Fri Jun 24, 2022, 01:50 PM

Does anyone here believe Thomas wrote....

that "majority" opinion? I think it was written by the Federalist Society and he just scrawled his name on it.

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10 replies	Author	Time	Post
Does anyone here believe Thomas wrote.... (Original post)	SergeStorms	Jun 2022	OP
? NT	mahatmakanejeeves	Jun 2022	#1
Alito wrote it	Johnny2X2X	Jun 2022	#2
The OP could be referring to the gun opinion	Shrek	Jun 2022	#6
No.	SergeStorms	Jun 2022	#9
Thomas wrote a solo concurring opinion on the abortion ruling...	AntiFascist	Jun 2022	#10
I'm not even sure it was written this decade. nt	Phoenix61	Jun 2022	#3
HAH!	UTUSN	Jun 2022	#4
The majority opinion was written by Alito and concurred in by Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett	onenote	Jun 2022	#5
Thomas probably did write his concurring statement.	haele	Jun 2022	#7
Assuming this is yesterday's gun ruling	Amishman	Jun 2022	#8

Response to SergeStorms (Original post)

Fri Jun 24, 2022, 01:51 PM

mahatmakanejeeves (51,087 posts)

1. ? NT

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Response to SergeStorms (Original post)

Fri Jun 24, 2022, 01:51 PM

Johnny2X2X (15,842 posts)

2. Alito wrote it

But he's one and the same with the Federalist Society.

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Response to Johnny2X2X (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 24, 2022, 01:54 PM

Shrek (3,758 posts)

6. The OP could be referring to the gun opinion

Which Thomas wrote.

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Response to Shrek (Reply #6)

Fri Jun 24, 2022, 02:21 PM

SergeStorms (18,185 posts)

9. No.

I haven't read the opinion and thought since Thomas is the senior justice that he wrote the opinion. Sorry for my mistaken supposition.

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Response to SergeStorms (Reply #9)

Fri Jun 24, 2022, 02:54 PM

AntiFascist (12,649 posts)

10. Thomas wrote a solo concurring opinion on the abortion ruling...

he's off sitting on his own far right branch that's hopefully about to break!

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Response to SergeStorms (Original post)

Fri Jun 24, 2022, 01:51 PM

Phoenix61 (15,516 posts)

3. I'm not even sure it was written this decade. nt

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Response to Phoenix61 (Reply #3)

Fri Jun 24, 2022, 01:53 PM

UTUSN (67,309 posts)

4. HAH!

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Response to SergeStorms (Original post)

Fri Jun 24, 2022, 01:53 PM

onenote (39,449 posts)

5. The majority opinion was written by Alito and concurred in by Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett

The premise of your post is mistaken.

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Response to SergeStorms (Original post)

Fri Jun 24, 2022, 01:57 PM

haele (11,838 posts)

7. Thomas probably did write his concurring statement.

He was just leveraging Alito's draft opinion.
Which makes me think he was involved in leaking the draft.
Probably leaked to keep Kavenaugh and perhaps Gorsech in line to overturn Roe, as Kavenaugh's statement was really weak.
But yeah, it's definitely in line with the Federalist Society Platform, so It wouldn't be difficult for him to write.

Haele

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Response to SergeStorms (Original post)

Fri Jun 24, 2022, 02:01 PM

Amishman (5,327 posts)

8. Assuming this is yesterday's gun ruling

Yes, but I wouldn't be surprised if he had the framework written years ago - at least the part rewriting the levels of legal scrutiny for gun cases. Long term, that part is probably going to be more impactful than the gun carry change itself. It sets the stage for shredding most gun laws on the books today.

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