Clarence Thomas says government institutions shouldn't be 'bullied' following leak of draft opinion

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: CNN

Justice Clarence Thomas, following the leak of a draft majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, said Friday that government institutions shouldn't be "bullied" into delivering what some see as the preferred outcome.

"The events of earlier this week is one symptom of that," Thomas said. He added that "you cannot have a free society" without stable institutions.

His comments came before an audience of mostly judges and lawyers at the 11th Circuit Judicial Conference in Atlanta. Chief Justice John Roberts had addressed the same conference Thursday, calling the leak "absolutely appalling."

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On Friday, Thomas also reiterated that he believes Supreme Court justices are obligated to take a fresh look at established precedent and shouldn't be bound by the judicial doctrine called "stare decisis." The legal principle is translated as "stand by that which has been decided" and is meant to reinforce stability in the law. Thomas has long been a critic of a strict reading of the doctrine.


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You can't have stable institutions if the people in them are not subject to the same rules the rest of the public is. Lying on a job application and/or an interview is grounds for dismissal in any private organization.

You guys already have lifetime tenure. You need to stop acting like you're royalty.

[RKP5637]

1. Thomas, you work for the people. You are a paid employee for the people! Get over it! All of you! nt

[twodogsbarking]

46. What he said.

[Irish_Dem]

2. SC so upset, their "privacy was violated" and they are being "bullied."

Because some of their work got leaked ahead of time.

What total spoiled privileged people who inflict untold pain and suffering upon Americans.

[agingdem]

13. what a callous hypocrite..

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the asshole wants to violate a woman's privacy...he wants to lay claim to our uteruses, dictate who we sleep with, and throw away our health care..and he's upset about a leak?...I do hope there's a special hell for Thomas, his vile wife, and his like minded incompetent 4.....fyi, Clarence, a "leak" is you pissing on our rights..got it???

[wnylib]

26. The irony of whining about the court's privacy

over a decision by the court to deny privacy rights to citizens.

You can't make this up.

[Irish_Dem]

29. Yep. If this was a novel, it wouldn't be believable.

And would be considered bad writing.

[Roy Rolling]

41. So...

He’s upset about a leak from the Supreme Court being blatantly political, so he steps into the spotlight with his own published political opinion.

Yes, he is that clueless. He married a zealot.

[Irish_Dem]

45. They don't even pretend anymore.

Trump didn't pretend to be a POTUS. He was a crime boss.
And the GOP SC justices are showing us they are just political hacks.

A combination of not being smart enough or care enough to pretend.

[zanana1]

66. YES!

[PatSeg]

48. Well said

[ShazzieB]

56. Well, Clarence always was a world class whiner. 🙄

Remember his "high tech lynching" remark?

So of course he's going to whine now. That's what he does.

[MOMFUDSKI]

3. the supremes are about to

take away my free society so ask me if I care about your feelings Mr. Long Dong.

[Botany]

4. Fuck you Clarence

"... government institutions shouldn't be "bullied" into delivering what some see as the preferred outcome."




And this bully behavior was brought to us in part from Ginni Thomas.

[SunSeeker]

31. THIS

[ArizonaLib]

47. Because bullying is not enough

They should be broken into, stopped and hunted down while chanting about hanging the vice president and taunting the Speaker by calling out that you are 'coming for her'.

This is why he limits comments to words like 'bullied'.

[PatSeg]

49. Oh yes, that is perfect!

[Kid Berwyn]

51. What Frau Ginni said...

From Yahoo:

In the weeks between the 2020 election and the January 6 insurrection, Ginni Thomas sent multiple text messages to Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump's chief of staff, urging them to challenge the election results. The texts were obtained by The Washington Post and CBS News.

"Do not concede," Ginni Thomas instructed Meadows in a text sent on November 6, 2020. "It takes time for the army who is gathering for his back."

Days later, after the election had been called for President Joe Biden, Ginni Thomas texted Meadows telling him to help Trump "stand firm," adding: "You are the leader, with him, who is standing for America's constitutional governance at the precipice. The majority knows Biden and the Left is attempting the greatest Heist of our History."

Some of the texts also included claims about voter fraud and cheered on efforts by Trump allies to challenge the results in court.

Her husband, along with the rest of the Supreme Court, ruled on some of those cases.

Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/justice-clarence-thomas-expressed-worry-050527079.html

She’s lousy at English, too.

