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28. Clarence Thomas...
Mon Mar 28, 2022, 11:31 AM
Mar 2022

...makes her look like Chief Justice Taft. Just part of his biography from Oyez.org:

"Thomas transferred to College of the Holy Cross and graduated in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and a passion for civil rights that drove him to pursue a career in law. He attended Yale Law School as one of the first students to benefit from the open admissions program that offered positions to black students in all-white colleges. Years later, Thomas would grow to abhor affirmative action, as hiring partners and other white colleagues would credit his accomplishments not to hard work and dedication, but to the color of his skin and the measures schools took to recruit black students. Upon graduation, Thomas began working in the office of the Missouri Attorney General after being admitted to the Missouri bar in 1974. In 1977, he worked for Senator John C. Danforth as his legislative assistant. After four years working with Danforth, President Reagan appointed Thomas as the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education. A year later, Reagan propelled his career even further by appointing him Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. By this point in Thomas’ life, he was still living with severe debt from student loans, an issue made worse by his addiction to alcohol. Once Thomas decided he could no longer afford to drink as he did, he quit drinking all together. Thomas served at the EEOC for eight years, and in 1990, President George H. W. Bush nominated Thomas to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit.

As a 43-year-old with barely one year of experience on the judiciary under his belt, Clarence Thomas was quite young and inexperienced when George H. W. Bush nominated him to the Supreme Court in 1991"
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https://www.oyez.org/justices/clarence_thomas

Edited even further to add: I've always thought of Thomas as one of America's greatest cowards, and 30 plus years on the Supreme Court has validated that. I can't think of one decision where he's ever ruled in favor of the less powerful over the more so, and his rulings in Fourth Amendment and prisoners' rights cases are the stuff of "Twilight Zone" episodes. Turds like him and Tim Scott think they're brave because they go against "the liberal plantation orthodoxy" when they've traded in their ability to make a difference for the comforting cloak of personal gain and the "let 'em eat cake" conservative mindset. I don't now if I have as much disdain for any other people on Earth (including a fat-assed orange idiot grifter) as I have for them.

SCOTUS: unqualified. [View all] 634-5789 Mar 2022 OP
Clarence Thomas was not qualified either. DURHAM D Mar 2022 #1
I would love to see a comparison of the Justices RamblingRose Mar 2022 #4
Excellent idea. Not sure all of the categories to use erronis Mar 2022 #6
Hillary had a tweet with exactly that information a few days ago. It was posted niyad Mar 2022 #21
Not as a graphic, but me from 2014: JHB Mar 2022 #12
All true, except he's now been on the court for 30 years. ShazzieB Mar 2022 #15
They needed to make up for the mistake of David Souter IronLionZion Mar 2022 #16
At the time, I'm not sure they'd concluded Souter was a mistake. JHB Mar 2022 #26
Clarence Thomas... appmanga Mar 2022 #28
Yeah but the BABIES! Thunderbeast Mar 2022 #2
Speaking of which, wind her up. . . DinahMoeHum Mar 2022 #7
Birth control is a sin. SergeStorms Mar 2022 #17
But I am willing to betray all American women. milestogo Mar 2022 #3
That's half the fun when you're a Republican peppertree Mar 2022 #23
K&r Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #5
Saw this earlier. On DU? usonian Mar 2022 #8
+1 H2O Man Mar 2022 #13
yeah, i don't think she should be knocked for going to Notre Dame. Calista241 Mar 2022 #32
IANAL, so I can't comment on the quality of any law school. usonian Mar 2022 #33
Anyone know what her stand is on parking garages? Hugin Mar 2022 #9
uNQUALIFIED marieo1 Mar 2022 #10
By that measure, some pretty great Justices were unqualified. onenote Mar 2022 #11
she is a repuke hack Skittles Mar 2022 #14
Much like Trump, she was chosen by Jesus. walkingman Mar 2022 #18
The Federalist Society really. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2022 #25
The American Bar Association rated her "Well Qualified". PoliticAverse Mar 2022 #19
The meme is stupid onenote Mar 2022 #24
And there's the fact that she endorsed an anti-abortion terrorist group TexasBushwhacker Mar 2022 #20
And as bad as the Handmaid is - she's far from the worst in today's Extreme Court peppertree Mar 2022 #22
Her qualification, I am afraid to say, is in the eyes of the beholder, she is perfect for repubs. Escurumbele Mar 2022 #27
You could add "unscrupulous" to the description. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2022 #29
Supremacy Goonch Mar 2022 #30
Pack the effing courts already! BlueWavePsych Mar 2022 #31
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