Samuel L. Jackson goes in on Clarence Thomas with a Supreme Court decision reminder that hits close

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

With the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v Wade, which federally prohibited any absolute ban on access to abortion, there has been a considerable uproar from everyday people to reproductive justice activists, to celebrities. Oscar-holding actor Samuel L Jackson has made a particular jab at Justice Clarence Thomas on Twitter, pointing out how a continued overturning of historic civil rights cases would not be in the judge’s personal interest.

The Supreme Court case of Loving v Virginia in 1967 decided that it was unconstitutional for states to legislate against interracial marriages and was a significant milestone in the upswing of civil rights in the 1960s. It’s a case that was also important for supporting the legal case for gay marriage in Obergefell v Hodges.

Link to tweet

What Jackson appears to be specifically referring to is that Justice Clarence Thomas, who is one of the judges that voted for the overruling of the judgement and has suggested he would like to overturn other civil rights cases, is in an interracial marriage. If Loving v Virginia was overturned, then the legality of Thomas’ marriage to Ginny Thomas, who is no stranger to controversy herself given the accusations of her involvement in the efforts to overturn President Joseph Biden’s election, would then be at the whim of the state he resides in as opposed to having federal protection.

Jackson is not the only celebrity to call out the decision. From Megan Thee Stallion to Ariana DeBose, to Cher, many have expressed their frustration at the biggest rollback of abortion rights in the US in decades. However, his callout is perhaps more personal than most.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/samuel-l-jackson-goes-in-on-clarence-thomas-with-a-supreme-court-decision-reminder-that-hits-close-to-home/ar-AAYQJhb

[dalton99a]

1. No worries. The state racial classification board will make him a honorary Aryan

or make her a honorary Black if she agrees to it

[LenaBaby61]

6. THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[ecstatic]

9. Lol. nt

[Stuart G]

2. Thank You....Kicked for all to read the explanation. Please read it, It's important!

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. There's too many m'fckin snakes on this m'fckin Supreme Court! nt

[MFGsunny]

7. U DA BEST. and you WIN my day! n/t

[Trailrider1951]

10. LOL! Thread winnah!

[milestogo]

4. "Uncle Clarence"

[Mr. Evil]

24. Yeah, he went there.

Of course, would we expect the great Samuel L. Jackson to not go there? And he knows "Uncle Clarence" will have no reply to that.

[fightforfreedom]

5. Thomas is a fucking hypocrite.

[LenaBaby61]

11. He's self-hating and hates his own race.

One of his old girlfriends who he wanted to have a threesome with who was black said that he hated black people. Also, he lied on his sister and said she was on welfare and taking advantage of the welfare state which was all a LIE. He's a disgusting, treasonous, evil, rotten, self-hating asshole. He'll resign to make sure that treasonous, insane, racist wife of his doesn't get in trouble, because IF what I'm hearing and reading is true, "they" got the goods on that goon. Yeah, they'll get away with what they've done, but at least he'll be OFF the high court and Biden will have another justice up there. It won't balance the court, because you still have other reich-winged, racist Federalists up there, but just knowing that the Thomas Monsters are off the court making laws to destroy this country will KILL them both, because they're such fucking maniacs & narcissists who can't do anymore damage.

I do hope that moving forward a law is adopted where there IS an age limit to justices on ALL of the court and that there are ethics guidelines, because this mostly pathologically lying, Federalist, Opus Dei, dark money bought off, mostly male catholic plus one crazy-eyed handmaiden in her OWN cult ain't it.

This is the most corrupt, defiled, anti-american high court ever, and we've had some very racist and anti-black american courts in the past.

[PTWB]

14. There is 0 chance Thomas resigns or is impeached

No matter what he or his wife did, unfortunately.

[LenaBaby61]

15. 14. There is 0 chance Thomas resigns or is impeached.

I'm confident he'll be leaving, you don't think so .....

We'll see ....

[PTWB]

28. What evidence do you have to support your confidence?

[ZonkerHarris]

52. a unicorn came to them in a dream and told them so

[KS Toronado]

18. IF it was possible and I do mean IF

To tie Clarence to his wife in the planning of overturning an election, could we send him to prison?
Kinda hard to work from prison if you're a judge, Congress should be able to find a way to remove
him from the court IF that would happen.

[quakerboy]

35. Im sure the other 5 would find a way to accomodate

At worst, he could use his weekly phone call to say "i vote the same as Alito, but have the clerks write up a slightly meaner concurrence on every third opinion"

[malthaussen]

48. Appointments to the Court are "on good behavior."

That's considered a lifetime appointment, as opposed to an appointment "at pleasure," but it does mean a Judge can be removed if his behavior is not good, and the will exists to remove him. Impeachment does not apply only to elected officials. But of course, it is subject to the whim of Congress.

-- Mal

[Hugh_Lebowski]

8. I replied ...

Paul Simon wrote (there must be) 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover. I think this would be 51.

[dchill]

12. K&R!

[dixiechiken1]

13. Samuel L is **ENTIRELY** too cool 😎

[YoshidaYui]

27. WELL OF COURSE

Link to tweet

[Pluvious]

16. It's already being pushed...

Link to tweet

[malthaussen]

49. Mais naturellement.

I do hope people understand that these folks have been waiting and planning for years to unleash the dogs of war. They want to erase decades of history while they're still alive to gloat about it.

-- Mal

[ZonkerHarris]

17. Get this motherfucking judge off my motherfucking Supreme Court!

[JohnnyRingo]

44. hahahahaha

You win. I can go outside now.

[ZonkerHarris]

51. job done. Enjoy the sunshine.

