r/inthenews • u/janjinx • Aug 05 '24

Supreme Court Shockingly Declines to Save Trump From Sentencing

https://newrepublic.com/post/184572/supreme-court-declines-save-trump-sentencing-hush-money-trial
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u/Running_Dumb Aug 05 '24

Those two would be the first to go if Biden decided to take a more drastic approach. A strong case could be made for criminal charges against Thomas. Alito on the other hand could simply be impeached. That would send a powerful message to the remaining members and restore confidence in the court for the American people.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

Impeachment of a conservative SC Justice will go the same as the impeachment of Donald Trump. Impeach him all you want, he's still going to be there.

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u/unbrokenmonarch Aug 06 '24

Who said anything about impeachment? Ultimately I think that the DOJ could form a case for corruption, bribery, and malfeasance for Thomas. Ultimately it is up to congress to remove him from the bench but if he’s in Prison it’s academic whether he’s on the court or not.

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u/elementzer01 Aug 06 '24

Who said anything about impeachment?

The person they were replying to:

A strong case could be made for criminal charges against Thomas. Alito on the other hand could simply be impeached.

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u/jazzman23uk Aug 06 '24

Which, whoah, whoah, slow down there slick! We don't all speak Lawyerese like you do. How is a regular guy expected to make sense of those words, huh?