Clarence Thomas believes we should follow the Constitution as originally written. The Constitution as originally written contained three clasues protecting slavery. Under that Constitution Clarence could have been sold along with the farm animals and the furnitutre. Is Clarence a genius, or what?

John Howard

This Supreme Court Jester is a "genius", all right, because he traditionally opts to keep silent and be thought a fool rather than speaking out and proving he's one.

Never voicing an opinion, all this lawn jockey does is vote in lock-step with his conservative colleagues on the bench.

Never voicing an opinion, all this lawn jockey does is vote in lock-step with his conservative colleagues on the bench.

This is very true. I've always laughed when white conservatives hysterically rant and rail against affirmative action while giving Clarence Thomas a mega free pass. This shameless Negro is the poster child for affirmative action. He possess the most mediocre and unaccomplished legal career of all the Supreme Court justices. Yet he is constantly praised by white conservatives for his uber right wing leanings and his slavish aping of Federalist Society ideology. The only reason he is the celebrated darling of white conservatives is not because of an academically impressive or stellar legal career but for his parroting and wallowing in right wing Weltanschauung. There was absolutely nothing about his career that qualified him to be a candidate for the Supreme Court. And the previous statement is an irrefutable fact -not speculation, conjecture, rumination, personal opinion or hyperbole......