Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

misanthrope

(9,641 posts)
Sat Jul 1, 2023, 12:27 AM Jul 2023

Clarence Thomas upbraided for his lowered level of discourse

pundit -- (checks notes) -- David Brooks then points the finger straight at Antonin Scalia as the root of the problem. I guess the ghost of Nancy Reagan is clutching her pearls.

5 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Clarence Thomas upbraided for his lowered level of discourse (Original Post) misanthrope Jul 2023 OP
Anybody with upbraiding POWER?! UTUSN Jul 2023 #1
Thomas devoted 6 pages of his 58 page concurrence to attacking Jackson's dissent.. Princess Turandot Jul 2023 #2
He learned quite a lot being Scalia's near-about sidekick misanthrope Jul 2023 #3
Brooks & Capehart were both splendid in their denunciation tonight Hekate Jul 2023 #4
Geez. When did David Brooks get a "clue?" He was spot-on, but unexpectedly... hlthe2b Jul 2023 #5

Princess Turandot

(4,930 posts)
2. Thomas devoted 6 pages of his 58 page concurrence to attacking Jackson's dissent..
Sat Jul 1, 2023, 01:52 AM
Jul 2023

It has a near mocking tone to it, especially the way he keeps referring to her by name. He effectively accuses her of discriminating against Asians, and seems to suggest in one of his hypotheticals that she would discriminate against - wait for it - a grandchild of Holocaust survivors.

And what about members of the numerous other racial and ethnic groups in our Nation? What about Anne, the child of Chinese immigrants? Jacob, the grandchild of Holocaust survivors who escaped to this Nation with nothing and faced discrimination upon arrival?

Then there's this:
JUSTICE JACKSON then builds from her faulty premise to call for action, arguing that courts should defer to “experts” and allow institutions to discriminate on the basis of race.

Make no mistake: Her dissent is not a vanguard of the innocent and helpless. It is instead a call to empower privileged elites, who will “tell us [what] is required to level the playing field” among castes and classifications that they alone can divine.

Thomas, Toga-boy in good standing of the Bohemian Grove, is of course quite familiar with privileged elites.

If interested, his Jackson 'critique' begins on pdf page 97, as section B. (The pdf includes everyone's 'contribution'.)

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/20-1199_hgdj.pdf

misanthrope

(9,641 posts)
3. He learned quite a lot being Scalia's near-about sidekick
Sat Jul 1, 2023, 02:25 AM
Jul 2023

Part of it was the tone you and the aforementioned Brooks noted.

The other lesson was something even seamier.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/clarence-thomas-ethics-laws-violations-antonin-scalia.html

hlthe2b

(114,751 posts)
5. Geez. When did David Brooks get a "clue?" He was spot-on, but unexpectedly...
Sat Jul 1, 2023, 06:55 AM
Jul 2023

Still, kudos!

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Clarence Thomas upbraided...