This tweet intimates that Justice Kennedy voted corruptly in cases because of his son’s work w Trump. That’s a very serious charge without evidence. Now the @adamliptak @maggieNYT “buttering up guy w huge ego to get him to leave” theory much more plausible.https://twitter.com/neeratanden/status/1012665534297624577 …
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So why did Kennedy retire when he did? He’s nearly 82, wanted to go last year but stayed another year likely because of Trump instability, and as I wrote
@slate the day before Kennedy announced, he appeared out of gashttps://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/did-justice-anthony-kennedy-just-signal-his-retirement.html …Show this thread -
This is not news people: "Last year, the Financial Times reported that Kennedy’s son was “one of Mr Trump’s most trusted associates over a 12-year spell at Deutsche.” https://newrepublic.com/minutes/149496/trumps-relationship-justice-kennedy-sounds-shady-new-report …https://www.ft.com/content/8c6d9dca-882c-11e7-bf50-e1c239b45787 …
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Seems to me that not recusing himself from any case involving Trump, given the billion dollar relationship between Kennedy’s son and Trump, is grounds for at least questioning his integrity.
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You cannot say the same thing about Scalia after Bush v. Gore. There’s no way to whitewash: “Our consideration is limited to the present circumstances.” Political hack!
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We could.... But you know how the right wing loves their conspiracies. Turnabout is always fair play. If Obama had these ties to Kagan or Sotomayor; the GOP would have lost their goddamn minds. You can be disappointed, but it wasn't the son of a leftist with ties to trump
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Were there times when because of his son's ties to Deutsche Bank he should have recused himself and didn't?
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Now do Clarence Thomas & his right-wing activist wife.
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What is your logic? Once the existence of relationship is established, it's irresponsible to inquire about what that relationship may have entailed? You can say confidently that no favors exchanged & no pressure brought to bear on either side?
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After reading almost all of Scalia’s opinions and following his public statements for decades, I concluded that Scalia was an arrogant, angry, resentful, condescending, partisan prick. In other words, a perfect Trumpist!
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it seems wild to discount the idea that having a dangerous & unsound jurisprudence might tell us something about the person's character, though.
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It’s hard to take your argument at face value when you plug your book in your thread. Otherwise, I appreciate the scholarly attempt at rationalizing Kennedy’s timing of departure. Your only argument for now is that he was waiting because of DT instability. Not solid.
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Your observations seem wise and correct. Can someone in the Kennedy/conservative/GOP camp provide an explanation or perspective on the curious circumstances?
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