June Casagrande on Nostr: People who argue it doesn't matter that Clarence Thomas is rolling in Republican ...
People who argue it doesn't matter that Clarence Thomas is rolling in Republican dough because he'd vote that way anyway are missing the point: The money almost prohibits him from ever taking an independent stance. If he agrees with the far right 99% of the time he's under pressure to vote for them 100% of the time, which means he's not a Supreme Court justice — merely an agent of those anti-American interests.
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