofuskit@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Always has been. He was barely pretending to do his job until Scalia died.

[–] negativenull@negativenull.com 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

He was known as the justice who never asked questions during any court proceedings, for about a decade. He didn't participate in court cases for a decade, other than to vote at the end.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-hasn-t-asked-question-decade-n520801

[–] skellener@kbin.social 24 points 2 years ago

C O R R U P T

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can't wait to hear about Kavanaugh and Barrett. Both of those appointments blew my mind.

[–] EvilColeslaw@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I really want to hear about the friend ~~paying off all of Kavanaugh's debts~~ reimbursing him for baseball tickets to the tune of $200,000 from 2016-2017.

[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago
[–] AtomicOrange@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

The lack of transparency and accountability is astounding.

[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

He just likes to drive his quarter million dollar RV to Walmart parking lots and eat hotdogs

[–] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Besides the infuriating corruption, I find the image of Thomas on the open road, behind the wheel of a Winnebago, maybe in full regalia, to be oddly humorous.

[–] instamat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Scowling all the while

[–] keeb420@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

a quarter of a million dollars to sit in his favorite place, a walmart parking lot. good ol Clarence.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] instamat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

justice t h i c c c

[–] ARg94@lemmy.packitsolutions.net -1 points 2 years ago

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