Implications of Justice Thomas Leaving Supreme Court Are Huge
The Washington Examiner Sunday afternoon posted a piece by DC insider columnist Paul Bedard that claims uber-conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas “is mulling retirement after the presidential election, according to court watchers.” Those “court watchers” of course are unnamed, so the actual source of the claim is unknown.
It could be true, it could be false, but the implications of course are tremendous. Assuming Republicans in the Senate successfully keeps their vow to not confirm any SCOTUS justice nominated by President Obama, and wait until the next president takes office, this would mean the next president would automatically nominate not one but two justices to the nation’s top court, controlling its destiny for decades.
So naturally, Clarence Thomas began trending on Twitter.
Some responses:
Regardless of whether or not the Washington Examiner piece is accurate, it was enough to throw social media sites like Twitter and Facebook into a Sunday afternoon frenzy, with liberals jumping for joy and conservatives seemingly fearful.
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