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Justice Thomas Questions Attorneys in Gun Rights Case
Twitter ^ | 2/29/16 | Kimberly Robinson

Posted on 02/29/2016 8:11:17 AM PST by TontoKowalski

USSC Reporter tweeting.

Link is to her Twitter Feed.

First questions from Justice Thomas from bench in ten years.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; antoninscalia; banglist; clarencethomas; foundahaironhiscoke; guncontrol; kimberlyrobinson; scalia; scotus; secondamendment; texas; thomas; twitter
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To: TontoKowalski

The baton has been passed


21 posted on 02/29/2016 9:01:59 AM PST by NonValueAdded (Buchanan: A note of caution: This establishment is not going quietly.)
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To: Yo-Yo
Just as Scalia wasn't named Chief Justice when Roberts was appointed.

I've wondered whether Scalia was offered it and declined. Perhaps we'll never know.

22 posted on 02/29/2016 9:07:25 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: TontoKowalski

With a 4-4 USSC appeals court decisions will all stand and the opportunity to rush up a bunch of cases through friendly courts to overturn things like the 1st and 2nd Amendments, at least in the jurisdictions of those lower courts should occasion some alarm.


23 posted on 02/29/2016 9:07:45 AM PST by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberaliI won't vote for Rubio of sono feccia.)
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To: Yo-Yo

“wasn’t named Chief Justice when Roberts was appointed. “

Awful mistake. We are stuck with this compromised Roberts homo for several decades.


24 posted on 02/29/2016 9:08:15 AM PST by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble mined asses overthrown,,,")
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To: EternalVigilance

Ping


25 posted on 02/29/2016 9:13:41 AM PST by StoneWall Brigade (Vote Tom Hoefling of America's Party for President the only person to restore the Republic)
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To: TontoKowalski; Lurking Libertarian; Perdogg; JDW11235; Clairity; Spacetrucker; Art in Idaho; ...

FReepmail me to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the SCOTUS ping list.

26 posted on 02/29/2016 9:16:37 AM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: TontoKowalski

“It is, in one fell swoop, the Constitutional crux of the matter.”

Yes.

Thomas choosing to ask question rather than just listen must be related to Scalia’s absence.


27 posted on 02/29/2016 9:18:42 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: SubMareener

Could he be signaling “I am not intimidated!”?


28 posted on 02/29/2016 9:19:36 AM PST by uncitizen (Investigate Scaliagate!)
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To: ifinnegan
Thomas choosing to ask question rather than just listen must be related to Scalia’s absence.

I think it's too early to conclude this. AJ Thomas has previously been very interested in 2nd Amendment cases, it's obviously an issue he cares deeply about,

29 posted on 02/29/2016 9:24:16 AM PST by Fury
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To: kiryandil

“Reporter said she lost count after seven questions.
!!!!!!!!!!!”

As indicated by your post, apparently math wasn’t this reporter’s forte.

EODGUY


30 posted on 02/29/2016 9:25:15 AM PST by EODGUY
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To: EODGUY

Maybe she lost a few fingers when the French captured her briefly during the battle of Agincourt... :)


31 posted on 02/29/2016 9:28:16 AM PST by kiryandil ("Our Muslim-In-Chief, Barack Obama - the Quislaming in the White House")
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To: arthurus

And the GOP? Congress *COULD* step in a say a thing or two. Course, they’re of the same cloth that the SCOTUS is sacra-sanct and the end-all (no, that’s We the People).

Just think of the problems of judicial activism that could have been thwarted if they lifted a single idea of, “We WILL cut you off...”.


32 posted on 02/29/2016 9:30:37 AM PST by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: yoe

I thought there was a movie script in progress or hiring of actors, or maybe they’re already in production; but ever since Scalia passed, it’s been silence.

However, with Justice Thomas becoming more vocal, I’m wondering if the movie project has geared up .. just to see if they can smear Thomas one more time.


33 posted on 02/29/2016 9:33:21 AM PST by CyberAnt ("Peace Through Strength")
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To: TontoKowalski

I see an invitation to a TX ranch in his future.


34 posted on 02/29/2016 9:38:24 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew (Diversity is Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sharing the same jail cell.)
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To: Fury

My guess is Scalia would ask every question Thomas would ask, so Thomas didn’t need to ask anything.

I can’t think it is a coincidence.

Of course, who knows for sure except Thomas.

I think it’s great. Liberals used to make fun and demean Thomas for not saying anything.

They will be sorry now.


35 posted on 02/29/2016 10:03:51 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: TontoKowalski

Don’t let me down, Justice Thomas.


36 posted on 02/29/2016 10:21:44 AM PST by Read Write Repeat
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To: TontoKowalski

Wow. Yeah, it was good. Why in the world didn’t I ever think of that question?


37 posted on 02/29/2016 10:29:59 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: SubMareener

That statement gave me chills....you are correct. Of all the people in the world I have said I wanted to meet....Justice Thomas has been the top one.


38 posted on 02/29/2016 10:34:02 AM PST by goodnesswins (Alinsky.....it's what's for dinner)
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To: CyberAnt

I heard the movie is set for just before the elections....and it’s obviously set for that time for a reason.


39 posted on 02/29/2016 10:37:46 AM PST by goodnesswins (Alinsky.....it's what's for dinner)
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To: SubMareener

The mantle has been passed.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Yes, the Scalia torch has been taken up by Justice Thomas. Bless him right down to his toes! And may that torch become a blazing torch of certainty!


40 posted on 02/29/2016 10:38:36 AM PST by Candor7 ( Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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