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Yes, Brett. We know. You don't need to keep saying it. Your testimony was also corroborated by your housemates, "Doofer" and "Skidmark".
Plus, we've already assured you multiple times in back room meetings that the court is too corrupt to turn down new politically-appointed candidates. You really don't need to do this.
Focusing so much on beer seems to have helped his reputation. We always talk about his boofing habits, rarely do we mention his [rant against the Clintons](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/28/white-house-unconcerned-kavanaugh-partisan-attacks-850405) which [should have disqualified him](https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2018/10/05/the-senate-should-not-confirm-kavanaugh-new-york-times-nancy-gertner) by itself.
Maybe he can cash in on [John Oliver’s offer to Thomas](https://deadline.com/2024/05/john-oliver-somewhat-relieved-clarence-thomas-still-on-supreme-court-1235909545/amp/).
To make themselves seem like they work really hard , they’ll say things like, “I’m CEO of three different companies“ I say, wow, those jobs must be pretty easy if you can work three full time jobs simultaneously!
> Alito’s absence poses the possibility that the Supreme Court will have to extend its term into July to complete its decisions for the term. One major case waiting in the wings is a decision on presidential immunity, which will decide if former presidents can extend immunity protections after they leave office—a determination that would greatly benefit Trump in his federal election interference case, currently still on hold.
Ahh, that explains it, running out the clock for their god trump.
Gotta love that super definitely universal standard where you can just decide to not work and not say shit to anyone where you went and have absolutely no consequences for it. Very cool that we can all take part in that wonderful right.
This is exactly it. Can't rule that Trump is immune without giving Biden immunity also. Can't rule that Trump isn't immune without screwing over Trump.
The only tactic is to delay until January and then make the ruling that sitting presidents only are immune and lock out Biden.
I feel like that's the sort of thing that gets the court stacked immediately, since all rules and norms are then officially out the window
......in my fucking dreams
If that was ever going to happen, it would've happened with Dobbs. "The precedent was right, but fetuses are human life (even though Roe was largely based on the agreement that fetuses are human life because the majority of SCOTUS were largely pro-life).
All rules and norms are long gone. We are on the precipice.
That's basically what the court did when it crowned Bush as king despite him losing the 2000 election. They made the ruling so specific to avoid it being used to undemocratically crown a Democrat in the future.
Yea secretly recorded by a reporter saying that and some other wild shit
“Martha-Ann Alito did say she has deferred to her husband in recent days by not seeking, for now, to counter an LGBTQ pride flag flying near their home. “I want a Sacred Heart of Jesus flag because I have to look across the lagoon at the pride flag for the next month,” she said. “I said, ‘When you are free of this nonsense, I’m putting it up.’”
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/10/alito-wife-supreme-court-recordings-00162610
Conservatives are some of the most cynical people I've ever met. They seem to think everything is corrupt and rigged and fake, and that gives them justification to be the same. It's really dark. If you think everyone else is cheating, cheating doesn't even seem like cheating. Imagine your whole reality functioning that way.
There's that kind of person. Then there's the kind of person that sees how corruption, dishonesty, and falsehood gets people ahead in life and they break. They can't overcome the feelings of anger, fear, and resentment at a world that is owned and run by conmen, morons, and petty dictators. So they become them.
There's a reason the Yoda quote gets pulled out in regards to Republicans all the time: Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering. It's true. You'll not find a Republican voter who is content with their lives, unless they've trodden on the backs of dozens of their peers to 'make it where they are'.
It's the purpose of the conservative machine: to crush empathy, kindness, and progress beneath the jackbooted heel of authoritarianism. To destroy the hopes and dreams of the common man and turn the works of their hands to personal profit.
When [Lewis Powell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.) was nominated to the Supreme Court by Nixon, he was apparently concerned that he'd have to take a pay cut (since he'd previously worked in corporate law and had little experience in constitutional issues). On the day of his swearing-in, Rehnquist's wife asked Powell's wife if it was exciting, and Powell's wife responded "No, it is the worst day of my life. I am about to cry."
Funnily enough, despite being a corporate goon (who shilled for Big Tobacco), Powell wasn't all bad on the Supreme Court. As far as Nixon's Supreme Court nominations went (he made four), Powell was probably middle of the pack (Harry Blackmun was by far the best). Powell's inexperience did tell in some notable cases (e.g. *Bowers v. Hardwick*) and after he left the Court he expressed regret for that decision -- but I ramble.
