One for Obama

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The US Supreme Court decision locks into place what will be recorded as  one of his major achievements.

And while controversy rages over a white woman, in some minor role,  pretending to be black, Clarence Thomas performed as usual.

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The US Supreme Court decision locks into place what will be recorded as  one of his major achievements.

And while controversy rages over a white woman, in some minor role,  pretending to be black, Clarence Thomas performed as usual.

As it should be. The other side had numerous opportunities to come up with an alternative for eons but didn't. Once ACA was passed in Congress and signed by Obama in 2010, the Republicans still tried derailing it. The GOP at State level had the option of setting up their health exchanges or resorting to the feds Healthcare.gov but opted out, thereby depriving up to eight million folks access to insured healthcare. Yeah, it would be subsidised -- but so are many other services in this country! For those many uninsured low income folks this SCOTUS ruling is definitely a big deal.

Yet on Clarence Thomas, there is that shameful incident that came to the fore in 1991 during his confirmation hearings to the SCOTUS. Anita Hill recounted an instance when Clarence Thomas, then her boss at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, uttered the obnoxious and sexually harassing phrase to her: "Who has put pubic hair on my coke?"

Probably the worst pick-up line ever devised by man.

[MOON Ki]

Clarence Thomas is an "amazing" guy.    Excitement over the healthcare law seems to have overshadowed a huge civil-rights victory, w.r.t to racial discrimination in housing:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/25/supreme-court-housing-discrimination_n_7471048.html

Mr. Thomas voted against.

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Clarence Thomas is an "amazing" guy.    Excitement over the healthcare law seems to have overshadowed a huge civil-rights victory, w.r.t to racial discrimination in housing:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/25/supreme-court-housing-discrimination_n_7471048.html

Mr. Thomas voted against.

The thing I know about Clarence Thomas.  He never asks questions in court.  With rare exceptions, it's a foregone conclusion how he votes.

[Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants]

Here is his dissenting opinion in the gay ruling.  Clarence Thomas sees no loss of dignity for the victims of slavery or internment.  It would appear that to him, dignity, is an utterly superfluous concept that requires no protection.

The corollary of that principle is that human dignity cannot be taken away by the government. Slaves did not lose their dignity (any more than they lost their humanity) because the government allowed them to be enslaved. Those held in internment camps did not lose their dignity because the government confined them. And those denied governmental benefits certainly do not lose their dignity because the government denies them those benefits. The government cannot bestow dignity, and it cannot take it away.

http://www.businessinsider.com/clarence-thomas-dissent-gay-marriage-case-2015-6

[Omollo]

Thomas has "White Blood". I can swear to it!

The US Supreme Court decision locks into place what will be recorded as  one of his major achievements.

And while controversy rages over a white woman, in some minor role,  pretending to be black, Clarence Thomas performed as usual.