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TheBlackAdder

(28,211 posts)
Mon Apr 11, 2022, 11:14 PM Apr 2022

Clarence Thomas: The only Supreme Court justice to take photo with a political candidate in history

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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is the only justice in the entire history of the High Court that has taken a photo with a political campaign candidate.

Herschel Walker, who is running for U.S. Senate as a Republican in Georgia, posted a photo of himself with Thomas, which MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell is the only one to have posed for such a photo. O'Donnell said that his research team looked for photos throughout history and that only once has a justice done such a photo and is using it for his political campaign.

Recently, Supreme Court justices have spoken out about the criticism that the court has taken a dramatic turn to support right-wing politics that are out of step with mainstream American values.
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https://www.rawstory.com/clarence-thomas-hershel-walker-photo/


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Clarence Thomas: The only Supreme Court justice to take photo with a political candidate in history (Original Post) TheBlackAdder Apr 2022 OP
Are they sure about that? Polybius Apr 2022 #1
Don't like either one of those two politically, but does anyone doubt Hoyt Apr 2022 #2
Uncle Ruckus has been a disgrace since he Colgate 64 Apr 2022 #3
I've also heard he's never written an opinion bif Apr 2022 #11
Wouldn't be at all surprised. Colgate 64 Apr 2022 #12
Clarence Thomas, an embarrassment to Holy Cross, forever. nt OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2022 #4
Maybe they are just mutual fans of each other's celebrity. Frasier Balzov Apr 2022 #5
Pubic hair on a can of coke for a thousand. Jetheels Apr 2022 #6
Slappy Thomas really ought to go. Ron Green Apr 2022 #7
How does this help Walker?!?!? uponit7771 Apr 2022 #8
How does it hurt him? NT enough Apr 2022 #10
Thomas is the Uncle Ruckess of my generation of black folk. He's worse than an uncle tom ... uponit7771 Apr 2022 #13
Might be more the Booker T. Washington type who appeased white hegemony. TheBlackAdder Apr 2022 #14
He has to go malaise Apr 2022 #9
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
2. Don't like either one of those two politically, but does anyone doubt
Mon Apr 11, 2022, 11:33 PM
Apr 2022

the political affiliation of any of the 9 Justices?

I get decorum, impartiality, etc., but I’m only surprised by the fact trump is not right out front in photo.

Colgate 64

(14,732 posts)
3. Uncle Ruckus has been a disgrace since he
Mon Apr 11, 2022, 11:44 PM
Apr 2022

was appointed to the court by Bush senior as the 'replacement' to the legal giant Thurgood Marshall' (which should have told us all we needed to know). He has distinguished himself by not asking a single question in cases argued before yje court in at least the past ten years. He is so uninterested in participating in his lifetime job that some believed he was actually embalmed. He is know for his nonsense dissents and absolutely nothing else, with the possible exception of being blissfully wed to one of the craziest rightwing crazies in Washington. If he can find a new way to piss in the punch bowl, count on Clarence to do it.

Frasier Balzov

(2,663 posts)
5. Maybe they are just mutual fans of each other's celebrity.
Tue Apr 12, 2022, 12:19 AM
Apr 2022

It could be a sheer coincidence that they also both happen to hold distasteful political views.

uponit7771

(90,359 posts)
13. Thomas is the Uncle Ruckess of my generation of black folk. He's worse than an uncle tom ...
Tue Apr 12, 2022, 09:31 AM
Apr 2022

... and a straight up asshole to boot.

If anything GA large % of black people would be more motivated to vote against Walker.

Walker might as well posed with Trump

TheBlackAdder

(28,211 posts)
14. Might be more the Booker T. Washington type who appeased white hegemony.
Tue Apr 12, 2022, 09:46 AM
Apr 2022

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He was deconstructed by W. E. B. DuBois.

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