[CottonBall]

“I don’t think that he was a strong enough jurist or legal thinker at the time for that elevation, setting aside the fact that I profoundly disagree with his interpretations of a lot of the Constitution,” Obama said about Thomas....

So Obama is saying that he himself is a better legal thinker than a Supreme Court justice?

[calenel]

"So Obama is saying that he himself is a better legal thinker than a Supreme Court justice?"

I might make that trade. Obama can sit on the SCOTUS and Thomas can be POTUS. I think who gets to appoint the next few Justices is a lot more important than who is currently on the SC. We may have four or more departing this term.