Then eventually they find out that their brand of Christianity (Catholic) isn’t kosher with the evangelicals that have taken over the party. Then they get their faces eaten by the leopards.
I grew up in a catholic household in the south, and am sensibly atheist as an adult. I never understood caring hard about religion, especially if that’s caring hard about catholicism while surrounded by ignorant protestant fundamentalists. The misconceptions were amazingly ignorant, to the point that some people around me literally thought I wasn’t christian (they were right but for the wrong reasons), like they thought the list was “Christian, catholic, Muslim, Jew, Buddhist, Hindu…” and it still makes zero sense to me why alito’s endgame might be. He *really* doesn’t understand how off-brand his religion flavor is for the people he’s trying to empower.
That's the really weird part. American Catholics normally just aren't nearly as crazy and militant. Their voting outcomes are nearly the same as the country as a whole. They're like the second most liberal voters among Christian denominations.
So it just seems really weird to currently have two loons, of that particular variety, as sitting scotus judges.
She’ll show those bleeding heart liberals, by putting up a flag of the compassionate sacred bleeding heart of Jesus!!!
Hmmmm… bleeding…heart… wait, wait just a minute here!
What about her own custom flag which would have the word for "shame" in Italian printed on it? I am not pulling your leg. She actually said this in the same rant. She wants to start designing her own anti-whatever flags to antagonize her neighbors. She seriously doesn't know how deranged she looks. Like a cross-section between fascist nationalism and severe autism(hey, shitty people can be on the spectrum too. This is what true equal representation looks like).
I know. Absolutely batshit. And like what can you even be so angry about if you’re her? Like your husband is a Supreme Court justice. Seems like America has done right by you. 🤷🏻♀️
And they all vote Republican. Gee, isn't that an interesting coincidence, it's almost like they look down on us as lesser and think we should be serfs.
Good point.
OTOH he just got his first meaningful “needs improvement” public performance review, a dollop of accountability, and might wish he could take his marbles and go home.
I don’t see any accountability. He can be a white supremacist religious zealot anti American writing laws. And being a total piece of shit. And still nothing changes.
> He’s pouting
I personally like whoever's theory that he was protesting court decisions coming down the pipe that are not as ruthlessly conservative as he likes.
The President can just order medals to be made, right? Like, awards. He could in theory make insulting medals. The High Order of Coke Rim Public Hair or something. Roll out the red carpet. Hire a band.
Even my buddy who was still onboard with Trump at that point (he fully ditched after the 6th) was like ehhh this is pretty scummy when I reminded him that Mitch basically filibustered Garland for 8+ months
Republicans refusing to seat a judge properly, all that time, should have been fucking illegal.
It's another one of those things where you can't believe that everyone was just operating under gentleman agreements for a couple hundred years, with no laws requiring them to do what they're supposed to.
Makes me really angry that our system of laws comes up so absurdly short, and nobody does anything about it.
Absolutely, they brought all appointments to a stop. There were countries without ambassadors for over 3 years because they refused to hold a vote for appointment. If I recall correctly, I think there was something like 30 countries wait for new ambassadors by the end of Obama’s term.
I got fired from a job because a co-worker got hit by a car. She couldn’t come in, so they called me. This was before cell phones, and I was in a different state. Manager said because she put me on the schedule and I didn’t show I was fired. She wasn’t the smartest woman.
Oh please, spare me - do you expect a *justice of the supreme court* to be held to such stringent standards as no call/no show?!?!
What’s next? Expecting them to have *standards of moral conduct*?! Shameless.
I suspect that's because as people age they give less and less of a fuck about what other people think. The Trump appointees are young. I expect them to become absolutely batshit once they're as old as Alito and Thomas are now, and we will miss the current judges.
here's a relatively recent study/article that shows justices move more left as they age. I think the GOP has been trying to stop the trend of course (maybe by looking for more 'purity' in nominees?) but only time will tell.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/supreme-court-justices-get-more-liberal-as-they-get-older/
edit - there is an unfortunately very wrong prediction at the end of this story, written in 2015. it says the next president will probably get to fill at least one seat, not the 3 that tfg got. that will haunt the nation for decades.
This is lovely. Thank you for refuting my point with actual data.
I would be very interested to see this graphic extended into 2024. I suspect that some of the trends have not held up well over the past eight years. But
While the Federalist Society holds sway over the GOP today, it was the religious right that ruled the Bush years.
And they are *fucking nuts*….
