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MFn GIMP 
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| re: 149 questions and Clarence Thomas asked NONE (Posted on 4/5/12 at 4:31 pm to WildTchoupitoulas)
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I'm thinking he just sees the mandate as unconstitutional on its face. He doesn't have any questions to ask.
Really, he's not paid to ask questions, he's paid to make decisions.
I think he's already decided.
In the past he's said that the day one of the other Justices doesn't ask a question he wants answered is the day he will ask a question.
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aaronb023
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| re: 149 questions and Clarence Thomas asked NONE (Posted on 4/5/12 at 5:12 pm to MFn GIMP)
he who knows does not speak. he who speaks does not know
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EST
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| re: 149 questions and Clarence Thomas asked NONE (Posted on 4/5/12 at 5:13 pm to ottothewise)
What's there to ask? 
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Newbomb Turk 
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| re: 149 questions and Clarence Thomas asked NONE (Posted on 4/5/12 at 5:35 pm to ottothewise)
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Is he an embarrassment
The true EMBARRASSMENT is Ruthie Ginsburg feeling that she had to come in as the closer/relief pitcher for the Odummy administration when his Solicitor General couldn't formulate anything that made sense in defending this steaming pile of horse shite.
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ragacamps
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| re: 149 questions and Clarence Thomas asked NONE (Posted on 4/5/12 at 6:14 pm to ottothewise)
The individual mandate is a joke ottotheclownarse
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RollTide4Ever 
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| re: 149 questions and Clarence Thomas asked NONE (Posted on 4/5/12 at 7:18 pm to ragacamps)
Thomas is the best SC on that court, with Roberts being closest.
Ginsburg is an embarrassment, telling other gov'ts how horrible the US constitution is.
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DA
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| re: 149 questions and Clarence Thomas asked NONE (Posted on 4/5/12 at 7:44 pm to ottothewise)
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Is he an embarrassment
To those of us that still have some self respect, he is. How cynical was his nomination in hindsight?
It's the equivalent of having Sarah Palin on the SC.
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ottothewise
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| re: 149 questions and Clarence Thomas asked NONE (Posted on 4/5/12 at 7:50 pm to DA)
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How cynical was his nomination in hindsight?
It's the equivalent of having Sarah Palin on the SC.
I was surprised at the choice of Clarence Thomas. The appointment Clinton tried first was a woman of color who had written a paper floating the notion that people who have skin in an issue should get two votes, not just one. She was rejected for that alone. Then Clarence.
Isnt that the timing?
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SlowFlowPro 
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| re: 149 questions and Clarence Thomas asked NONE (Posted on 4/5/12 at 7:54 pm to DA)
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How cynical was his nomination in hindsight?
cynical? how?
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It's the equivalent of having Sarah Palin on the SC.
in what way?
he had a lot of varied experience prior to joining the USSC
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JWS3 
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| re: 149 questions and Clarence Thomas asked NONE (Posted on 4/5/12 at 7:54 pm to ottothewise)
Thomas has stated multiple times they he considers the oral arguments a waste of time, and believes court decisions should be made using only the submitted briefs.
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SlowFlowPro
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| re: 149 questions and Clarence Thomas asked NONE (Posted on 4/5/12 at 7:57 pm to JWS3)
in this respect that's even irrelevant
Thomas has a CLEAR interpretation of the commerce clause
Obamacare goes WAY beyond that interpretation
Thomas wrote a vigorous dissent in Gonzalez v. Raich, which was in opposition to federal drug laws (a hallowed bastion of conservatism, according to many progressives)
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Bestbank Tiger 
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| re: 149 questions and Clarence Thomas asked NONE (Posted on 4/5/12 at 8:12 pm to constant cough)
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I can't wait for the day of the big meltdown when the court makes it's ruling.
I can. I have a bad feeling about the outcome.
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Bestbank Tiger
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| re: 149 questions and Clarence Thomas asked NONE (Posted on 4/5/12 at 8:14 pm to ottothewise)
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Oliver Wendell Holmes said Congress has the right to address the needs of the underclass, and the courts should stay out of it.
How does forcing everyone to fork over hundreds of dollars a month to WTO corporations "address the needs of the underclass"?
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Joe Joe Joe
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| re: 149 questions and Clarence Thomas asked NONE (Posted on 4/5/12 at 8:18 pm to ottothewise)
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I was surprised at the choice of Clarence Thomas. The appointment Clinton tried first was a woman of color who had written a paper floating the notion that people who have skin in an issue should get two votes, not just one. She was rejected for that alone. Then Clarence.
What the hell are you talking about? Thomas was nominated by George H.W. Bush. In case you didn't know, Bush was President before Clinton so your entire comment is incorrect. But what's new.
This post was edited on 4/5 at 8:19 pm
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Bestbank Tiger
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| re: 149 questions and Clarence Thomas asked NONE (Posted on 4/5/12 at 8:39 pm to DA)
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It's the equivalent of having Sarah Palin on the SC.
There they go. There they go.
Every time try to talk about anything, some lib pulls Sarah Palin out his ass.
Lemme tell you something DA. This thread don't have nothin' to do with no Sarah Palin.
So FU, FU, FU...who's next?
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Big12fan 
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| re: 149 questions and Clarence Thomas asked NONE (Posted on 4/5/12 at 8:44 pm to RollTide4Ever)
Thomas is insecure about his speech. He has admitted that. But damn, speech is a wonderful form of communication and if he has thoughts that are original or pertinent to a case and doesn't express them, is he really doing a good job? There are 9 individuals on the court. All but one have interaction with the lawyers. Thomas's opinion and take on a particular situation goes unknown to the other Justices during questioning and since he is mute, nobody knows what he may have to offer.
I don't find it embarrassing, but instead feel for the guy. His insecurity has handicapped him to a certain degree. Maybe we should give him a horn to honk like Harpo Marx's.
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SlowFlowPro
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| re: 149 questions and Clarence Thomas asked NONE (Posted on 4/5/12 at 8:46 pm to Big12fan)
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and if he has thoughts that are original or pertinent to a case and doesn't express them
i can guarantee you he didn't have pertinent thoughts about this case. his opinion on the issue has been set in stone for decades
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Thomas's opinion and take on a particular situation goes unknown to the other Justices
not this situation 
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RollTide4Ever
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| re: 149 questions and Clarence Thomas asked NONE (Posted on 4/5/12 at 9:16 pm to SlowFlowPro)
Thomas is not the first nor will he likely be the last justice to be silent in court. Thomas is embarrassed of his speech so I don't know wtf that came from. Yeah Thomas was aa appointment but so is the majority of sc judges. There is no metric
S set in place to determine the best candidates, it's always been the preference of the potus.
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