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2011-10-07 Home Front: Culture Wars

Democrats mobilize over Clarence Thomas ethics investigation

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Posted by DarthVader 2011-10-07 13:01|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Elena Kagan has to recuse. They're trying to balance out by removing Thomas

Posted by Frank G 2011-10-07 13:14|| 2011-10-07 13:14|| Front Page Top

#2 His response is every bit as good as the many Democrats who seem to have misplaced this or that form. Glass house and stones people.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2011-10-07 14:34|| 2011-10-07 14:34|| Front Page Top

#3 The only way a supreme court justice can be restricted is by impeachment, starting in the House, which ain't gonna happen.

Amusingly, while the Senate needs a 2/3rds majority to convict, the House only needs a simple majority to impeach. So if the Senate gets too obnoxious about it, the House can decide to impeach Kagan, Holder, Sotomayer, Biden, and even Obama.

The Senate would be *obligated* to actually hold a trial for them, even if it was for just a day.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-10-07 14:49|| 2011-10-07 14:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Impeachment can happen any time a House majority gets around to it. Conviction on articles of impeachment by the Senate is a different matter. Eric "Place" Holder richly deserves impeachment and removal from office.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-10-07 14:59|| 2011-10-07 14:59|| Front Page Top

#5 The Left has finally figured out that Thomas is smarter than they are, so they've decided to lynch him ASAP.

Posted by Secret Master 2011-10-07 15:43|| 2011-10-07 15:43|| Front Page Top

#6 While the Democrat senate would never vote to impeach Holder, no matter the offense, the House has several ways to both utterly derail any Thomas harassment.

For example, they can demand a special prosecutor for Holder, or they could impeach him. In either case, nobody is going to be talking about Thomas for weeks, and the public will just see any Thomas investigation as political tit-for-tat. So they will ignore both.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-10-07 16:51|| 2011-10-07 16:51|| Front Page Top

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