Clarence Thomas: He's the Chief Activist Judge!
Supreme Court nerds should give this lengthy SCOTUSblog run-down on the term a serious read. Most notable to me: "Although some cases are decided five to four, that's no more than twenty percent of the docket this Term (we're running the final numbers now). Roughly half the decisions are nine to zero. Only slightly more than one in ten cases involved the narrow liberal-conservative divide (fewer, if we don't include cases in which we presume Justice Sotomayor would have voted with the left had she not been recused)… Among all the Justices, it is in fact Scalia and Thomas-frequently heralded by conservatives as ideal members of the Court-who hesitate the least in invalidating legislation or (with respect to Thomas) calling for the overruling of prior precedent…. Just as fascinating is Justice Thomas's openness to reconsidering almost every issue in the law that he views as wrongly decided. This Term, he wrote eight separate opinions suggesting the reconsideration of existing law."
I am informed that his co-Supremes refer to him as "ol' silent but deadly".
That wristwatch beeps every hour on the hour.
He claims he doesn't know how to turn it off.
Reptilicus! Hit the thingy!
What if Reptilicus took a giant dump on that watch?
Further proof that the term "activist judge" should be stricken from the dialogue.
An activist commenter, you are.
"Activist" only means overturning legislation passed by a Republican congress. Sheesh, it's like you don't even watch Fox News.
See, and this whole time I thought that it meant "black people with jobs white people want." –slaps forehead–
Well he HAS to be activist to counter-balance all the previous activist judges who were oh so activist. He's just re-setting the universe at zero, so leave him alone.
Pictured: Justice Clarence Thomas deliberates on whether he can order Mexican without the ratification of 2/3 of the States.
Great 80s glasses.
Oliver Peoples frames with nonprescription lenses-all the better to stare down stare decisis.
A judicial activist is a judge that renders decisions on a basis extrinsic to the constitution. Thomas is easily the least activist on the court.