"Did He Say It"???

[donheld]

"An Alabama Supreme Court justice claims, according to a Birmingham News reporter,
that Clarence Thomas (R-Slappy) told him:

'A judge should be evaluated by whether he faithfully upholds
his oath to God, not to the people, to the state or to the Constitution.'

This is indeed a big deal, no matter what your personal religious views happen to be.
Did he really say it? Will anyone else in the media bother to try to find out?"
--Atrios, Attribution

[donheld]

1. link

http://atrios.blogspot.com/

[King Coal]

2. What is with the "Slappy" reference?

[donheld]

5. that's Bartcop's addition

[trof]

7. Slappy White. Black comedian.

I guess.

[stray cat]

3. People will judge him on the constitution. god may judge him differently.

A judge should be evaluated by the people on upholding the constitution. If a conflict occurs between the constitution and his god: he should resign or -recuse himself.

[sphmug]

6. nice

let's keep Thomas on the Court so Bush can't replace him, but make him recuse himself from every case.

[sui generis]

4. well that's what impeachment is for

when they don't uphold their oath to the constitution.