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Thomas Speaks
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Who'd have thunk it
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Date: February 29, 2016 03:03PM
Rumor has it that Justice Clarence Thomas actually asked a question at oral arguments today. That would have ended a ten-year string of silence. The ripples from Scalia's death spread ever wider...
Re: Thomas Speaks
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rumor on the specific question
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Date: February 29, 2016 03:11PM
I believe he asked about how domestic violence is a misdemeanor as opposed to a felony.
Re: Thomas Speaks
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Who'd have thunk it
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Date: February 29, 2016 03:27PM
rumor on the specific question Wrote:
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> I believe he asked about how domestic violence is
> a misdemeanor as opposed to a felony.
The case at hand concerns whether a prior domestic assault conviction based on reckless conduct qualifies as a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence that would block the plaintiffs from possessing a firearm. "This is a misdemeanor violation," Thomas said. "It suspends a constitutional right. Can you give me another area where a misdemeanor violation suspends a constitutional right?"
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/29/politics/supreme-court-clarence-thomas-10-year-streak-question/index.html
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> I believe he asked about how domestic violence is
> a misdemeanor as opposed to a felony.
The case at hand concerns whether a prior domestic assault conviction based on reckless conduct qualifies as a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence that would block the plaintiffs from possessing a firearm. "This is a misdemeanor violation," Thomas said. "It suspends a constitutional right. Can you give me another area where a misdemeanor violation suspends a constitutional right?"
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/29/politics/supreme-court-clarence-thomas-10-year-streak-question/index.html
Re: Thomas Speaks
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Guns = Death & Mayhem
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Date: February 29, 2016 04:51PM
Who'd have thunk it Wrote:
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> The case at hand concerns whether a prior domestic
> assault conviction based on reckless conduct
> qualifies as a misdemeanor crime of domestic
> violence that would block the plaintiffs from
> possessing a firearm. "This is a misdemeanor
> violation," Thomas said. "It suspends a
> constitutional right. Can you give me another
> area where a misdemeanor violation suspends a
> constitutional right?"
Sounds like Thomas would be okay with those found guilty of reckless conduct domestic violence having guns so long as it was only a relatively mild form of reckless conduct domestic violence. That's very reassuring.
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> The case at hand concerns whether a prior domestic
> assault conviction based on reckless conduct
> qualifies as a misdemeanor crime of domestic
> violence that would block the plaintiffs from
> possessing a firearm. "This is a misdemeanor
> violation," Thomas said. "It suspends a
> constitutional right. Can you give me another
> area where a misdemeanor violation suspends a
> constitutional right?"
Sounds like Thomas would be okay with those found guilty of reckless conduct domestic violence having guns so long as it was only a relatively mild form of reckless conduct domestic violence. That's very reassuring.