Should Clarence Thomas be removed from the Supreme Court?

Who is Clarence Thomas?

 

President Obama's 2015 State of the Union Address:  This year, six justices were in attendance, while three of the most conservative members of the court, Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito were noticeably absent. In the modern era, custom has held that the justices would show up in their official robes and sit impassively. But in recent years, they've become more resistant to the tradition.

1.   Timeline

1982: In 1982, President Ronald Reagan appointed Thomas Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

1987: In 1987, Thomas married Virginia Lamp, a lobbyist and aide to Republican Congressman Dick Armey.

1991: Thomas's formal confirmation hearings began on September 10, 1991.

2006: Though Congress had reauthorized Section 5 in 2006 for another 25 years, Thomas said the law was no longer necessary, pointing out that the rate of black voting in seven Section 5 states was higher than the national average.

2009: In 2009's Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder, Thomas was the sole dissenter, voting in favor of throwing out Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

2011: In 2011, Thomas's wife stepped down from Liberty Central to open a conservative lobbying firm touting her "experience and connections", meeting with newly elected Republican congressmen, and describing herself as an "ambassador to the tea party".

 

This tension between the speech and the highest court in the land came to a head in 2010, when President Obama directly criticized a conservative Supreme Court decision.

Should Clarence Thomas be removed from the Supreme Court let someone with insight, heart, and intelligence replace him?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is “Clarence Thomas: A Black Knight in Tainted Armor”?

Is Thomas and others like him are ruining the country?

Did Thomas joined with four other “radical reactionaries” on the court, creating a majority that he says represents the sentiments of “un-Reconstructed Jefferson Davis rebels?”

“Has Thomas been a major source of embarrassment to those who believe that all people are equal?”

Has the Supreme Court’s retreat on the rights of minorities, blacks, Hispanics and women?

 

Why would Thomas vote for the 2013 decision invalidating a component of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and opening “the flood gates for the resumption of mischievous gimmicks used previously to disfranchise millions of African Americans?”  

Did Thomas and his allies of use deception to gain his confirmation in 1991?

Were many blacks lulled into thinking that Thomas wouldn’t be substantially different from his predecessor, the late Thurgood Marshall?