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#9301
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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#9302
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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#9303

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. 

#9304
America’s Trumpiest court handed down a shockingly dangerous decision. The Supreme Court is likely, but not certain, to fix it. https://t.co/yB1Q8EMz77

 

#9305
4 minutes ago, David Dennison said:
America’s Trumpiest court handed down a shockingly dangerous decision. The Supreme Court is likely, but not certain, to fix it. https://t.co/yB1Q8EMz77

 

Oh fun

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#9306
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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 

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#9309

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

#9310
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.  

#9311
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.  

#9312
BREAKING: Justice Clarence Thomas has recused himself in a Supreme Court case involving January 6th and former Trump legal adviser John Eastman.Ginni Thomas worked with Eastman to try to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

 

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#9315
8 hours ago, Js1 said:
BREAKING: Justice Clarence Thomas has recused himself in a Supreme Court case involving January 6th and former Trump legal adviser John Eastman.Ginni Thomas worked with Eastman to try to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

 


it was meaningless case 

#9317
10 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:


it was meaningless case 

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

#9318
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 

#9319
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.

#9320
19 hours ago, Js1 said:
BREAKING: Justice Clarence Thomas has recused himself in a Supreme Court case involving January 6th and former Trump legal adviser John Eastman.Ginni Thomas worked with Eastman to try to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

 

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.

#9321

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

#9322

 

John Roberts & Samuel Alito own shares of companies that could score billions in tax relief from the outcome of a major upcoming case. https://t.co/W9CyUNCRqG

 

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#9323
23 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

 

John Roberts & Samuel Alito own shares of companies that could score billions in tax relief from the outcome of a major upcoming case. https://t.co/W9CyUNCRqG

 


both need to sit out that case 

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#9324

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.

 

#9325
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.

#9326
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.

#9327

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/

#9328

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

#9329
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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#9330
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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#9332
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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#9333
Remember this when Senate Republicans vote against subpoenas for Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo. https://t.co/h0iRrIPGnL

 

#9334

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

#9335
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.

#9336
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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#9337

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. 

#9338
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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#9339
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. 

spongebob squarepants bullshit GIF

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#9341
REPORTER: "You would be okay with the Supreme Court leaving the issue of interracial marriage to the states?"SEN. MIKE BRAUN (R-IN): "Yes. If you are not wanting SCOTUS to weigh in on issues like that, you’re not going to have your cake and eat it too."pic.twitter.com/G4r5GN1jG8


 

#9342
6 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:
REPORTER: "You would be okay with the Supreme Court leaving the issue of interracial marriage to the states?"SEN. MIKE BRAUN (R-IN): "Yes. If you are not wanting SCOTUS to weigh in on issues like that, you’re not going to have your cake and eat it too."pic.twitter.com/G4r5GN1jG8


 

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

#9343
On 9/22/2023 at 8:05 PM, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

Clarence Thomas wrote this concurring opinion in AFPF v. Bonta.He wrote that asking this Koch dark money group to disclose its donors violates those donors’ 1A rights.Now we have learned that he was secretly (“anonymously”) HELPING the Kochs SOLICIT MONEY from these donors.

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. 

#9344

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

 

#SCOTUS in Shelby County: We don’t need preclearance to enforce the Voting Rights Act because private suits remain available to challenge specific violations of the Act directly under section 2.Eighth Circuit: About those private suits… https://t.co/if8tw3ZZki

 

 

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#9345
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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#9346
2 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

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

 

#SCOTUS in Shelby County: We don’t need preclearance to enforce the Voting Rights Act because private suits remain available to challenge specific violations of the Act directly under section 2.Eighth Circuit: About those private suits… https://t.co/if8tw3ZZki

 

 


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

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#9347

Lovely …

Even though this argument isn't grounded in law, the conservative court could side with them.If they win it'd be much harder for the government to tax profits, because they argue it's unconstitutional to tax profits before those profits are realized. /2https://t.co/zuXtF3UdEp

 

#9348
1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

Lovely …

Even though this argument isn't grounded in law, the conservative court could side with them.If they win it'd be much harder for the government to tax profits, because they argue it's unconstitutional to tax profits before those profits are realized. /2https://t.co/zuXtF3UdEp

 

[Laughs in oligarchy]

#9349
6 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Lovely …

Even though this argument isn't grounded in law, the conservative court could side with them.If they win it'd be much harder for the government to tax profits, because they argue it's unconstitutional to tax profits before those profits are realized. /2https://t.co/zuXtF3UdEp

 

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

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#9350
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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