[SayItLoud]

19. Justice ThomASS would love to reverse Loving v Virginia...why?

The only way he can get rid of the POS wife, Ginny.

[jaxexpat]

20. It just hit me! Of course, how could we be so blind?

This whole thing is just Clarence's way of unloading the fat white broad who ties his shoes backwards every morning. He's been planning it for decades, obviously.

[Tetrachloride]

21. There is no chance of Thomas resigning.... until he does

or just plain runs.

He thinks he has Harry Potter’s Invisibility Cloak.

The modern day of BTS’ army or such can change their arrogance in a hurry.

[Fiendish Thingy]

22. I'll be impressed when celebrities refuse to work in states that don't protect reproductive rights.

Cancel all your films and concerts in those states, then I’ll be impressed.

Tweets are free.

[Ferrets are Cool]

37. Right after "you" decide to not work in a state that doesn't protect reproductive rights.

That's only fair, right? Tweets are free as are post in DU.

[Fiendish Thingy]

40. Fair enough- I live in Canada, used to live in California.

I won’t even visit anti-choice states.

[LittleGirl]

23. I'm in an interracial marriage

and I just want to say, 15 years plus is valid and I don’t care what he thinks.
Thomas for clarification.

[SouthernLiberal]

55. I agree

I too am in an Interracial marriage. Still a newly wed. I am horrified by the willingness of our Supreme Court to undo our rights. I saw something recently pointing out that one of these newly discovered rights was decided in Brown v The Board of Education. That made public education integrated. It is not that much older than abortion rights. It was decided in the year I was born 68 years ago.

[mucifer]

25. thomas probably lives in a blue state so I'm sure he will say fuck anyone else's rights

if they don't

[YoshidaYui]

26. WELL OF COURSE, HE IS A JEDI WITH A PURPLE light saber!!!

Link to tweet

[malthaussen]

29. "Uncle Clarence." Now, that's a good burn. n/t

[BonnieJW]

42. Should be

Uncle Thomas. A play on the original Uncle Tom and it really is his name

[malthaussen]

45. Very good! n/t

[LiberalFighter]

30. If Thomas had married in the 50s what would had happened to him?

I'm sure he would not be enjoying life much.

[Scottie Mom]

33. Well, if he and Ginni had gotten married in Virginia...

...the offer to the Lovings was move out of the State of do 25 years.

[scipan]

31. Clarence 's revenge

Link to tweet

?t=qdN9hKqn9UcCUIAUPlXshg&s=19

[rubbersole]

34. That makes no sense, Uncle Clarence.

[erpowers]

39. How Did Liberals Make His Life Hell For 43 Years?

Can someone please explain how liberals made his life hell for 43 years? I am not trying to take away from Clarence Thomas' hard work, but as far as I can tell all liberals did was make it easier for him to get into college and law school and easier for him to get a job.

Does he blame liberal policies for his having to live with his grandfather? Is he angry that liberals fought for women to have the same rights as men? I highly doubt liberals at Yale told her he was inferior to them? I believe Thomas once said that when he went to Yale Law School he felt inferior to the white students due to Affirmative Action. It is not the fault of liberals that Thomas felt inferior to white people at school and work. That is squarely on his and his grandfather's shoulders. Does he blame liberals for women feeling they had the right to turn him down for sex? Does he blame liberals for women having the courage to report his bad behavior toward women? Surely he can't blame liberals for this marriage to Ginni Thomas. So, what is he so angry about?

[Scottie Mom]

32. Loving v. Virginia is based on privacy rights of the U.S. Const.

If there are no privacy rights, then along with abortion/healthcare rights, same-sex marriage, and the right to use birth control, the right of inter-racial marriage goes away, too.

[sop]

38. It would be interesting to hear a state's rationale for passing a new miscegenation law.

Governor (R): "We just passed a bill making the interbreeding of people of different racial types a felony." The fact we're even discussing miscegenation shows how far down into Hell this extremist court has dragged the country.

[malthaussen]

47. Indeed. Hard to see how it could be done without being overtly racist.

Then again, maybe by that point, overt racism will be considered a good thing.

-- Mal

[Scottie Mom]

50. I don't think that some states would have to pass new laws (thinking deep South red states).

Just like with Roe...when overturned, the laws on the books in the states that banned abortion, they became the controlling law for the state. Seems to me that there most likely are laws on the books that ban the mixing of races and but for Loving v. Virginia, they would pstill be in effect today. Overrule Loving...and voila...mixed race marriages are again banned and perhaps like in Virginia pre-Loving, criminalized.

[Ferrets are Cool]

36. SC justices, ie KINGS, would be given special dispensation, right?

[JohnnyRingo]

41. Never thought of that.

Hypothetically, I wonder how the Supreme Piece Of Shit would vote on that.

Reminds me of the Dave Chappelle skit with the blind black Klan leader. He had to divorce his wife when he found out she was married to a black man.

[Mblaze]

43. It fits

Alito’s rules for overturning Roe v Wade. Inter-racial marriage is not mentioned in the Constitution and it wasn’t the prevalent social norm at the time the Constitution was written. There are many rights that fail those parameters. This all boils down to the bias of Christian Justices who pick and choose which rights to reverse.

[treestar]

54. somebody made a good point

neither is heterosexual marriage.

[Initech]

46. Clarence Thomas is an inhuman monster with no regard for any decency.

[treestar]

53. at least he'd dissent there

I'd assume.

fortunately the marriage cases have different basis, which can't be overruled as easily.

[Cha]

56. Rt💕🤷‍♂️TY & Sam jackson!

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