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Clarence Thomas to Retire from SCOTUS After Election
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Date: June 20th, 2016 8:42 AM Author: Cyan station Justice Clarence Thomas, a reliable conservative vote on the Supreme Court, is mulling retirement after the presidential election, according to court watchers.
Thomas, appointed by former President George H.W. Bush and approved by the Senate after a bitter confirmation, has been considering retirement for a while and never planned to stay until he died, they said. He likes to spend summers in his RV with his wife.
His retirement would have a substantial impact on control of the court. The next president is expected to immediately replace the seat opened by the death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, providing a one-vote edge in the court that is currently divided 4-4.
Should Thomas leave, that slight majority would continue if Donald Trump becomes president. If it's Hillary Clinton, then she would get the chance to flip two Republican seats, giving the liberals a 6-3 majority.
And, conservatives fear, that could switch to a 7-2 majority if Republican Justice Anthony Kennedy, already a swing vote, retires. He will be 80 next year.
We recently reported that if Clinton wins the presidency, her majority liberal court could stay in power at least until 2050.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/end-of-conservative-supreme-court-clarence-thomas-may-be-next-to-leave/article/2594317 |
Date: June 20th, 2016 8:45 AM Author: ungodly locale Say what you will about him, I can appreciate the RV summers for a SC Justice. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260589&forum_id=2#30745637) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 9:18 AM Author: Olive chapel factory reset button RV summers sound 180 as fuck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260589&forum_id=2#30745800) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 9:50 AM Author: Heady Clear National Security Agency (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260589&forum_id=2#30745931) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 9:00 AM Author: ungodly locale (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260589&forum_id=2#30745698) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 9:15 AM Author: chestnut tanning salon Our system of replacing scotus justices basically when they kick the bucket is literally retarded in this age of a political scotus. Staggered 18-year terms NOW |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 9:16 AM Author: ungodly locale Would become even more political,.would lose the prole illusion of Justice from on high (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260589&forum_id=2#30745783) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 9:41 AM Author: chestnut tanning salon Good (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260589&forum_id=2#30745892) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 9:16 AM Author: Scarlet macaca field id rather just holocaust all libs and then start over (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260589&forum_id=2#30745784) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 9:18 AM Author: Thriller Bearded Place Of Business Abode you wouldn't be saying this if trump wasn't tanking in the polls. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260589&forum_id=2#30745799) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 9:41 AM Author: chestnut tanning salon I've literally been saying this for years (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260589&forum_id=2#30745889) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 9:48 AM Author: jet-lagged rusted windowlicker native TITMFCR (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260589&forum_id=2#30745922) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 10:36 AM Author: disrespectful cumskin i enjoy the 95 year old justices with mush for brains (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260589&forum_id=2#30746225) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 10:48 AM Author: Comical ultramarine plaza hunting ground Some much experience though (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260589&forum_id=2#30746306) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 11:00 AM Author: chestnut tanning salon Fine, so make it 36-year terms. As long as replacements happen at regular intervals and not by happenstance (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260589&forum_id=2#30746384) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 11:04 AM Author: Cheese-eating Appetizing Cruise Ship Sex Offender 18 year terms is cr. retirements and deaths are not CR at all |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 10:32 AM Author: Copper irradiated spot Welp, this should clear the way for a Associate Justice Barack H. Obama to take the bench. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260589&forum_id=2#30746199) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 10:33 AM Author: Zombie-like volcanic crater Odds this is a bluff intended to rally conservatives to Trump? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260589&forum_id=2#30746208) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 10:38 AM Author: titillating regret His wife debunked this story:
https://twitter.com/rickhasen/status/744736555143618560 |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 10:39 AM Author: Cyan station lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260589&forum_id=2#30746247) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 10:39 AM Author: bull headed mental disorder NO MY HUSBAND IS NOT GOING TO RETIRE, YOU MORONS!
The plan is the same as it always has been, for him to have a massive heart attack about two years into Hillary's first term.
Blessings |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 10:52 AM Author: khaki rambunctious corner police squad Her facebook is gold: it's echo chamber of dailycaller and breitbart links. For those that think conservative elites have better taste in media than rightwing BuzzFeed links: LOL @ you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260589&forum_id=2#30746337) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 11:01 AM Author: maroon floppy dingle berry the one good thing about twitter is you can immediately call out bullshit printed about you (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260589&forum_id=2#30746393) |