Also, ACAB doesn't mean there are no good cops. Just that even the good cops are sullied by being a part of an organization that promotes and protects those who commit terrible crimes. Sort of like, "Even the really good ones are sort of bad."

I thought there was supposed to be video footage somewhere of Trump saying the n-word in The Apprentice board room for his TV show. Something along the lines of asking whether people would accept it if an n-word won. That would be a lot more recent.

This article is a debate-style where they asked people to argue each side.

The person defending Clarence Thomas really stretches in that defense, relying on the fact that he sort of knew him in law school and he was "sweet".

He furthermore relies on it being "travel expenses" with "a close friend" who has no "pending" cases. Those words in quotes do a shitload of heavy lifting.

Thomas didn't just get travel expenses paid. Somebody bought him an RV. This billionaire didn't become "a close friend" until Thomas complained about his pay publicly and acted like he would resign. And for an oligarch, many cases are of interest.

It was a weak argument and the guy obviously knew it. He did his best, but Thomas's actions are really basically indefensible.

Since these people aren't treating any ear injury, you might as well call these "ear diapers."

Does the prohibition of genetic enhancement also apply to pets?

It doesn't have to be an assassination attempt. Just the fact that there was life-threatening violence in a place that is so close to her that her bodyguard had to be involved brings this issue to mind. Even if a liberal justice dies of natural causes right now, with the Senate's razor-thin margin, it's possible for another RBG moment were Trump to win, making SCOTUS an even worse 7-2 supermajority for conservatives. If Supreme Court justices were elected to proportionally represent Americans, there would be at least a 5-4 majority for liberals.

A carjacker pulled a gun on a person sitting in a car in front of Justice Sotomayor's home, a place where it's very possible that she might have been. It doesn't matter whether she was targeted or not. If she dies for whatever reason, it's a concern. Whoever Biden appoints would have to pass the Senate with the current razor thin majority.

Had she been in the car for some reason, then we might have another Ruth Bader Ginsberg moment, and in the worst case scenario, Trump could get reelected and appoint somebody for a 7-2 conservative majority in the Supreme Court.

Don't get stuck in the idea that lifetime appointments are only a problem for assassinations. Ginsberg died of natural causes, and see what that got us.

You can't fathom how a lifetime appointment ends when the person dies?

I think that there are many serious inherent flaws with the idea of lifetime appointments, especially for the highest court in the land, and this is one of them.

I've recently become a fan of the idea that for Supreme Court justices, they have a fixed-length term, and each President gets to nominate a predetermined number of them.

That doesn't make any sense. Explain why you included the part about genocide at all of you didn't intend it to be about Biden. It wouldn't make sense to include that paragraph if you meant Trump or were trying to be ambiguous.

If you know the Sinatra version, it wouldn't occur to you to ask which version they're referring to.

And Trump told Israel that they should "finish" Gaza.

Trump is more genocidal than Biden, anyway.

By these standards, most of my adult relatives are actually children.

They should be terrified of what Trump would do to them with this power, though. History has shown time and time again that, just because Trump likes you today, that doesn't mean he won't fire you tomorrow. Or in this case, should I say "fire" you tomorrow.

If Biden were to use his powers to force the 6 conservative Supreme Court Justices out, then there wouldn't be anybody on the court who would disagree with the minority interpretation.

Important meetings? During his presidency, Trump skipped most of his daily intelligence briefings.

Forget staying awake, Trump doesn't even show up.

It's obvious that it doesn't work from the moment you first hear about it.

You don't become the wealthy elite by accident. You do it by hoarding money.

So if someone gives you more free money, you'll just hoard it like you're already doing.

Reminder that Trump doesn't endorse people because they're good for the country or even because they're good for the party.

Trump endorses people only when it benefits himself. For example, he might force them to pledge personal loyalty to him, like he tried to do with James Comey.

"I have not yet begun to defile myself."

These lawyers are trying to speak to the public through the court. It's an irresponsible use of the court.