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29 Feb 16 - 09:34 PM (#3775873) Subject: BS: Justice Clarence Thomas speaks!! 2/29/16 From: Wesley S Maybe because it's a leap year but Justice Clarence Thomas actually spoke from the bench today. Story Here Washington was actually talking about someone other than Donald Trump on Monday, and that someone was not another presidential candidate. It was Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. People were talking about Thomas because Thomas was talking. In the Supreme Court chamber, during oral arguments, the 67-year-old Thomas asked multiple questions. There might seem to be nothing out of the ordinary in that, except that Thomas had gone since February 2006 hearing hundreds of oral arguments without asking a single question. |
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01 Mar 16 - 05:48 AM (#3775946) Subject: RE: BS: Justice Clarence Thomas speaks!! 2/29/16 From: gillymor Apparently broke his silence in defense of his beloved 2nd amendment. |
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01 Mar 16 - 10:01 AM (#3776034) Subject: RE: BS: Justice Clarence Thomas speaks!! 2/29/16 From: Greg F. Rather puts me in mind of Dorothy Parker's remark when told that Calvin Coolidge was dead. |
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01 Mar 16 - 11:13 AM (#3776053) Subject: RE: BS: Justice Clarence Thomas speaks!! 2/29/16 From: GUEST,# ". . . Dorothy Parker's remark when told that Calvin Coolidge was dead." Good one. |
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01 Mar 16 - 04:43 PM (#3776114) Subject: RE: BS: Justice Clarence Thomas speaks!! 2/29/16 From: gnu As for His Esteemed Justice... can't say I ever liked his decisions. And, now, this? "The law bars someone found guilty of spousal abuse from owning a gun." In Canada, "nope" and the laws are clear on that. A spouse has to sign off on the Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL) up front and the spouse can "rescind" that sign-off. And that's the way it should be until the offending spouse is divorced, repeat, DIVORCED, for a reasonable amount of time. What's a reasonable amount of time? I would GUESS at least a year. Canada has good (mostly) gun laws. The US should look into what we do up here in the Great White Frozen. gnightgnu |
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02 Mar 16 - 06:45 PM (#3776340) Subject: RE: BS: Justice Clarence Thomas speaks!! 2/29/16 From: Donuel gnu was spot on In fact he was being kind. |
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02 Mar 16 - 09:56 PM (#3776365) Subject: RE: BS: Justice Clarence Thomas speaks!! 2/29/16 From: Wesley S I started this thread to talk about Justice Thomas but if the usual suspects are just going to engage in the same old/same old the mods may as well shut this down. Mischief managed for now. ---mudelf |
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03 Mar 16 - 09:46 AM (#3776473) Subject: RE: BS: Justice Clarence Thomas speaks!! 2/29/16 From: GUEST, ^*^ I can't see past the man's sordid behavior to Anita Hill. She was essentially put on trial by the Senate Judiciary committee, they allowed all and sundry to step up and call Hill names; steno-pool secretaries were sworn in to speak in front of the nation and speculate on Hill's psychological well-being (I remember one woman suggesting "transference", like she knew what she was talking about or was entitled to make a diagnosis? No one told her she went too far.) Thomas is an embarrassment. His looney tunes view of the basis of American law should never have been considered valid background for such an august role. |
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03 Mar 16 - 11:53 AM (#3776516) Subject: RE: BS: Justice Clarence Thomas speaks!! 2/29/16 From: Wesley S I've just always questioned why he's there if he isn't going to participate. If he can't think of anything to ask he should just stay home. Talk about a "bench-warmer". |
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03 Mar 16 - 10:49 PM (#3776591) Subject: RE: BS: Justice Clarence Thomas speaks!! 2/29/16 From: EBarnacle He's like a 10 year locust. Once a decade, he'll open his mouth to speak in court. The rest of the time, he's hibernating. |