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Clarence Thomas thinks voting rights act should be gutted (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 1 year ago by socphoenix@midwest.social to c/news

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[–] alyaza 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

there are three constants in life: death, taxes, and Clarence Thomas writing legal opinions which should get him disbarred from the judiciary and legal system entirely

[–] zkikiz@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And which, if applied retroactively, would have prevented him from being a judge in the first place, thus creating a time paradox

[–] catharticrespite@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like the idea of Clarence Thomas with a time machine getting coked up and creating one of those wall charts with string trying to discern which rights he can subvert without harming himself in the present