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LongTomH

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9. Here's a thought to keep you awake nights.....

Reply to BlueCaliDem (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 13, 2014, 02:28 PM

Mar 2014

Last edited Thu Mar 13, 2014, 03:42 PM - Edit history (1)

The rightwing justices will receive the best health care possible, extending their lives, and their time on the bench by decades. Scalia could easily be handing down decisions well into his 90s.

Dementia? His clerks could write his decisions and commentary.

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Clarence Thomas - The Most Dangerous SCOTUS Mind [View all] GoLeft TV Mar 2014 OP

He can be defused simply by getting out the vote this November BlueCaliDem Mar 2014 #1

Here's a thought to keep you awake nights..... LongTomH Mar 2014 #9

Not that bothered about that. BlueCaliDem Mar 2014 #12

He was just an asshole when I knew him (or of him) in the 1970"s. gordianot Mar 2014 #2

The majority of our Supreme Court reflects the views of mountain grammy Mar 2014 #3

A Rube in a Robe Plucketeer Mar 2014 #4

"A buffoon in a black robe" :-) kag Mar 2014 #5

Thomas does not believe in stare decis Gothmog Mar 2014 #6

They're not poorly written at all. woolldog Mar 2014 #15

I disagree strongly with this view Gothmog Mar 2014 #16

I read plenty of his opinions in law school. woolldog Mar 2014 #17

The concept of state decisis is an important concept Gothmog Mar 2014 #20

He and Scalia should be impeached, not that it would happen. Dustlawyer Mar 2014 #7

During this Pap piece, I was taken back to the Thomas Confirmation Hearing drynberg Mar 2014 #8

I think SBW is a good idea sorefeet Mar 2014 #10

He has a mind? Of his own? Get out!!! savannah43 Mar 2014 #11

He has one, but it is enslaved by Scalia Tyrs WolfDaemon Mar 2014 #21

Clarence Thomas: The Ultimate Uncle Tom radicalliberal Mar 2014 #13

And to think that G.H.W.B. once called Martin Luther King Jr. "an extremist"! radicalliberal Mar 2014 #14

I read that our own Joe Biden helped get Thomas confirmed to the Court. blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #19

Thomas has been snoozing on the bench for years. blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #18