@heidilifeldman

I have no love for Thomas.. but no just ew no. Working for someone doesnt mean you should be an outcast for life... no lets stop with this petty nonsense. Focus on Thomas if you want to boycott someone.

@freemo @heidilifeldman

They said "starting this year". Anyone who worked for him in the past is fine, but people choosing to work for him are most certainly aware of the reporting about him.

Personally I think that's generous. It's unlikely that his clerks were totally unaware of how he was operating.

@ThatPrilla @heidilifeldman

Its not about awareness. People need to feed their families, or are trying to get training so they can get hired.

Not to mention that forcing him to not have a staff isnt going to solve a damn thing, if anything will just make him worse not better.

@freemo @heidilifeldman

Since 2020 he has had 18 law clerks.

6 from Yale, 5 from Chicago, 3 from Harvard, and 1 each from NYU, Virginia, George Mason, and Alabama.

Each class of 37 law clerks (4 per justice 5 for chief justice) is on a path towards being able to wield power and influence that will impact every person living in the United States.

These are future federal judges, attorneys general, state solicitors, state supreme court justices, politicians, lawyers and activists.

@ThatPrilla

Yes they are, and who they worked for should not change that. Now if they actively did anything on their own then by all means hold it against them. Thomas's decisions arent their own, nor do they necessarily have the luxury to quit.

@heidilifeldman

@freemo @heidilifeldman

None of these folks would have trouble getting a job with likely better pay.

With very few exceptions, they have a previous clerkship with a federal judge.

By helping Thomas justify his opinions, they literally further his potentially corrupt influence.

I simply do not understand this desire to coddle people who are supposed to be the future best and brightest of the legal profession and refuse to hold them accountable.

@ThatPrilla

Regardless, even if they could find a job, no this is wrong without actively reviewing their specific actions. They may very well be offering dissenting opinions to Thomas and very much trying to push him the opposite direction.

These sort of idiotic blanket boycots on people simply by association, particularly employment, is not the way to go on any level.

@heidilifeldman