Clarence Thomas welcomes Supreme Court new conservative era
Clarence Thomas welcomes new conservative era on the Supreme Court under Trump and vows to stop his fellow justices inventing 'newly discovered rights'
The Supreme Court justice said the court has too often granted rights to people that are not found in the Constitution
He cited the example of same sex marriage being made legal last year
He called on the audience at a dinner in Scalia's memory to carry on the judge's 'unfinished business'
Conservative Justice Scalia died in February this year at the age of 79
Conservative judges should limit the Supreme Court's powers - inspired by the example of Antonin Scalia, one of its own justices said last night.
Justice Clarence Thomas told a dinner in memory of Scalia, who died in February, that the court has too often granted rights to people which are not found in the Constitution.
He claimed the decision last year to make same-sex marriage legal across the country, which both Scalia and Thomas dissented from, is an example of the Supreme Court overstretching.
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Thomas said he and his longtime friend and colleague formed an 'odd couple', as a white New Yorker and a black man from Georgia.
'But together, we soon became our own band of brothers,' Thomas said.
Best comment on that source was "Exactly why he should not even be where he is. His role is to make decisions upholding the rights and constitution, not decisions according to his own political preferences."
This is rich coming from a black person who would still be a slave and have no voice in government if it weren't for the 13th and 15th amendments.
Let me remind him that far less people approved of those changes at the time (with violent reactions) compared to how same-sex marriage is approved nowadays. Would he claim that the Supreme Court overstretched then?
This sad Uncle Tom doesn't realize that 99% of the people in that audience probably call him the n word behind his back and wouldn't bat an eyelash if slavery was restored.
Lord Jesus I hope Justices Ginsburg, Kennedy and Breyer make it another four years. It's terrifying to think of how dangerous the SC will be with multiple Trump appointments.
it's coming
It's terrifying to think of how dangerous the SC will be with multiple Trump appointments.
