Is Clarence Thomas the most corrupt Supreme Court Justice in your lifetime?
I really don’t know where to begin with this asshole. So, maybe I should start from the beginning. I remember it vividly. I remember the confirmation hearings where Anita Hill made credible allegations that this asshole is a sexual predator. I remember that he was still confirmed by the narrowest of margins. Basically, he was a black Brett Kavanaugh but without the beer. As an aside, I would never cross a street if Brett Kavanaugh is behind the wheel. I would feel like a beer in the headlights.
And here we are. Putin has already installed three right wing Supreme Court Justices, but they look like Justice John Marshall compared to Clarence Thomas. And I know that Justice Marshall is considered by many to be the greatest Supreme Court Justice ever. After all, he was the longest serving Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in history. He is widely considered the most influential Supreme Court justice. Marshall helped to establish the Supreme Court as a powerful and independent third branch of the government. His landmark opinion in Marbury vs. Madison made that happen. However, the current Supreme Court is NOT an independent third branch of our government; it is currently a mere extension of Republican fascism. And nobody exemplifies that more than the Dishonorable Supreme Court Injustice, Clarence Thomas. Thurgood Marshall must be spinning in his grave as I write this beer-induced diary, which I often do.
Clarence Thomas attended Yale Law School and was admitted under their Affirmative Action Program, and yet he vehemently opposes Affirmative Action. He was a judge in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals for a cup coffee; he was there for just over one year, and he has never tried any cases as a lawyer. I’ve spent much more time in court as a lawyer than this asshole. I probably should have paid those overdue parking tickets. He worked for the EEOC where, ironically, he fought against equal opportunity. What a fuck-tangled shit-weasel this asshole is. But I’m just getting warmed up, folks. Another beer break for me.
Okay, I’m back. Let’s look at what this asshole has done lately. When trump appealed to the Supreme Court to prevent the White House from releasing vital documents to the January 6th Committee, this asshole was the only Supreme Court Justice who voted in favor of trump. Imagine that for one fucking minute! Even the three right-wing Christofascist nut-jobs that Putin installed via his Manchurian Manchild voted to release the documents. The documents are vital to the January 6th Committee in determining trump’s role prior to and during the insurrection. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind when trump excites his rabid base. I just don’t like when he incites them. Also, I don’t have a problem with peaceful protestors. But I draw the line when Putsch comes to shove. But I digress….
Why did Thomas vote the way he did? What was he trying to hide? I believe that he was trying to protect his wife, Ginny Thomas, from being implicated in the insurrection. Of course, Ginny did not fund the buses that drove the insurrectionists to the Capitol. Ginny has always been opposed to busing. However, the facts – which are still unfolding about this horrific event against our Democracy – will show that Ginny Thomas was indeed an active participant and supporter of the insurrection. The facts will show that she was in contact with John Eastman shortly prior to the insurrection.
And who is John Eastman? For starters, he was Clarence Thomas’ law clerk on the Supreme Court. Eastman is very close friends with Clarence Thomas and Ginny Thomas. They socialize together very frequently. I have no issues with that. But I have an issue with the fact that John Eastman was the lawyer behind the memo on how trump could stay in office even though trump lost the election. Of course, I will admit that there was massive voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election. I just don’t understand how trump still managed to lose. Anyway, according to the New York Times, John Eastman was a little-known but respected conservative lawyer. Then he became influential with Donald Trump — and counseled him on how to retain power after losing the election. He was part of what the email lady would call a vast right-wing conspiracy to keep trump in power. Trump, who had never met John Eastman, saw him on the Fox News talk show of the far-right commentator Mark Levin railing against the Russia investigation. According to the NYT, within two months, Mr. Eastman was sitting in the Oval Office for an hourlong meeting with trump. Then, after the November election, Eastman wrote the infamous memo on how the former fuck could stay in power. It was the blueprint for a coup.
And worse yet, Eastman is still plotting with trump on the second coup de tot attempt, which could succeed with the help of Ginny Thomas and Clarence Thomas. As trump continues to hint at another run in 2024 (if he runs, I just hope the Feds catch him!), the NYT reports that Eastman remains a bridge between the former president and the continuing efforts by some of his supporters to promote specious allegations of widespread election fraud in 2020 and to undercut faith in the electoral system. He has trump’s ear, but he also has Clarence Thomas’ ear, which should be grounds for Thomas to recuse himself from any cases involving trump. Any cases!
But let me connect the dolts. Let me connect the dots about Clarence Thomas and his insurrectionist wife, Ginny. By the way, I find it ironic that a guy wearing a black robe would be sleeping with a white racist who wears a white robe with a white hood. But I digress as I’m wont to do. Here’s my point: Jane Mayer in The New Yorker has a new and excellent long piece on Ginny Thomas and the connections between her right-wing activism and cases before the court: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/31/is-ginni-thomas-a-threat-to-the-supreme-court
Yes, she is corrupt, just like Clarence Thomas. Jane Meyer knows a lot about Clarence Thomas. As someone here noted, she has followed Thomas for more than 30 years and knows more about him than any other journalist. And what she knows about him, and history is rather chilling: https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Justice-Selling-Clarence-Thomas/dp/1631682040
If nothing else, please read the New Yorker piece on Ginny Thomas and how she is corrupting the Supreme Court with her Supine Justice husband.
So, where does that leave us? At a minimum, Clarence Thomas must recuse himself in any cases involving trump. The conflicts of interest are too apparent and too great to ignore. And his wife’s connections with the trump insurrectionists along with Clarence Thomas’ tacit and active approval constitutes grounds for his immediate impeachment. #impeachclarencethomas. Let’s make it trend on Twitter.
But I don’t mean to demean Clarence Thomas. He’s doing it just fine on his own. What a dumb fuck. And he’s surrounded by such assholes. Last week, a black guy, a white supremacist, and a judge walked into a bar. Bartender says, “Hi Clarence. Are you alt right today? Would you like to order the usual? A White Russian?”
But all jokes aside, I remember when Thomas was confirmed to be on the Supreme Court, my mother, who was a beautiful, strong, and intelligent Black woman said to me, “Son, if this idiot can become a Supreme Court Justice, maybe you can, too.” What a nice way to be called an idiot. She died exactly ten years ago. May she rest in peace. I did manage to partly fulfill her wish: I became a lawyer. We make much more money than judges. In law school, my professor taught us that the A students become professors. The B students become judges. And the C students become successful lawyers. He was right.
Anyway, what do ya’ll think should happen to this asshole? And please don’t wish for him to die. That would violate site rules. But if he’s buried 50 feet under with Rush Limbaugh, then we can all agree that deep down, those two assholes are really not bad guys.
Update: Dave in Columbus just provided me with this lovely gem: