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Al Franken erupts after Clarence Thomas says what Supreme Court should do after Roe v. Wade abortion decision Franken resigned from the U.S. Senate in December 2017 amid sexual misconduct allegations
FOX NEWS ^ | June 26, 2022 | Lawrence Richard | Fox News

Posted on 06/25/2022 11:56:52 PM PDT by Morgana

Former U.S. Senator Al Franken took to Twitter to criticize conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court following a majority decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

In a series of tweets, the embattled former Senator-turned-podcast host included a specific criticism of Justice Clarence Thomas, who opined the overturning of the abortion precedent should push his court to review other major cases as well.

"After overturning Roe, Thomas wants to revisit Griswold, Lawrence, & Obergefell. How about revisiting Thomas’ conflicts of interest instead of our rights?" Franken said in a tweet on Saturday.

The tweet was in reference to Thomas saying on the 119th page of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health opinion that the court "should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell.

"Because any substantive due process decision is ‘demonstrably erroneous’ … we have a duty to ‘correct the error’ established in those precedents," Thomas added.

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I told you all this weekend would be fun! Now Al Franken is back from the land of the dead to be something for just a little while.
1 posted on 06/25/2022 11:56:52 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

what a joke of a senator...stolen election


2 posted on 06/26/2022 12:05:17 AM PDT by deks
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Joke of a senator? He was just a joke period.


3 posted on 06/26/2022 12:07:15 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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4 posted on 06/26/2022 12:16:35 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Morgana

Stewart Little wants you to be able to murder your baby

But only if you’re a woman

And a biologist - to know what a woman is


5 posted on 06/26/2022 12:24:58 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Morgana

FrankenIdiot: The irrelevant trying be relevant....


6 posted on 06/26/2022 12:44:33 AM PDT by cranked
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To: Morgana


pathetic comedian

pervert

moron

loser


7 posted on 06/26/2022 1:14:09 AM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: Paleo Conservative

This guy was a “comedian” who was never funny. He has to pathetically use this issue to get his name back in the news because he’s forgotten by the left and the right.


8 posted on 06/26/2022 1:32:47 AM PDT by AmericanMermaid
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To: Morgana

As for Mssr. Franken .... my memory of him is in blue workman’s clothing arguing about ‘my turn’, in the movie ‘Trading Places’.


9 posted on 06/26/2022 1:50:18 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Morgana

So, will Franken challenge Thomas to a fight in his workplace’s garage?


10 posted on 06/26/2022 3:08:21 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Bus No. 2525)
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To: Morgana

At best a person can rate him as a piss poor comedian


11 posted on 06/26/2022 3:46:23 AM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT)
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To: Morgana

Attempting to be relevant ...


12 posted on 06/26/2022 3:49:36 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Morgana

Those three cases, starting with Griswold, all employed the inferred “right to privacy” that was just thrown out here.

Contraception, Sodomy and same sex unions became rights in the public mind for many based on those rulings.

Even Justice Willaim O. Douglas who wrote the decision knew it was NOT in the Constitution, but was inferred from the shadows and spirit of four different aspects of the bill of rights.

RBG even knew better.

A core principle missed in all this is that our government AND its Constitution cannot grant or rescind rights. God, “Our Creator” is the only Grantor. The government is only empowered via legislation and regulation to set permissions and teems.

The USSC cannot create a Right, and neither can Congress.


13 posted on 06/26/2022 4:11:12 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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To: Morgana

Al Franken is simply playing the part he had on Saturday Night Live!


14 posted on 06/26/2022 4:24:20 AM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: Morgana

Former U.S. Senator Al Franken took to Twitter to,,,

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Wuteva Al ,,, ya perv groomer.

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15 posted on 06/26/2022 4:51:31 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: Morgana

Anybody else besides me get the idea that Justice Thomas made those comments just to wickedly provoke (trigger) the morons? That play is so DJT, eh?


16 posted on 06/26/2022 4:55:02 AM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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There was a story going around yesterday claiming in a conversation with his law clerks two years following his confirmation, Thomas planned to serve on the court until the year 2034, saying…

"The liberals made my life miserable for 43 years," a former clerk remembered Thomas – who was 43 years old when confirmed – saying, according to The New York Times. "And I'm going to make their lives miserable for 43 years."

If it’s true, fine. But how wonderful he must feel with Bidet as president, remembering the torment he went through for confirmation by that clown committee run by Bidet. Thomas must be relishing the calamity this guy is experiencing after the treatment he received.

17 posted on 06/26/2022 5:24:08 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: Morgana

Somebody needs to tell this old jackass that he is now a relic from days gone by. Nobody GAS what he has to say.


18 posted on 06/26/2022 5:25:05 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't blame me, I voted for President Trump.)
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To: Morgana

There is NOTHING funny about him.


19 posted on 06/26/2022 6:36:47 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Morgana

Franken was. Franken isn’t


20 posted on 06/26/2022 6:38:46 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Promoting Afro-Heritage diversity will destroy the democrats)
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