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Absentglare said:
Not asking questions for ten years?

What reason is that ?

Care to explain ? Because all i can come up with paints the picture that Thomas is a hack.
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Thomas has long stated he would do away with oral arguments if he could. He's also stated he doesn't like to badger people and believes the judges will argue about the cases enough in chambers.

You could have looked it up but you couldn't be bothered, you decided to just smear the guy because you disagree with him.
 
OpportunityCost said:
Thomas has long stated he would do away with oral arguments if he could. He's also stated he doesn't like to badger people and believes the judges will argue about the cases enough in chambers.

You could have looked it up but you couldn't be bothered, you decided to just smear the guy because you disagree with him.
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IOW- he will not be influenced by what they have to say [because his mind is already made up].

There's a big difference between not badgering people, and neglecting a basic duty of your job because you just don't care what other people have to say.
 
Absentglare said:
IOW- he will not be influenced by what they have to say [because his mind is already made up].

There's a big difference between not badgering people, and neglecting a basic duty of your job because you just don't care what other people have to say.
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The only people ever asserting that are fairly well hacks themselves and his fellow judges are not among them. No offense, but I doubt you are qualified to know how well he is doing his job.
 
OpportunityCost said:
The only people ever asserting that are fairly well hacks themselves and his fellow judges are not among them. No offense, but I doubt you are qualified to know how well he is doing his job.
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Sure, if you wanna worship a guy who skips out on the State of the Union because it's "so partisan" but then attended a Koch propaganda fundraiser:

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2010/10/2...tml?_r=1&ref=politics&pagewanted=all&referer=

Sure, if you want to use the other justices' silence as proof of his integrity, be my guest.
 
Absentglare said:
Sure, if you wanna worship a guy who skips out on the State of the Union because it's "so partisan" but then attended a Koch propaganda fundraiser:

Secretive Republican Donors Are Planning Ahead - NYTimes.com

Sure, if you want to use the other justices' silence as proof of his integrity, be my guest.
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You are letting partisanship speak for you. Thomas is close friends with Breyer even though the two are almost diametrically opposed in political outlook and Breyer frequently asks questions on his behalf.

Scalia skipped 19 SOTUs. Thomas hasn't attended since 2012. They are not required to be there, they are there as a courtesy. A courtesy Obama has abused more than once.
 
OpportunityCost said:
You are letting partisanship speak for you. Thomas is close friends with Breyer even though the two are almost diametrically opposed in political outlook and Breyer frequently asks questions on his behalf.

Scalia skipped 19 SOTUs. Thomas hasn't attended since 2012. They are not required to be there, they are there as a courtesy. A courtesy Obama has abused more than once.
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His reason was that it was "so partisan" and then he elected to go to a political propaganda event.

It sounds like you're the one letting partisanship get in the way. He skipped a POTUS speech because it's "so partisan" and then attended a far more partisan Koch fundraiser.
 
Absentglare said:
His reason was that it was "so partisan" and then he elected to go to a political propaganda event.

It sounds like you're the one letting partisanship get in the way. He skipped a POTUS speech because it's "so partisan" and then attended a far more partisan Koch fundraiser.
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We talking Scalia or Thomas? Scalia felt they were a dog and pony show, dunno about Thomas.
 
OpportunityCost said:
We talking Scalia or Thomas? Scalia felt they were a dog and pony show, dunno about Thomas.
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Thomas went to the SOTU in 2009 but skipped the next one, and his reason was that it's "so partisan".

Since he voluntarily attended a Koch propaganda fundraiser, i cannot respect such a response.
 
Absentglare said:
Thomas went to the SOTU in 2009 but skipped the next one, and his reason was that it's "so partisan".

Since he voluntarily attended a Koch propaganda fundraiser, i cannot respect such a response.
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Considering the content of Obama's speech in 2010, I would say the fundraiser was a good deal less partisan.
 
Absentglare said:
IOW- he will not be influenced by what they have to say [because his mind is already made up].

There's a big difference between not badgering people, and neglecting a basic duty of your job because you just don't care what other people have to say.
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Eggzactly!
 
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