It may be time to reassess Clarence Thomas.

[MikeG]

He sided with the First Amendment in the internet porn case.

He sided with the liberal wing against a car loan company.

The jury is still out. But he may be growing in office.

[tom_paine]

1. Growing like a Colonic Tumor?

Maybe. First off, Slappy has a soft spot for porn and so being denied Internet Pron was likely a personal issue with personal repercussion.

Since Slappy alwasy does what he's told, a few minor, non-significant instances of rebellion mean little.

This SDtooge will lick his Master's Boots every time they ask.

I don;t believe it for a second! Not one second!

Slappy has always been a corrupt puppet and he always will be the same.

[Richardo]

3. That's one hilarious post, tom_paine...

"soft spot for porn" - yeah now! :D

[MikeG]

6. Read the bankruptcy case Till v. SCS Credit Corp.

He sided with the little guy.

[Sweetpea]

8. And?

:freak:

[MikeG]

11. It helps poor people pay back their car loans in bankruptcy..

at lower interest rates. I almost fell off my chair when I read it.

He sided against the Bank.

[Sweetpea]

19. He is a suck fuck who may have moments of clarity

Haven't you seen footage of Hitler kissing babies and coddling animals.

[AP]

18. Maybe the case was super-obvious, or maybe he only sided with the

little guy in that case because he saw how the rule would help the big guy in every other case.

[tom_paine]

24. Exactlt. As with the original Nazis, take nothing these "kinder and

gentler" Nazi do on face value.

that would be a mistake.

[jackstraw45]

2. yup...still an a-hole.

Are you KIDDING?

[tjwash]

4. He also helped install an illegal regime against the wishes of the...

...American people, and for this he gets no forgiveness. I don't care how much pandering to the left on single issues he does for the positive press, he will always be one of those directly responsible for the horrible damage that is being currently inflicted on our country.

[Sweetpea]

5. He is a twisted fuck and as an African American I am embarrassed

by his decisions and commentary. There is nothing to reassess.

[MikeG]

9. What difference does his race make?

[Sweetpea]

14. A hell of a lot

Here is some commentary from a black perspective

<http://www.blackcommentator.com/32/32_commentary.html>

[Carolina]

26. a helluva lot

that sorry POS from PinPoint, GA wouldn't be where he is without affirmative action which is something he fought against under Reagan and continues to rail and decide cases against now!

He was/is definitely not the best or the brightest, despite Poppy saying he was the best on the lawn at Kennebunkport. He had no real legal experience and there were ample, more qualified African American jurists who could have been tapped for the nation's highest court.

The best testimony about and against him was Thurgood Marshall (now there was a MAN) who said of Thomas at the time: " a snake is a snake .."

[porphyrian]

7. I put him at about $200k a year plus tips. - n/t

[shoelace414]

10. and he was the only one

that said the president can lockup people indefinitelly for any reason he wants, and the judicary can't oversee it.

[MikeG]

12. You're right - that was a stinker.

But Breyer hasn't always been a jewel either.

[BillZBubb]

13. Are you SERIOUS???? The jury was in long, long ago.

Thomas is the worst right wing piece of shit on the court. He's much more ideologically reliable than even Scalia. Scalia talks more and has a higher profile, but Thomas is pure right wing evil.

The only vote to allow Chimp to hold Americans without any rights and you think the jury is out???? Pleeze!

[Sideways]

15. Reassess Clarence...Ok I Always Thought He Was A Fuckwittage

On Reassessment he is a Fuckstick. Same Asshole with the same stinking shit.

[aden_nak]

16. Recent Thomas Decisions

Here are the sumamries. . . if you want the full bloody text, go to:

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/03slipopinion.html

Rasul v Bush - Habeas Corpus does not extend to prisoners being held overseas, or being held outside the jurisdiction of the US Court System.

Handi v Rumsfeld - The President is within his Constitutional rights to determine who is and who is not an "enemy combatant" and thus, detainable for whatever amount of time and under whatever conditions the President himself sees fit.

United States v Patane - Evidence can be admitted into a prosecution if it was obtained from a suspect, even if that suspect was not Mirandized before being arrested.