[usaf-vet]

57. And the wife who's riding on your robe tails. She IS a lying bully and gets access because of you.

[GoldandSilver]

64. Fuck you Clarence Thomas and your loud mouthed wife too.

[They_Live]

5. Shut up already

and resign.

[Lovie777]

6. And your wife, one of the biggest bullies ......

and domestic terrorist, and her husband say what?

[madaboutharry]

7. Even after over 30 years on the SC, he still is not qualified.

Thomas is a small petty man. And a liar.

[wnylib]

27. Doing what he was appointed to do,

follow directions and agree with predetermined decisions for the RW.

No character, integrity, or brains.

[OldBaldy1701E]

8. You are absolutely right Justice Thomas!

The various representatives of this governmental structure that was created of, by, and for the people should never make a decision that is the will of... GASP... the people! (I mean, the people don't pay you near the grift that the rethug dark doners give you in unacknowledged funds now do they?)

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

9. This from a man who abused and sexually harassed women.

We believed you, Anita.

[DallasNE]

10. Sounds Like A Man Defending

The leaker of the document - so was wife Genni Thomas the leaker? Inquiring minds want to know.

[herding cats]

11. I feel you. It's hard when people get all up in your personal business, right?

Peering at your personal things not meant for public consumption. That shit freaking sucks, right?

Oh, I'm reminded of a woman's right to privacy between her and her doctor... but, that's not in the Constitution, right?

Now point out, kindly, where your express right to privacy supersedes these women's, please?

I'll be waiting.

[wnylib]

28. Also, where is the SC's right to privacy from leaks

mentioned in the Constitution? If it ain't there, it doesn't exist, right?

[herding cats]

34. Let me check...

Nope, I've got nothing. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Someone must be making this crap up, because there's no express written right to their privacy.

There HR must be amazing if this crap bubbled up to the MSM from there. A lot of people with real, impactful HR issues are watching and confused right now.

[sinkingfeeling]

12. If this draft turns out to be the decision, I want to know how and who can start impeachment

against the justices who lied to Congress.

[wnylib]

30. Congress would do that, same as any

impeachment and trial. So they might get impeached, but will never be convicted.

[dlk]

14. Blah, blah, blah...

Thomas is the worst kind of hypocrite and hack. His words are meaningless.

[Rebl2]

15. Wow

They shouldn’t be bullied? Now he knows how the rest of us feel. Like you say, they act like they are royalty.

[pfitz59]

16. blah blah blah

f you, clarence

[lordsummerisle]

17. Clarence Thomas

The poster-child for term limits...

[colsohlibgal]

18. Just Shut Up Mr. Thomas

You and your evil wife are vile....same four letters rearranged that describes both of them either way.

[Captain Zero]

62. Take your Opus Dei whip and flagellate yoself

Long Dong.

[ancianita]

19. "Bully" from this soulless tormentor, this STRIPPER OF THE HALF THE NATION'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

Fuck this trifling robed robber of rights.

[FoxNewsSucks]

20. He can speak???

[SergeStorms]

33. I always thought it was....

Scalia passing wind. I guess it must be Alito now, because he's certainly not bright enough to think of anything original.

[Hieronymus Phact]

21. Oh i'm sorry

Did Justice Corruption Thomas say something? i missed it.

[lastlib]

58. That gurgling noise we just heard......

...was clarence speaking, trying to sound intelligent. Just ignore it.

[Beartracks]

22. Rmember when he said government institutions shouldn't be 'bullied' following an election?

[crickets]

Bueller? Bueller?

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[LiberalFighter]

24. He needs to find a different place to exist.

[SergeStorms]

32. Let's take another look at the 2nd amendment then.

I'm all for having guns for those who hunt for food, or having a shotgun in the home for protection, but there is absolutely no need for anyone to own an assault rifle. None.

So the next time we have a liberal Supreme Court let's revisit that 2nd amendment.

How about that, Clarence? What a fucking asshole.

[The Jungle 1]

67. That is a real good point.

The right is setting a precedent they may regret!
Yes clarence is a cuckold asshole.

[spooky3]

35. Dunning Kruger effect--the incompetent think they are competent

so they continue not to self-correct. In the case of the the SC “majority”, they layer on arrogance. They are proud and feel superior when voters disagree with them.

A horribly toxic, illegitimate combination.

