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It's not a terrible analogy.  It's just that it is patently false.  The umpire's goal is to be a neutral arbiter.  The strike zone is what it is, and the ball either passes through or does not.
But Alito and Thomas are clearly backing into their decisions.  It would be as if the umpire called the strike, before the pitcher threw the ball.  
 
And the catcher on pitchcom is koch or leo or crow. Between innings he suggests that a pitch up and in should be called a strike. So next one is.

But most umps disagreed around the league still. Until one day, there's a couple more umps bought by Leo, and maybe some others who were just sympathetic to billionaires. So over the pitchcom comes the up and in call. And those other umpires also suddenly call it a strike, citing back to that one time Umpire Thomas called it a strike to claim that this isn't something new.
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1 hour ago, Chad Fuck said:

It's not a terrible analogy.  It's just that it is patently false.  The umpire's goal is to be a neutral arbiter.  The strike zone is what it is, and the ball either passes through or does not.

But Alito and Thomas are clearly backing into their decisions.  It would be as if the umpire called the strike, before the pitcher threw the ball.  

 

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If it was up to Alito and Thomas, fans would be required to wear suit and tie to baseball games, because that's what Abner Doubleday intended. 

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It is far from clear, in other words, whether Edith Jones’s All American opinion would receive a passing grade if a law student submitted it as their final paper in a law school seminar on congressional appropriations, as it offers no meaningful evidence whatsoever for its central claim.

And yet Jones, Francisco, and several other Fifth Circuit judges would endanger the entire nation’s economy over a theory that has no basis in any legal text, and barely any support in all of the scholarship that has ever been produced by the American legal academy since the Constitution took effect in 1789.


 

the us fifth is broken and bat shit crazy, this well known 

8 hours ago, Redneck Mutha said:

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The Supremes standing up to Alabama, love it. They’re handing the house to the Dems 

12 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

The Supremes standing up to Alabama, love it. They’re handing the house to the Dems 

They must've locked Thomas and Alito in their homes and disconnected their internet to keep them from dissenting.  

13 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

The Supremes standing up to Alabama, love it. They’re handing the house to the Dems 

You do not defy our ruling class of unelected partisans. That’s the message. You may not like the ruling, but they have spoken.  

 

 

I guess I’ll have to start believing in miracles again.

Did not see that coming. Perhaps he wants to keep his grifting lifestyle and figured out he needs to stfu?

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8 hours ago, Js1 said:

 


it was meaningless case 

That's a typo. He didn't recuse himself, he was on a cruise.

10 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:


it was meaningless case 

Just gives him cover to say "see how ethical I am??"

1 minute ago, safe sex said:

Just gives him cover to say "see how ethical I am??"

Still was probably verbally abused once he got home 

13 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Did not see that coming. Perhaps he wants to keep his grifting lifestyle and figured out he needs to stfu?

Correct. Recuse yourself in the treason case so you can keep the grift going.

19 hours ago, Js1 said:

 

This doesn't happen unless he was already in some shit.

Good on Pro Publica for shedding their light on the supremes.

It's not monumental, but it is at least something.

The real reason for recusal here is that Eastman was Thomas' clerk (and his vote would've been meaningless). 

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23 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

 

 


both need to sit out that case 

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Kind of related

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judicial-panel-examine-judge-shopping-reforms-2023-10-17/

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A federal judicial rules-making panel on Tuesday agreed to examine whether to curtail "judge shopping" by state attorneys general and activists who file lawsuits challenging government policies in courthouses where a single, sympathetic judge hears most cases.

Members of the U.S. Judicial Conference's Advisory Committee on Civil Rules at a meeting in Washington, D.C., grappled with whether it could or should craft nationwide rules to ensure such cases are randomly assigned a judge, as Senate Democrats have urged it to do.

 

On 10/9/2023 at 7:24 PM, tx 3 putt said:


both need to sit out that case 

They shouldn’t own individual stocks. It’s really crazy this is allowed.

2 minutes ago, hornmpa96 said:

They shouldn’t own individual stocks. It’s really crazy this is allowed.

Yep.  You want to be a public servant at a high level?  Mutual funds only.  Them's the breaks.  Or it would be if we lived in a sane society.

Trammel Crow was a collector of world class Asian Art, most of which is housed in his collection in downtown Dallas. His son, Harlan seems to have a fascination with collecting Negroes. There’s, Clarence, Eric Johnson and now we learn 60’s hippie Cornell West has had a decades long relationship with him. Who knew?