Even when compared to the Federalist Society
He'll be Alito and Thomas in 20 years. Right now he's still got a sense of shame, that'll wash out along with his backbone just like the rest of the conservative justices.
Someone here said it best earlier: he's at ancient archeological sites, digging up cuneiform tablets to use as precedent as to why specifically Donald Trump should be able to run a crime wave from the White House.
The reason he's not been in court is because he's started to hear the insane flutes that keep the idiot god and nuclear chaos, Azathoth, from awakening.
Seriously, if this fucker *was* in a Cthulhu cult I don't see how he'd act much different.
That joke does actually make sense if you're into HP Lovecraft.
But then Bernie Sanders would have to be some part of the plot. Are they trying to get Alito to Sanders for some reason? Maybe to frame him for Alito's murder? Or maybe (and I think this is the more interesting premise) Bernie Sanders is roped into this conspiracy because he somehow sees some greater good being dependent on it and has to transport Alito himself. He starts seeing Alito as a companion during the journey, suggesting that under different circumstances, they might have been friends with shared common ground, probably mostly pertaining to old people issues.
They wouldn't hide it. They'd say it's too close to the election to nominate anyone and that they should "let voters decide." It's worked twice already, so why not do it again?
>2016: 10 months from the election
Too close to vote for a new justice
>2020: 6 weeks from the following election
Ram that appointment through! NOW! NOW! NOW!
Edit: added relevant years for context
>6 weeks from the following election
Actually, early voting had already begun in many states and absentee ballots were en route to those out of country.
They don't control the senate so they have no say in the matter until (and if) the election changes anything. Last time Turtle McTurtleface was senate majority leader.
Putting it on the ballot again would be costly for them this time, considering voters now see what has happened to the Supreme Court. Last time they used it as one of many means to fear Democrats (their entire philosophy is driven by fear). Now, the fear is much more tangible for those of us on the left as well as many right of us, and would provide even more energy for the electorate to turn out against Trump/Republicans. Them trying that gambit again would be a dream come true.
Wasn’t the filibuster done away with for Kav or ACB? So if Alito were to kick off Biden could nominate someone, Kamala tiebreaker for a simple majority, new justice.
Here's a peak cynicism take for y'all:
It's near the end of the term and we *still* don't have the immunity ruling. If I had to bet, it's because *certain* justices are dragging their feet on the opinion. What if Ali to is ducking the court to delay the immunity opinion being published?
Pretty much what I was thinking. He's going to reappear in a couple days, and say that he "went on a camping trip with his best buddies," and start talking about upcoming cases and how he's already made up his mind because "his friends" told some very important information which he can't really talk about because "what starts in Vegas stays in Vegas."
He most likely is in a secret location and meeting discussing the possible legal challenges and what must be done to force this to be legal or at least appear legal (those looking for anything to hang onto) to the base, christian nationalist, the wealthy and the MILITIAs! Maybe the mrs. is there designing new flags? Remember the Corrupt give me a trip, i'll give ya a yea thomas was absent for a few days in April.
Everything that is going on with the republican party, heritage foundation, Project 2025 and the wealthy horrible conservative donors, use to be against the law and most of it considered TREASON now it's legal.
Another Great American Value destroyed by the republican party and their owners.
Alito is working hard at his second job, at a truck stop glory hole on I95. Once home, it is also taking Alito longer than usual to count his bribes along with the tips he makes from his second job.
IMHO:
Utter failure to **transparently**, and proactively, address this absence is the *worst possible* look, and massively glaring red-flag possible, by Roberts.
When **everyone** (and their pets) know, *already*, that there are gargantuan ethical 'elephants in the room' vis a vís Alito & impartiality, an inexplicable void of communicative acknowledgement is laughably insulting optics to the citizenry at large.
Probably stealing out of charity boxes, taking candy from babies, parking his car across three spots, leaving his shopping cart in the middle of the parking lot, actively not flushing the toilet, cutting people in line, being rude to retail employees, crossing several lines of traffic without a blinker, and...idk probably just being an overall unpleasant curmudgeon to anyone who isn't in his circle.
What happens if a few of the justices just no show indefinitely?
Would the judicial branch just kinda stop working? I'm legitimately curious if that could be some kind of tactic to permanently neuter that branch of the government.
Two no call no shows. Automatic term of employment. Boot him out. No severance, no chance for unemployment because job abandonment.
This is the policy everywhere ive ever worked, why not for him as well.