[tavernier]

36. Bless your heart, Clarence.

[ZonkerHarris]

37. says the guy whose wife incited the storming of the Capitol to overthrow an election.

[NullTuples]

38. That's a weird sylogism. He's saying he doesn't want a free society.

"You cannot have a free society without stable institutions"

"Justices shouldn't be bound by stare decisis"

The doctrine of stare decisis is one of the underlying agents of stability in American law.

[LudwigPastorius]

39. Yeah, save the bullying and intimidation for the women who have to work for you!

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Right, Clarence?

[Carlitos Brigante]

40. Unless he was saying this to his grinning psychopath wife. I'd suggest

he keep his dumb ass mouth shut. Kinda like he's done for decades sitting on his fat ass in court.

[bhikkhu]

42. Where I live, the city has to have public hearings before changing stuff

...so the people who pay their bills and live there have a say. That's known as "democracy", or "representative government", generally.

If the Supreme Court feels like that's a problem, then maybe the Supreme Court is the problem.

[wildman76]

44. Is he for real, is wife was part of the insurrection omg

[Kid Berwyn]

50. A pubic hair on a can of Coke deserves more respect than Clarence Thomas.

Traitor.

[bluestarone]

52. Anonymous do you hear him?

GO GET HIM!!! Open invitation here!

[dlk]

53. Said the corrupt bully...

n/t

[BlueIdaho]

54. Crybaby Clarence

Should have never been seated in the first place.

[Trust_Reality]

55. Mr. Thomas, what about having officials who have some integrity???

[JohnSJ]

59. and a wife of a SC justice shouldn't be part of an insurrection

[Martin68]

60. I would call most, if not all, of the opinions expressed by Justice Thomas to be a form of bullying.

The worst kind of bullying, because it is always aimed at someone weaker than he is.

[stollen]

61. Law clerks shouldn't be bullied, either, you blob of Super Fund waste.

You're on my bucket list for a big celebration upon your demise. You are useless in every way to the planet.

[sarcasmo]

63. Says the man who bullied Anita Hill.

[Grins]

65. "...you cannot have a free society" without stable institutions.

Tell that to Steve Bannon and the rest of the Reich that want to destroy “the administrative state.”

And have done a pretty good job…

[The Jungle 1]

68. Wrong direction.

Forced pregnancy is the practice of forcing a woman to become pregnant, often as part of a forced marriage, or as part of a program of breeding slaves, or as part of a program of genocide. Forced pregnancy is a form of reproductive coercion. It is also a crime against humanity according to the Geneva Convention.

[melm00se]

69. I know that what I am going to say will be unpopular but...

The Supreme Court needs to make its decisions based upon the law with a strong eye on the rights of the People involved.

These decisions may not be popular and may not make the majority of the People happy but the Court is not there to be popular but to adjudicate the law(s) as they are written.

The main reason for this is to prevent the "tyranny of the majority".

And, for the most part and with a few exceptions, that is exactly what they accomplish.

Because they are human, they will make mistakes and errors in judgment and interpretation, as we live within this form of government with checks and balances, We the People should rely on the other branches to use their powers of "check and balance" to steer the ship back to the correct course.

[COL Mustard]

70. All of what you say is true, but....

The arc of American history is generally toward more freedoms and greater rights for everyone. When the Supreme Court starts rolling those rights and that freedom back, it's going to be ugly in the aftermath. And where do they stop? If you take away this very private and personal decision, what's next? Can they decide who you'll marry? How you can vote? Where does it end?

This is very concerning (not in the Susan Collins way - I'm very concerned) and bodes ill for the future of our Country. I hope the ultimate opinion is different from what was leaked.

[Larissa]

71. Clarence got sliced and diced on social media

The so-called "Supreme" court has lost a great deal of respect in the public eye. It's been downhill since it was packed with "yes" men, frat hall beer drunks (look at his teeth: projectile vomiting from lost weekends wears down the enamel), career misogynists and cultists with little or no knowledge about the law of the land.

[mahina]

72. Who knew he had such a wicked sense of humor.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

73. "Bullying" is way less severe than the "Lynching" he suffered during his confirmation hearings

His ordeals are almost biblical, in his mind.

[lees1975]

74. Tell that to your wife who helped organize an insurrection against the Capitol

and see how it goes over.

[treestar]

75. How could they be "bullied."

They don't have to run for re-election, even.