Originally Posted by
BBDII Colt
Hope you are correct about SCOTUS but I don't have any faith in Roberts...
Roberts is painted into a corner with a 6-3 Majority.
I read an article that stated that after a case is decided, the Chief Justice either writes or assigns the author of the opinion. That is UNLESS the Chief Justice is on the losing side. When the Chief Justice is on the minority side of an argument, then the Ranking Member of the Majority either writes or assigns the author of the opinion. Guess who that is...........Clarence Thomas.
So if Roberts goes with the conservative majority, he can water down the opinion, but it has a 6-3 vote. If he tucks tail and sides with the minority and gets 5-4, Thomas writes a much more constructionist and scathing opinion, thus setting precedence in future cases.
Oh and by the way........
Guess who personally led the attack trying to get Clarence Thomas' confirmation wrecked? None other than one Senator Joseph Biden. Just as Judge Kavanaugh will remember his time with Senator Harris only a year ago........
I can only hope that the Honorable Judge Thomas gets to write the final chapter in Joe's political career.
Last edited by Jozie & Me; 11-09-2020 at 12:39 PM.
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