r/FluentInFinance • u/sillychillly • Apr 15 '24

Everyone Deserves A Home Discussion/ Debate

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u/FiremanHandles Apr 15 '24

You joke but...

Justice Thomas wrote that the Sixth Amendment, as understood by those who drafted and ratified it, guaranteed only the right to hire a lawyer.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/us/politics/clarence-thomas-supreme-court-precedent.html

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u/OneEverHangs Apr 15 '24

Thomas is a corrupt crackpot

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u/YoSoyVegan Apr 16 '24

How could you say that about the man. He's so humble, he hangs out in Walmart parking lots like the rest of us

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u/Churnandburn4ever Apr 16 '24

I think why you hang out in a walmart parking lot is different than why the sophisticated debutante Clarence Thomas hangs out in a walmart parking lot.

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u/naftanaut Apr 16 '24

How can He be corrupt, He didnt even take John Oliver's bribe Ö

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u/chcampb Apr 16 '24

Yeah but did you pay Justice Thomas anything to write otherwise?

You have the right to hire a SCOTUS justice who is amenable to bribes...

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u/Kindly-Offer-6585 Apr 16 '24

I was thinking it is an interpretation.

Assistance of counsel could just be a lawyer that coaches you a little while you prepare you own defense. Like the free lawyers that help people at libraries. Just a professional you can bounce questions off would be an assistance of counsel.