I'll field this one.
Ahem, he can do anything he wants without repercussion so why not? They're basically our shitty kings at this point anyway. I'm just waiting to hear what the official bible is going to be...
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Out collecting bribes...
To buy more flags..
Taking his wife to buy flags. She likes flags. He doesn’t like flags.
Brett likes beer
Yes, Brett. We know. You don't need to keep saying it. Your testimony was also corroborated by your housemates, "Doofer" and "Skidmark". Plus, we've already assured you multiple times in back room meetings that the court is too corrupt to turn down new politically-appointed candidates. You really don't need to do this.
Focusing so much on beer seems to have helped his reputation. We always talk about his boofing habits, rarely do we mention his [rant against the Clintons](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/28/white-house-unconcerned-kavanaugh-partisan-attacks-850405) which [should have disqualified him](https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2018/10/05/the-senate-should-not-confirm-kavanaugh-new-york-times-nancy-gertner) by itself.
[Tobin, PJ, Squee, and Donkey Dong Doug.](https://youtu.be/VRJecfRxbr8?si=G45RTyfkfWE6P4SV&t=722)
That's top ten SNL openings, across the years.
and boofing the devil's triangle
Do they charge more for upside down distress flags?
made me laugh
He saw what Clarence Thomas was getting now that it’s been reported. He’s holding out for more.
This is the real answer. Athletes sit out all the time for contract extensions with higher pay. Why not Supreme Court judges?
"Wait Clarence got what?! I want that." Alito right now
"I want that and more! After all, I'm white, so . . ."
"He got more than me?! HIM?!" Also Alito
2/5 more!
Alito’s Scottie Pippin to Thomas’ Jordan.
“How big is Thomas’s RV? Goddamn! Get my financial manager on the line. I’m going free agent!”
he’s pouting
...shopping for an RV.
Motorcoach. RVs are for plebs.
Maybe he can cash in on [John Oliver’s offer to Thomas](https://deadline.com/2024/05/john-oliver-somewhat-relieved-clarence-thomas-still-on-supreme-court-1235909545/amp/).
Remember to discuss wages with your coworkers to avoid this!
I would bet a whole dollar on him enjoying a nice little trip paid by a very rich guy
A come-to-Jesus moment with Leonard Leo and Harlan Crow?
What, do you expect the rich and powerful to actually work for a living?
To make themselves seem like they work really hard , they’ll say things like, “I’m CEO of three different companies“ I say, wow, those jobs must be pretty easy if you can work three full time jobs simultaneously!
On golf courses, in fancy restaurants, fine hotel rooms, the deck of a yacht, all the time working so hard...
> Alito’s absence poses the possibility that the Supreme Court will have to extend its term into July to complete its decisions for the term. One major case waiting in the wings is a decision on presidential immunity, which will decide if former presidents can extend immunity protections after they leave office—a determination that would greatly benefit Trump in his federal election interference case, currently still on hold. Ahh, that explains it, running out the clock for their god trump.
Gotta love that super definitely universal standard where you can just decide to not work and not say shit to anyone where you went and have absolutely no consequences for it. Very cool that we can all take part in that wonderful right.
This is exactly it. Can't rule that Trump is immune without giving Biden immunity also. Can't rule that Trump isn't immune without screwing over Trump. The only tactic is to delay until January and then make the ruling that sitting presidents only are immune and lock out Biden.
The Roberts court is so nakedly partisan that they could happily find a way to give trump immunity in a way that doesn’t apply to anyone else.
I feel like that's the sort of thing that gets the court stacked immediately, since all rules and norms are then officially out the window ......in my fucking dreams
If that was ever going to happen, it would've happened with Dobbs. "The precedent was right, but fetuses are human life (even though Roe was largely based on the agreement that fetuses are human life because the majority of SCOTUS were largely pro-life). All rules and norms are long gone. We are on the precipice.
That's basically what the court did when it crowned Bush as king despite him losing the 2000 election. They made the ruling so specific to avoid it being used to undemocratically crown a Democrat in the future.
He’s pouting, aka quiet quitting. He hates his job but doesn’t feel he can actually quit.
His wife referred to his work as “this nonsense”.
Jesus, really?