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4267593-cornel-west-returns-harlan-crow-donation/

So it turns out Clarence Thomas never actually repaid his friend for $270k motor home loan. Nothing to see here.

21 minutes ago, hornmpa96 said:

So it turns out Clarence Thomas never actually repaid his friend for $270k motor home loan. Nothing to see here.

Duh

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46 minutes ago, hornmpa96 said:

So it turns out Clarence Thomas never actually repaid his friend for $270k motor home loan. Nothing to see here.

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1 hour ago, hornmpa96 said:

So it turns out Clarence Thomas never actually repaid his friend for $270k motor home loan. Nothing to see here.

 

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Good:

https://news.yahoo.com/finally-senate-democrats-coming-clarence-155843128.html

Senate Democrats have finally taken the first steps to address the ethics crisisrocking the Supreme Court.

The Senate Judiciary Committee announced Monday that it will seek to subpoena Republican billionaire megadonor Harlan Crow and ultraconservative activist Leonard Leo. Both men feature prominently in the ethics scandal for their relationships with Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. The committee will also seek to subpoena wealthy GOP donor Robin Arkley II.

“The Supreme Court is in an ethical crisis of its own making,” the committee said in a statement. “In order to adequately address this crisis, it is imperative that we understand the full extent of how people with interests before the Court are able to use undisclosed gifts to gain private access to the justices.”

All three men have so far either refused to cooperate with the committee’s investigation or offered to share an insufficient amount of information. The committee could authorize the subpoenas after a vote as soon as next week

16 hours ago, Satchel said:

Good:

https://news.yahoo.com/finally-senate-democrats-coming-clarence-155843128.html

Senate Democrats have finally taken the first steps to address the ethics crisisrocking the Supreme Court.

The Senate Judiciary Committee announced Monday that it will seek to subpoena Republican billionaire megadonor Harlan Crow and ultraconservative activist Leonard Leo. Both men feature prominently in the ethics scandal for their relationships with Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. The committee will also seek to subpoena wealthy GOP donor Robin Arkley II.

“The Supreme Court is in an ethical crisis of its own making,” the committee said in a statement. “In order to adequately address this crisis, it is imperative that we understand the full extent of how people with interests before the Court are able to use undisclosed gifts to gain private access to the justices.”

All three men have so far either refused to cooperate with the committee’s investigation or offered to share an insufficient amount of information. The committee could authorize the subpoenas after a vote as soon as next week

If I've learned anything over the past 8 years (god dammit), it's that congressional subpoenas aren't worth the paper they are printed on.

4 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

If I've learned anything over the past 8 years (god dammit), it's that congressional subpoenas aren't worth the paper they are printed on.

More evidence that we undermine support and belief in our own government and its institutions.

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1 minute ago, Captainant said:

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-ethics-code-conflicts-clarence-thomas-64d393ceb6f05402d762dca06f0f4187

lmfao their new ""code of ethics""" changes nothing and still leaves compliance up to each judge as an individual matter. And the court had the gall to write that they've been acting 100% ethically, and we just can't comprehend their methods. 

Was waiting for this to be brought up.  The only actual solution here would be to impeach and remove Thomas and Alito AT MINIMUM.  Realistically every R judge and maybe one or two of the D ones.  Just clean it out.

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47 minutes ago, Captainant said:

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-ethics-code-conflicts-clarence-thomas-64d393ceb6f05402d762dca06f0f4187

lmfao their new ""code of ethics""" changes nothing and still leaves compliance up to each judge as an individual matter. And the court had the gall to write that they've been acting 100% ethically, and we just can't comprehend their methods. 

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Ethics are for poors.

6 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:


 

Why should the government be involved in marriage or who people can marry?  Just more GOP small government in action.  

On 9/22/2023 at 8:05 PM, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

it won’t do a damn thing, but I hope people are turning that asshole into the ODC OF whatever states he’s  member of the Bar. 

8th Circuit just teed up another shot at executing the Voting Rights Act:

 

 

 

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20 hours ago, Mdhorn said:

Why should the government be involved in marriage or who people can marry?  Just more GOP small government in action.  


Collect marriage license $$$

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2 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

8th Circuit just teed up another shot at executing the Voting Rights Act:

 

 

 


John Roberts has been at war with voting rights for some time. He’s ready to pounce on this 

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

Lovely …

 

[Laughs in oligarchy]

6 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Lovely …

 

If that argument wins, wouldn't it also extend to increases in property taxes due to higher valuations?

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10 minutes ago, bolverk said:

If that argument wins, wouldn't it also extend to increases in property taxes due to higher valuations?


thomas wants to throw everything out the window 

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