These Little Town Blues
Thoughts, musings and ramblings of a subway-obsessed Yankee fan.
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Impeach Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas, the AP reports, hasn’t spoken during a Supreme Court case in two years. That’s 142 cases of Constitutional importance, and Thomas just sits there silently.
Why is this guy still on the Supreme Court? Once upon a time, judges and justices were impeached — for largely partisan reasons — when they failed to do their jobs. For 16 years, Thomas has utterly failed to do his job. Maybe it’s time to revive that glorious 19th Century of impeachment. I’m all for it.
I had this story posted in my Gmail Chat status message all today, and at one point, one of my friend IM’ed me to relate a dream she had. In this dream, Clarence Thomas was no longer a Supreme Court Justice. Instead, he was Sen. John McCain’s running mate on this fall’s Republican Presidential ticket.
I’ve heard far more unlikely ideas. Think about it; the Supreme Court rids itself of a member with whom Americans are not enamored; George Bush gets to appoint another Justice — an appointment sure to be filibustered into the next Presidential term; and the Republicans get their Conservative running mate to complement their faux-maverick nominee.
Justices heading to the Executive Branch and vice versa would not be a unique situation in American history, and it’s just crazy enough to work.
