Clarence Thomas Unleashes Brutal Smackdown Against the Supreme Court Over Election Ruling

[mystery-ak]

Clarence Thomas Unleashes Brutal Smackdown Against the Supreme Court Over Election Ruling

byCollin Rugg


On Monday, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas unleashed on his fellow Supreme Court justices after they voted against taking up cases relating to ballot-integrity measures for the 2020 election and future elections.

“This is not a prescription for confidence,” Thomas said in his dissent on Monday, noting that “changing the rules in the middle of the game is bad enough.”

Jack Posobiec
🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec
Clarence Thomas with the verbal smackdown

more
“That decision to rewrite the rules seems to have affected too few ballots to change the outcome of any federal election. But that may not be the case in the future,” Thomas wrote. “These cases provide us with an ideal opportunity to address just what authority nonlegislative officials have to set election rules, and to do so well before the next election cycle. The refusal to do so is inexplicable.”

Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch also dissented.

“If state officials have the authority they have claimed, we need to make it clear. If not, we need to put an end to this practice now before the consequences become catastrophic,” Thomas added.

more
https://trendingpolitics.com/clarence-thomas-unleashes-brutal-smackdown-against-the-supreme-court-over-election-ruling/

[Right_in_Virginia]

Full dissent here:

https://beckernews.com/read-justice-thomass-blazing-dissent-in-pennsylvania-election-case-is-one-for-the-ages-37016/

[skeeter]

Its hard to describe how disappointed I am in Kavanaugh and Coney Barrett.

[mystery-ak]

Supreme Court Denial Of 2020 Election Cases Invites ‘Erosion Of Voter Confidence’
https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/23/supreme-court-denial-of-2020-election-cases-invites-erosion-of-voter-confidence/

[HoustonSam]

Since SCOTUS is simply going to abdicate this issue, R state legislatures will have to adopt far more assertive positions - as determined by their respective state constitutions, impeach State Supreme Court justices, strip the jurisdiction of State Supreme Courts over any questions regarding voting laws, and de-fund those courts.  Aggressive R party campaigns against elected State Supreme Court justices should also now become the norm.  If the State Supreme Courts are simply going to be political, then let them pay the political price.

If the Rs re-capture the US Congress in 2022, perhaps they should also assert Congressional authority to strip SCOTUS of this jurisdiction.  Some, no doubt some here, will argue that would be unconstitutional because SCOTUS has original jurisdiction; strip SCOTUS of jurisdiction over any Congressional act concerning election law, then strip them of jurisdiction over any state act as well.  If they aren't going to use their jurisdiction when it plainly should be used, then take it away.