Posted on 04/16/2024 2:15:22 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas faced criticism on Tuesday over comments he made during a case focused on the January 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.
"In oral argument today, Justice Thomas is minimizing the severity of the 1/6 insurrection at the Capitol. Perhaps that's because his wife was part of the conspiracy. What a disgrace that he's sitting on this case," lawyer and former CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
Thomas made comments on Tuesday as the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case relating to the Capitol riot following the 2020 presidential election with defendant, Joseph Fischer, arguing that the court should dismiss a charge against him of obstruction of an official proceeding.
At one point during the hearing, Justice Thomas asked a lawyer representing the Department of Justice if the federal government has ever charged any other individuals in the past with obstruction of an official proceeding.
"There have been many violent protests that have interfered with proceedings," Thomas said during the hearing. "Has the government applied this provision to other protests in the past?"
Following the question, a number of social media users spoke out over Thomas' question.
"Justice Thomas just suggested J6, legally, is no different than any other violent attempt to disrupt official proceedings," lawyer Mike Sacks wrote on X.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
And that was a republican DOJ!
That's Jeffrey "The Wanker" Toobin.
The prosecution of course has been going entirely overboard all along:
...Nichols ruled in the case against Joseph Fischer, who works for the North Cornwall Township Police Department in Pennsylvania, that the obstruction charge does not stand.
“Nothing in Count Three (or the superseding indictment generally) alleges, let alone implies, that Fischer took some action with respect to a document, record, or other object in order to corruptly obstruct, impede or influence Congress’s certification of the electoral vote,” the judge wrote in a 10-page ruling. “The Court will therefore grant Fischer’s motion to dismiss Count Three.”...
Toobin calling anyone else a disgrace?!?
The Drive-Bys keep driving by Justice Clarence Thomas.
Toobin is really a master at baiting Thomas, isn’t he.
What a disgrace why former CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin is former. Who is this tosser to talk about disgrace?
Toobin again?
He was not the only justice asking that question.
Except, for the most part, with the exception of the embedded Antifa types, it wasn’t a mob.
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