JB EmmonsApr 17, 2023

Genie: It is done, you will become a Supreme Court justice

Abe Fortas: Hell yeah

Genie: ...but only for four years.

Abe Fortas: Oh come on! Can I at least be cited as a role model for another longer-serving justice?

Genie: Hm. Okay, deal.

Abe Fortas: Great. Thank you.

Abe Fortas: Hey, why did that monkey's paw on your end table just curl a finger

William PalinApr 18, 2023
Show threadJB Emmons

2023 and every media legalsplainer is suddenly making Abe Fortas a household name again

https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/3953176-clarence-thomas-should-follow-the-abe-fortas-precedent-and-resign-gracefully/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/04/17/supreme-court-clarence-thomas-abe-fortas/

https://stevevladeck.substack.com/p/23-the-resignation-of-justice-fortas

Clarence Thomas should follow the Abe Fortas precedent and resign gracefully

Justice Clarence Thomas can still redeem himself.

The Hill
Apr 17, 2023 at 1:33pmWeb
Show threadJB EmmonsApr 17, 2023
Somewhere in the US, a man who calls himself the world's foremost scholar on Abe Fortas's legacy is getting his suit cleaned for the first time this decade and yelling "cancel my schedule for the week" to his imaginary assistant
Show threadAlgernon D'AmmassaApr 17, 2023
@jbe It is striking how the ethical and reputational standards have fallen between these two cases. It was unacceptable that Fortas wouldn’t leave the court and unimaginable that Thomas will.
Show threadzemsgramApr 17, 2023
@jbe Clarence Thomas has no shame. He will never retire because “Why?” He gets to dictate what happens to people and he gets to travel to places much better than Walmart parking lots on other people’s dime and his mother lives rent free. And absolutely no consequences except a little bad PR that doesn’t affect him in the least.
Show threadJB EmmonsApr 17, 2023
@zemsgram
The US is clearly in a DARVO era of politics these days; no reason Thomas wouldn't gleefully join the chorus of shameless politicos