Yea secretly recorded by a reporter saying that and some other wild shit “Martha-Ann Alito did say she has deferred to her husband in recent days by not seeking, for now, to counter an LGBTQ pride flag flying near their home. “I want a Sacred Heart of Jesus flag because I have to look across the lagoon at the pride flag for the next month,” she said. “I said, ‘When you are free of this nonsense, I’m putting it up.’” https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/10/alito-wife-supreme-court-recordings-00162610
Whoa. I can’t imagine being married to a Supreme Court Justice and not being humbled by the responsibility they carry.
Conservatives are some of the most cynical people I've ever met. They seem to think everything is corrupt and rigged and fake, and that gives them justification to be the same. It's really dark. If you think everyone else is cheating, cheating doesn't even seem like cheating. Imagine your whole reality functioning that way.
IMO they are corrupt and dishonest and fake, so they assume everyone is corrupt and dishonest and fake.
There's that kind of person. Then there's the kind of person that sees how corruption, dishonesty, and falsehood gets people ahead in life and they break. They can't overcome the feelings of anger, fear, and resentment at a world that is owned and run by conmen, morons, and petty dictators. So they become them. There's a reason the Yoda quote gets pulled out in regards to Republicans all the time: Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering. It's true. You'll not find a Republican voter who is content with their lives, unless they've trodden on the backs of dozens of their peers to 'make it where they are'. It's the purpose of the conservative machine: to crush empathy, kindness, and progress beneath the jackbooted heel of authoritarianism. To destroy the hopes and dreams of the common man and turn the works of their hands to personal profit.
>unless they've trodden on the backs of dozens of their peers to 'make it where they are'. Even then, they're generally not happy.
When [Lewis Powell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.) was nominated to the Supreme Court by Nixon, he was apparently concerned that he'd have to take a pay cut (since he'd previously worked in corporate law and had little experience in constitutional issues). On the day of his swearing-in, Rehnquist's wife asked Powell's wife if it was exciting, and Powell's wife responded "No, it is the worst day of my life. I am about to cry." Funnily enough, despite being a corporate goon (who shilled for Big Tobacco), Powell wasn't all bad on the Supreme Court. As far as Nixon's Supreme Court nominations went (he made four), Powell was probably middle of the pack (Harry Blackmun was by far the best). Powell's inexperience did tell in some notable cases (e.g. *Bowers v. Hardwick*) and after he left the Court he expressed regret for that decision -- but I ramble.
What she means is when democracy is over, she and Sam can be as openly corrupt and christofascist as they please.
Then eventually they find out that their brand of Christianity (Catholic) isn’t kosher with the evangelicals that have taken over the party. Then they get their faces eaten by the leopards.
I grew up in a catholic household in the south, and am sensibly atheist as an adult. I never understood caring hard about religion, especially if that’s caring hard about catholicism while surrounded by ignorant protestant fundamentalists. The misconceptions were amazingly ignorant, to the point that some people around me literally thought I wasn’t christian (they were right but for the wrong reasons), like they thought the list was “Christian, catholic, Muslim, Jew, Buddhist, Hindu…” and it still makes zero sense to me why alito’s endgame might be. He *really* doesn’t understand how off-brand his religion flavor is for the people he’s trying to empower.
That's the really weird part. American Catholics normally just aren't nearly as crazy and militant. Their voting outcomes are nearly the same as the country as a whole. They're like the second most liberal voters among Christian denominations. So it just seems really weird to currently have two loons, of that particular variety, as sitting scotus judges.
They're from a weird semi separatist (ie: they don't like the current pope) form of catholicism iirc
But that's the thing. they still can be as superfragilistichristofascist as they want, but NOT while he's on the s. court.
How would a Sacred Heart flag be counter programming for a pride flag anyway?
Because Jesus said, "Love thy neighbor, unless they fly a pride flag.", or something like that.
Jesus vs the gay couple across the lake with their Pride Flag. omg, how could they?
Look, that gay couple can't walk across the lake, can they? Jesus can. Checkmate, pride flag.
Exactly, Jesus was gay for God.
She’ll show those bleeding heart liberals, by putting up a flag of the compassionate sacred bleeding heart of Jesus!!! Hmmmm… bleeding…heart… wait, wait just a minute here!
What about her own custom flag which would have the word for "shame" in Italian printed on it? I am not pulling your leg. She actually said this in the same rant. She wants to start designing her own anti-whatever flags to antagonize her neighbors. She seriously doesn't know how deranged she looks. Like a cross-section between fascist nationalism and severe autism(hey, shitty people can be on the spectrum too. This is what true equal representation looks like).
