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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

[–] MoreCoffee@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago

Clarence Thomas is a piece of shit.

[–] TendieMaster69@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He would abolish voting all together if he could. Why do we have 9 supreme court justices again? lol

[–] balerion 10 points 1 year ago

because we're not a democracy in any meaningful sense

[–] animist@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago

This mfer is a real-life cartoon villain. Glad I'm not American

[–] Wenchette@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

He's a fucking tool

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I mean they already did, in Shelby County v Holder, in 2013.

[–] JungleGeorge@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How is this corrupt p.o.s still in any office??

[–] KoboldCoterie@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

His corrupt bullshit is beneficial to the interests of half the people who would be included in the vote to impeach him.

[–] lemillionsocks 2 points 1 year ago

Thomas said the Voting Rights Act doesn't require Alabama "intentionally redraw its longstanding congressional districts so that black voters can control a number of seats roughly proportional to the black share of the State's population."

This guy is really acting like it's entitlement for people to feel proportionally represented by their representative government in a state. What the hell.

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