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babylonsister

(172,365 posts) Sun Sep 28, 2025, 09:05 AM 11 hrs ago

Clarence Thomas says precedence might not determine cases on upcoming supreme court docket

Clarence Thomas says precedence might not determine cases on upcoming supreme court docket
The court is expected to weigh in next session on same-sex marriage, which it legalized in 2015
Ramon Antonio Vargas
Sun 28 Sep 2025 07.00 EDT

Settled legal precedent in the US is not “gospel” and in some instances may have been “something somebody dreamt up and others went along with”, the US supreme court justice Clarence Thomas has said.

Thomas – part of the conservative supermajority that has taken hold of the supreme court over Donald Trump’s two presidencies – delivered those comments Thursday at the Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law in Washington DC, ABC News and other outlets reported. His remarks preceded the nine-month term that the supreme court is scheduled to begin on 6 October.

“I don’t think that … any of these cases that have been decided are the gospel,” Thomas said during the rare public appearance, invoking a term which in a religious context is often used to refer to the word of God. “And I do give perspective to the precedent. But … the precedent should be respectful of our legal tradition, and our country and our laws, and be based on something – not just something somebody dreamt up and others went along with.”

Among the various cases Thomas and his colleagues are expected to weigh in on is a request to overturn the 2015 Obergefell supreme court decision that legalized marriage for same-sex couples nationwide. Other cases being mulled by the supreme court for its 2025-2026 term involve tariffs, trans rights, campaign finance law, religious rights and capital punishment.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/28/clarance-thomas-precedence-supreme-court-docket

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Clarence Thomas says precedence might not determine cases on upcoming supreme court docket (Original Post) babylonsister 11 hrs ago OP

He's another in a long list of putrid fuckers who just need to die! -nt CrispyQ 11 hrs ago #1

Not yet. We do not need a younger version of him to be installed in his place. QueerDuck 11 hrs ago #3

Scares me when the deadest block of marble on the SCOTUS wakes up and reminds us the Constitution ... marble falls 11 hrs ago #2

Mixed marriages are fine though eh Clarence? pwb 10 hrs ago #4

"Might not determine".......Come on. Who's kidding whom? Firestorm49 10 hrs ago #5

More Gratuities! Kid Berwyn 10 hrs ago #6

Thomas is an asshole who is in the pocket of Harlan Crow LetMyPeopleVote 3 hrs ago #7

His life should be INTERUPTED, (peacfully ofcourse) People have a right to call them on their decisions. bluestarone 3 hrs ago #8

CrispyQ

(40,265 posts)

1. He's another in a long list of putrid fuckers who just need to die! -nt

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Sun Sep 28, 2025, 09:18 AM

11 hrs ago

QueerDuck

(103 posts)

3. Not yet. We do not need a younger version of him to be installed in his place.

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Sun Sep 28, 2025, 09:56 AM

11 hrs ago

marble falls

(68,732 posts)

2. Scares me when the deadest block of marble on the SCOTUS wakes up and reminds us the Constitution ...

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 09:54 AM

11 hrs ago

... is a living document.

pwb

(12,365 posts)

4. Mixed marriages are fine though eh Clarence?

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 10:07 AM

10 hrs ago

Trump would call him a low IQ person at a distance. I call him a lump of shit person. It is O K for him to do something that is against some norms of society, but not for others to do the same. Fuck Clarence..