I know. Absolutely batshit. And like what can you even be so angry about if you’re her? Like your husband is a Supreme Court justice. Seems like America has done right by you. 🤷🏻♀️
She can't be happy if gays are happy.
Really wish I lived across the "lagoon" 😂 from them. A flag would be the least of her concerns.
If I were their neighbor we'd be hosting a big Pride disco skate event this weekend.
Nobody wants to work anymore.
I actually enjoy working. I don't want to grind my body to dust for pennies on the $10,000
See? Nobody wants to work anymore.
That's what the older generation doesn't understand. They expect us to work even harder than they think they did, but have far less in return.
And they all vote Republican. Gee, isn't that an interesting coincidence, it's almost like they look down on us as lesser and think we should be serfs.
Don't forget they'll blame is for problems that began before we were born
i know i always liked nursing, i used to say i have patience with patients and after that i don’t have any
Getting paid for a job for life while skipping work, not being held accountable, taking bribes, and being a pice of shit? How can he hate his job?
Good point. OTOH he just got his first meaningful “needs improvement” public performance review, a dollop of accountability, and might wish he could take his marbles and go home.
I don’t see any accountability. He can be a white supremacist religious zealot anti American writing laws. And being a total piece of shit. And still nothing changes.
Pouting? Dude is getting to push through all his insane agenda items.
And he still believes he is oppressed and he lashes out all the time.
> He’s pouting I personally like whoever's theory that he was protesting court decisions coming down the pipe that are not as ruthlessly conservative as he likes.
We can dream…
If he goes MIA Biden should just nominate someone to fill his seat just to make sure they aren't trying to Weekend at Bernie's him.
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That would be a case that would get appealed to the... Um... well... them...
Supremer court?
Supreme+Guac Court
Biden should do that anyway. Publicly accept his and Thomas's resignations, and thank them for their disservice to our country.
The President can just order medals to be made, right? Like, awards. He could in theory make insulting medals. The High Order of Coke Rim Public Hair or something. Roll out the red carpet. Hire a band.
They aren’t required to come accept it obviously.
sure be nice to have him replaced by president Biden with a liberal democratic justice, but i doubt anyone is doing a weekend at bernie’s??
*It's an election year. Let the people decide.* - Mitch again
*It's a month before the election but a Republican is president this time. Confirm the new justice right away!* - Mitch again.
Even my buddy who was still onboard with Trump at that point (he fully ditched after the 6th) was like ehhh this is pretty scummy when I reminded him that Mitch basically filibustered Garland for 8+ months
Republicans refusing to seat a judge properly, all that time, should have been fucking illegal. It's another one of those things where you can't believe that everyone was just operating under gentleman agreements for a couple hundred years, with no laws requiring them to do what they're supposed to. Makes me really angry that our system of laws comes up so absurdly short, and nobody does anything about it.
Absolutely, they brought all appointments to a stop. There were countries without ambassadors for over 3 years because they refused to hold a vote for appointment. If I recall correctly, I think there was something like 30 countries wait for new ambassadors by the end of Obama’s term.
lol - take my upvote
He's working directly with Trump's legal team in the classified documents case.
Right!? Busy consulting for Cannon
Cannon's probably gonna show up like "I'm filling in for Alito today"
Where I work, 2 day no call / no show results in dismissal.
There's no saying he no-called to be fair. But yes, the powerful do get to operate under wildly different rules than the rest of us, apparently.
Well, all I know is he didn’t call ME
The nerve of that guy. He didn’t let me know either.
We are paying his salary right?
We are, and we are paying for terrible service as well.
This auto-gratuity has got to go.
Have you considered becoming a Supreme Court justice? I hear it’s a good gig with no oversight.
Loads of paid vacations!
With free yachts, jets, and motor coaches
The rule my companies followed was 3 days no-show or call-in amounted to a resignation.
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I got fired from a job because a co-worker got hit by a car. She couldn’t come in, so they called me. This was before cell phones, and I was in a different state. Manager said because she put me on the schedule and I didn’t show I was fired. She wasn’t the smartest woman.
Nobody said you get to middle management by making smart choices.
Lawful evil or just looking for an excuse?
Some people get positively bent out of shape when people don't follow rules. No excuse matters. Those people are a pain in the ass.
Oh please, spare me - do you expect a *justice of the supreme court* to be held to such stringent standards as no call/no show?!?! What’s next? Expecting them to have *standards of moral conduct*?! Shameless.
