What makes it doubly frustrating is that Thomas is the most intransigent of the far-right nutjobs on the court, with Alito a close second. As I noted over here with yet another example, Thomas and Alito can be relied on for a consistent lunatic vote on almost every issue, making even the Trump appointees look almost sane by comparison. Neither should ever have been nominated, let alone confirmed, but in the case of Thomas that fact was blatantly obvious right from the start. The absolute worst of a bad lot.