Quote of the Day — Clarence Thomas
January 10, 2022
Government cannot make us equal. It can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. — Clarence Thomas
1948–present
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1948–present
Clarence Thomas is the longest-serving and most influential originalist justice on the U.S. Supreme Court whose jurisprudence grounds constitutional interpretation in the document’s original public meaning, restoring limits on federal power. Born in 1948 in rural Georgia to a sharecropping family and raised by his grandfather, Thomas’s early years of poverty and segregation shaped his understanding of individual resilience and skepticism toward government solutions. After graduating from Yale Law School and practicing law, Thomas was appointed to the District of Columbia Circuit Court and then to the Supreme Court in 1991, where he has served for over three decades. Justice…
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Justice Clarence Thomas’s profound observation on equality anchored a discussion with constitutional scholar Rob Natelson about originalist interpretation and the proper role of government. Kim Monson highlighted Thomas as the sole true originalist on the Supreme Court, contrasting his principled approach with Justice Sotomayor’s recent statistical errors. Hear the full constitutional analysis in Our Democracy Equals Their Oligarchy: Constitutional Originalism and the Left’s Power Grab.
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January 10, 2022
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Textualism
A method of legal interpretation that focuses on the plain meaning of the text of a law or constitutional provision.…
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Our Democracy Equals Their Oligarchy: Constitutional Originalism and the Left’s Power Grab
Constitutional expert Rob Natelson exposes how the phrase 'our democracy' masks oligarchic power. Examining Roe v. Wade, vaccine mandates, and originalism. January 10, 2022.
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