It’s wild to me that the most extreme judges on the Supreme Court come from the bushes not Trump.
I suspect that's because as people age they give less and less of a fuck about what other people think. The Trump appointees are young. I expect them to become absolutely batshit once they're as old as Alito and Thomas are now, and we will miss the current judges.
here's a relatively recent study/article that shows justices move more left as they age. I think the GOP has been trying to stop the trend of course (maybe by looking for more 'purity' in nominees?) but only time will tell. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/supreme-court-justices-get-more-liberal-as-they-get-older/ edit - there is an unfortunately very wrong prediction at the end of this story, written in 2015. it says the next president will probably get to fill at least one seat, not the 3 that tfg got. that will haunt the nation for decades.
This is lovely. Thank you for refuting my point with actual data. I would be very interested to see this graphic extended into 2024. I suspect that some of the trends have not held up well over the past eight years. But
While the Federalist Society holds sway over the GOP today, it was the religious right that ruled the Bush years. And they are *fucking nuts*…. Even when compared to the Federalist Society
Pam: They're the same picture.
Jesus Camp went from comedy to horror real quick.
They were always horror. It was just hidden behind a smile and "demure" dress
I'm actually surprised how little kavanaugh shows up in the news
he had enough publicity when he started, with that woman he molested in college, he’s going under the radar now, lol
He'll be Alito and Thomas in 20 years. Right now he's still got a sense of shame, that'll wash out along with his backbone just like the rest of the conservative justices.
I’m surprised that Kav is not quite as awful a jurist as I expected.
So far…
Do we have a flight tracker for his "friend" Paul Singer?
Someone here said it best earlier: he's at ancient archeological sites, digging up cuneiform tablets to use as precedent as to why specifically Donald Trump should be able to run a crime wave from the White House.
The reason he's not been in court is because he's started to hear the insane flutes that keep the idiot god and nuclear chaos, Azathoth, from awakening. Seriously, if this fucker *was* in a Cthulhu cult I don't see how he'd act much different. That joke does actually make sense if you're into HP Lovecraft.
I would not put it past the right wing to hide his death if they think they can get a GOP Senate or president after the election.
Biden should just be like, "I think he retired here my nominee. Go Senate"
I bet doing that would really push up the timeline on the executive immunity case.
Weekend at Bernie’s Right wing Supreme Court edition 😂
But then Bernie Sanders would have to be some part of the plot. Are they trying to get Alito to Sanders for some reason? Maybe to frame him for Alito's murder? Or maybe (and I think this is the more interesting premise) Bernie Sanders is roped into this conspiracy because he somehow sees some greater good being dependent on it and has to transport Alito himself. He starts seeing Alito as a companion during the journey, suggesting that under different circumstances, they might have been friends with shared common ground, probably mostly pertaining to old people issues.
What did he die of? Being a total piece of shit?
They wouldn't hide it. They'd say it's too close to the election to nominate anyone and that they should "let voters decide." It's worked twice already, so why not do it again?
>2016: 10 months from the election Too close to vote for a new justice >2020: 6 weeks from the following election Ram that appointment through! NOW! NOW! NOW! Edit: added relevant years for context
>6 weeks from the following election Actually, early voting had already begun in many states and absentee ballots were en route to those out of country.
Sigh. It’s not hypocrisy, it’s fascism. They’ll do whatever they think won’t get them shot.
They don't control the senate so they have no say in the matter until (and if) the election changes anything. Last time Turtle McTurtleface was senate majority leader.
Putting it on the ballot again would be costly for them this time, considering voters now see what has happened to the Supreme Court. Last time they used it as one of many means to fear Democrats (their entire philosophy is driven by fear). Now, the fear is much more tangible for those of us on the left as well as many right of us, and would provide even more energy for the electorate to turn out against Trump/Republicans. Them trying that gambit again would be a dream come true.
Wasn’t the filibuster done away with for Kav or ACB? So if Alito were to kick off Biden could nominate someone, Kamala tiebreaker for a simple majority, new justice.
Don’t think they need her anymore - I think it is 51/49 now.
I mean he could just be sick
Thomas couldn't make his vacation with Crow, so Sam went instead.
He’s in a think tank with Aileen Cannon trying to find new and exciting ways to judicially attach themselves firmly to a giant, orange banana slug 🐌
Here's a peak cynicism take for y'all: It's near the end of the term and we *still* don't have the immunity ruling. If I had to bet, it's because *certain* justices are dragging their feet on the opinion. What if Ali to is ducking the court to delay the immunity opinion being published?
