Apparently, I’ve been misinformed. I had long-standing belief that Scalia and Thomas were essentially clones (except that one talks, and one doesn’t). Thanks for the correction.
Well, I don’t think the Duggars are a bad example of Christian living. In fact, given their smarmy, arrogant, hypocritical, repressive approach, I’d say they’re a pretty typical example of Christian living.
That’s true. Thomas does not march lockstep with Scalia.
Now, that doesn’t mean he isn’t horrible. He’s horrible for other reasons.
His famous inability to participate, for example. According to Jeffrey Toobin:
He’s also horrible because he’s regressive. Says Think Progress, in naming him one of the five worst Supreme Court Justices in history (and the only one who is still alive):
He’s horrible for not recusing himself in cases where his wife clearly causes a conflict of interest in his decisions. Says David Corn:
No, he had buddies who are speculating in properties a little more inland which, with some suitable legislative activity (or lack thereof) may well become beachfront properties in the next 50 years.
(Hey, it almost worked for Lex Luthor in Superman I.)
Well, they do tend to reach the same results on civil rights cases that don’t involve issues of particular significance to the black community (and some that do, such as affirmative action, which Thomas opposes), and those are generally the most widely-discussed SCOTUS cases. So it is a widely perceived thing and not altogether wrong.
And, since **Bricker **doesn’t do this thread (I don’t think), I feel obligated to link to this handy chart of SCOTUS voting trends. While Scalia and Thomas are high in ruling the same way at 91%, like-minded judges mostly score around there, and Kagan/Sotomayor actually top them at 94%.
The difference, of course, is that the liberal judges are right.
No one thinks twice when a contract is between THREE (or more!) people. Or when a person already in a binding contract signs another contract. And another.
