Summary
Clarence Thomas criticized the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals for ignoring Supreme Court precedent in a case involving David Smith, convicted of attempted murder, whose sentence was overturned due to procedural concerns.
Thomas argued the court violated the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act by re-evaluating evidence rather than deferring to previous rulings.
Critics highlighted Thomas’s hypocrisy, noting his role in overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022, disregarding decades of precedent and leading to abortion bans in over 20 states.
(For anyone unfamiliar with Uncle Ruckus, he was an Uncle Tom type character, and a white supremacist)
Only difference is Clarence Thomas gets paid to throw his beliefs out the window, Uncle Ruckus (no relation) did it just for the love of white people.
Actually now that I think about it, I’m not really sure why Clarence Thomas does the shit he does…
He was educated in Catholic schools and was going to be a Priest. Thomas has done nothing but uphold the white Christian man’s power and privilege his entire life.
Had to sit through someone’s gushing fanboy talk about this last year and I nearly threw up. He’s a gross misogynist and fucking smug about it too.
Many a person thinks that by upholding the power of the white Christian man they can remove one of the adjectives