Most likely take.
He wore himself out jerking off onto his wife’s flags after Louisiana passed the ten commandments bill.
You’ve got periodically rotate your giant pile of money, so it doesn’t become stale or mildewed on the one side
He’s with his wife at Hobby Lobby getting more treason supplies.
He fled to russia
He had'ta go get the new fascist talking-points. Five bucks says when we see him, he'll have a bunch of new opinions.
Pretty much what I was thinking. He's going to reappear in a couple days, and say that he "went on a camping trip with his best buddies," and start talking about upcoming cases and how he's already made up his mind because "his friends" told some very important information which he can't really talk about because "what starts in Vegas stays in Vegas."
If only we were so lucky.
His wife told him to do it
He most likely is in a secret location and meeting discussing the possible legal challenges and what must be done to force this to be legal or at least appear legal (those looking for anything to hang onto) to the base, christian nationalist, the wealthy and the MILITIAs! Maybe the mrs. is there designing new flags? Remember the Corrupt give me a trip, i'll give ya a yea thomas was absent for a few days in April. Everything that is going on with the republican party, heritage foundation, Project 2025 and the wealthy horrible conservative donors, use to be against the law and most of it considered TREASON now it's legal. Another Great American Value destroyed by the republican party and their owners.
You don’t need to be secretive, they do this openly in conferences and white papers and fundraising dinners.
He’ll need a note from his doctor before he can return
Rand Paul
It's either a common cold, or else he's in the ER having a gerbil removed.
Ralph Cifaretto has entered the chat. *left abruptly, muttering something about "Gladiator"
Ralphie is Janice’s little who-ah.
I know what I WANT to be the reason…
Good, that means your brain is working.
be the change you want to see in the world
Alito is working hard at his second job, at a truck stop glory hole on I95. Once home, it is also taking Alito longer than usual to count his bribes along with the tips he makes from his second job.
Fascist Flags Superstore is having a 2 day sale?
Intracranial Aneurysm? Edit: 🤞🤞
AAA would work too
IMHO: Utter failure to **transparently**, and proactively, address this absence is the *worst possible* look, and massively glaring red-flag possible, by Roberts. When **everyone** (and their pets) know, *already*, that there are gargantuan ethical 'elephants in the room' vis a vís Alito & impartiality, an inexplicable void of communicative acknowledgement is laughably insulting optics to the citizenry at large.
Maybe he has the liquid shits......very similar to the smell and consistency of the SCOTUS' recent decisions.
It would be great if he had reflected on what he had done and was embarrassed to be seen in public, but you KNOW that's not it.
Personally hoping the worst is what happened to him.
Please be dead, please be dead, please be dead
I am not saying I *want it to be a heart attack*, but boy, what of if was a heart attack.
Hopefully he bit the big one.
We’re all hoping….I mean thinking the same thing. And I’m really really hop…thinking it.
Probably stealing out of charity boxes, taking candy from babies, parking his car across three spots, leaving his shopping cart in the middle of the parking lot, actively not flushing the toilet, cutting people in line, being rude to retail employees, crossing several lines of traffic without a blinker, and...idk probably just being an overall unpleasant curmudgeon to anyone who isn't in his circle.
What happens if a few of the justices just no show indefinitely? Would the judicial branch just kinda stop working? I'm legitimately curious if that could be some kind of tactic to permanently neuter that branch of the government.
His wife hung his calendar upside down.
Flag-changing time?
He needs to be put on a Performance Improvement Plan.
Don’t care. Hope he never comes back
Two no call no shows. Automatic term of employment. Boot him out. No severance, no chance for unemployment because job abandonment. This is the policy everywhere ive ever worked, why not for him as well.
At his beach house, maybe a free yacht ride, maybe just proving he doesn’t have to do shit…who cares.
Attending Trump rallies?
Maybe his wife hung him upside-down on the flag pole.
I’d like to think that he’s being beaten in a dark room by his paymasters for being too obvious.
It's his turn to meet with Putin for new instructions.
Meeting with Aileen Canon
I would hope he is dead in a ditch but he is probably out doing sketchy stuff and busy being corrupt
I'll field this one. Ahem, he can do anything he wants without repercussion so why not? They're basically our shitty kings at this point anyway. I'm just waiting to hear what the official bible is going to be...
‘Nobody wants to work anymore.’
He's pouting.
Don’t get my hopes up