[DaveSZ]

20. It's true about his porn

http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?ID=18601

Supreme Court deals Congress setback on Internet porn law
Jun 29, 2004
By Tom Strode
WASHINGTON (BP)--The U.S. Supreme Court has dealt Congress another setback in its effort to protect children from Internet pornography.

The high court ruled June 29 in a 5-4 vote that a federal judge was correct in blocking enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act, a 1998 law that bans commercial Web sites from making sexually explicit material available to children under the age of 17. The justices sent the case back to the court for a full trial.

Joining Kennedy in the majority opinion on Ashcroft v. ACLU were associate Justices John Paul Stevens, David Souter, Clarence Thomas and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Thomas’ vote was something of a surprise, since he is normally regarded as one of the court’s two most conservative members. Associate Justice Antonin Scalia is the other.

Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, joined by Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Associate Sandra Day O’Connor, wrote a dissenting opinion, as did Scalia.

-more



http://edition.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/07/05/billpress... /

Bill Press: The return of Long Dong Silver

July 5, 2001 Posted: 12:35 PM EDT (1635 GMT)

By BIll Press
Tribune Media Services

WASHINGTON (Tribune Media Services) -- Ten years ago, after calling Anita Hill a liar, Clarence Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court. Ten years later, we finally learn that Clarence Thomas was lying -- and Anita Hill was telling the truth.

The truth about Thomas’s lies is told in David Brock’s new book, “Blinded by the Right," due out in September. This month’s issue of “Talk” magazine features a long excerpt. It recounts Brock’s ethical struggles as a writer. But, more importantly, it provides valuable insight into how the powerful right-wing media machine twists and dominates the news.

Brock’s the perfect man to expose Thomas’ lies, because he’s the one who spread them. As a darling, young acolyte of the conservative right, Brock was recruited by the "American Spectator" magazine in October of 1991 to write a feature article denouncing Hill and rehabilitating the badly-wounded Thomas.

Senate confirmation hearings had left Thomas a new, but disgraced, member of the court. In her testimony, Hill calmly told Senators how her then-boss Thomas exploited and harassed female workers. He told dirty jokes. He graphically described pornographic videos he had rented, including the now-famous “Long Dong Silver.” Perhaps inspired by “Long Dong”, he bragged about the size of his own penis. He begged for dates. He even accused Hill of leaving pubic hairs on his can of Coca-Cola. Nice guy.

-more

[MikeG]

17. I think Stevens has been working on him.

At least on the economic cases.

[bossfish]

21. Did you catch his dissent on the detention cases?

He essentially argued that the President can lock up anyone for as long as he wants, all he has to do is put on the ruby slippers and say 'terra' three times.

IIRC the vote was 8-1.

[DaveSZ]

22. I know

I had expected Scalia and Rehnquist to also vote for the fascist position, but it was only Thomas.

[Sweetpea]

23. I have a hard time believing in his life that Clarence, a dark skinned

black man has not been racial profiled at least once.

[Carolina]

28. yeah, wouldn't you love it

if he got pulled over by some racist cops in rural GA (his native home, for example) with his white wife.

And when he said: BUT I'm a Supreme Court Justice, blah, blah, blah ...

They replied: Sure, nig--h, we're taking you in until we can verify this fucking shit with the SUE PRIME COAT .... he, he, he!
Then they hold his sorry as indefinitely.

[Sweetpea]

30. And the sad part is that is not an unlikely scenario.

[Carolina]

32. I know

but I can dream...

The sad part, too, is that he has to know that situations like this happen even if he has somehow escaped such trauma. Yet he feels and knows no empathy or understanding.

Like most black parents, I have had to teach my son "police etiquette." Still, I always worry. My white friends are shocked when I speak of MY FEAR OF POLICE, something that is foreign to them. And apparently to Clarence too. He just doesn't care.

[AlCzervik]

25. well he likes porn

but he's still a "Major league asshole". Just like Bob Barr, alot of people have turned soft on Barr because he now works for the aclu, he's still a major wanker.

[MikeG]

27. Liberal decisions should be rewarded no matter who they come from.

Pavlov dog theory.

[Sweetpea]

29. It will take a lobotomy, and act from God and something being

a miracle to think Clarence Thomas is going to become a liberal by a couple of votes.

[MikeG]

31. Or prayers. And time. And more liberals on the Court.

Maybe he can't stand Scalia and Rehnquist.