Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has set his sights on eliminating the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday announced which cases it would consider next and which it wouldn’t. Among those the court rejected was a case that challenged the authority of OSHA, which sets and enforces standards for health and safety in the workplace.
And Thomas, widely considered to be the most conservative justice on the already mostly conservative court, wasn’t happy.
In a dissent, he explained why he believed the high court should’ve taken the case: OSHA’s power, he argues, is unconstitutional.
Clarence Thomas is unconstitutional. By his own originalist logic, he is only 3/5 of a human and should not be married to a white woman.
Fuck Clarence Thomas.
He is a straight up real life Clayton Bigsby
I wonder how much money his handlers paid for that position.
They got him cheap, the man is a bargain whore… actually, I take that back, I wouldn’t want to insult prostitutes.
Probably like 100k, which is pennies to them.
“The agency claims authority to regulate everything from a power lawnmower’s design,” he wrote, “to the level of ‘contact between trainers and whales at SeaWorld.’”
I fail to see anything wrong with either thing like… is he just mad it is not the people who sell lawn mowers should decide what’s safe?? Please please please don’t tell me Americans are going to dip to this new level of cognitive dissonance
Coming soon: the freedom to be maimed by corporations cutting corners on dangerous equipment design and safety equipment provision.
Lawn darts are back on the menu boys
I miss lawn darts, but the ban made sense. Holy hell, people were stupid with those things.
Not speaking to policy but law, he’s probably hinting that this is a violation of the non delegation doctrine.
I hope he finds a missing guard rail and falls to his death.
I hope he gets on a private jet with 5 other justices and some of his billionaire buddies for a trip to some tropical resort only for the plane to
get shot down through a president’s official actsuddenly go down, totally unexpectedly.Bermuda Triangle!
I hear the Titanic Wreck is a lovely place to visit this time of year…
With our luck, it’ll happen after Trump is reelected
The program for rolling back hard fought union victories is going full steam ahead.
I suppose the American worker could wake up to the reality that the protection against utter abuse for no pay didn’t just appear out of thin air and that only their fellow worker can be relied upon to stick for them.
That is the plan. Clarence Thomas is owned by
billionersparasites that want a feudalism system in their corporations.Ah, but the police force got much better and stronger since back in those days so good look going back to protesting to get those rights back,
Plus splitting people over insane conspiracies keeps them weak and easier to control so Americans are less likely to stick together and fight the real enemy: the billionaires.
They will lay off middle class American workers, then bring in H1B visa workers to replace them at half the cost, then blame immigrants for taking their jobs. Then blame border security and terrorism.
I suppose the American worker could wake up to the reality that the protection against utter abuse for no pay didn’t just appear out of thin air
Are you kidding? The Budweiser and Marlboro crowd will be told it is the fault of some brown people so they will double down on their hate and donations to elect a dictator who will “solve” their problems
I assume soon we will be getting rid of the weekend and the 40-hour work week.
We’re already letting children work jobs that maim and kill them again.
Of course! That’s what family values are all about! Praise the lord and pass the ammunition!
Of course Clarence, the most openly corrupt, would be the one to dissent against the OSHA case. Clarence can go fuck himself
Boy am I gonna miss being able to easily multiply by nine
That took me a second LOL Well done!
I don’t get it. Can you explain please?
There’s a hand / finger trick to multiply by nine, but it only works if you have all 10 of your fingers. If OSHA is eliminated, workplace accidents which could result in finger / hand loss would increase.
Your link isn’t working, here’s another explanation: https://www.wikihow.com/Multiply-With-Your-Hands
It’s the first time I heard about this
I think it’s about losing fingers and counting strategies.
It’s a good thing NOBODY WHO WOULD POSSIBLY BENEFIT FROM THIS has given Thomas Gifts Bribes or ANYTHING to sway his Judgement!
✨ gratuities ✨
Yeah they’re okay, just sometimes, as a little treat.
Just remember guys, the supreme court isn’t corrupted by billionaires they just happen to only want to do things that benefit the ultra wealthy. The gifts from mega rich people to Thomas mean nothing.
ItS jUsT a cOiNcIdEnCe…
Yes. But I am puzzled why the Ultras asked the supremes to end abortion. If I was an Ultra, I would have legalized public sex and drugs and tent cities. How does preventing abortion help the Ultras? Anyway, that’s a piece of the puzzle that I can’t understand well yet.
Eliminating the EPA, OSHA, animal protections, all these things fall under the Ultra “I’m loving it” package.
Sex and drugs are already very easy to get if you are rich.
Population growth on the other hand is an almost mandatory cornerstone of capitalism. And abortions too, will remain legal for the rich.
I think it’s that more people that shouldn’t have been born are born into positions that force them to accept absolutely horrible working conditions and depress wages by their accepting anything.
That an some of the ultra wealthy are extremely religious.
Most likely argument for ending abortion is that it raises natality which means more workers/consumers. And I’m guessing tying it to religious beliefs reinforces the religion as well, which most agree that it’s used to control the masses.
Just your daily reminder that literally no one but die hard catholics gave a single fuck about abortions until, what would today be called the right wing, made it an issue after losing the fight on desegregation and the civil rights act.
It was just the next evolution of the southern strategy. Inflaming hatred against “non-traditional” women instead of blacks (though trust me, there was still plenty of inflaming hatred against blacks, to this day), which extended into hatred against non-traditional things in general, Which was great cause it oh so conveniently covered pretty much everything liberal.
Oh, yeah, infighting is probably another good reason I had totally forgotten about. Give us something to fight over. You’re right.
Ok! I smell the shit you’re stepping on. ( I just coined this phrase!)
The billionaire to “devout Christian” pipeline isn’t really a secret.
They eliminated abortion because the religious extremists wanted that.
The religious extremists are dumb as fuck as they learn and teach religion over science. That makes them useful gullible idiots that are easy to control. You want extremists behind you if you want to be a dictator as you can easily convince them with dumb obvious lies and they will be happy to have a scape goat group (it’s the evildemocrats fault!! Or the progressives! Or the gays! Or the brown people! Or the <insert other minority>)
Also, religious extremists are very useful when you want opponents murdered, they’ll be happy to help in the name of <insert god here>
So yeah, they have been feeding and using religious extremists for their real cause: themselves, a few wealthy and rich assholes.
They wanted it banned. And they got it banned. They saw a chance to win, took it, and won. Simple as.
Besides serving the ultra wealthy, the corrupt Supremes also have a Fundamentalist Christian agenda that arose from when the GOP reached out to the religious right for votes. Ending abortion is of no benefit to the ultra wealthy.
Wow I love reading about these wacky sovcits. They always say the most silly things.
Wait, what? WHO said that? Justice of which court?
This has always been a Republican dream. If people are not dying on the job are they really working hard enough?
They should eliminate him
Right out a fuckin window.
Every little while ( more frequently these days) i hear the voice of Anita Hill in my head.
Clarence won’t stop until he’s been able to put one of his pubes on everyone’s soda can
That’s why he wants to eliminate OSHA. They’d call it a health hazard.
Just trying to bring it back to the good old days when children yearned for the mines, and men got blended up in industrial machinery.
Speaking of good old days, I think we should bring slavery back, but only for Clarence.
1/2 /j
