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The New York Times Twists Stats To Portray Clarence Thomas As An Unoriginal Thinker
The Daily Caller ^ | 08/28/2015 | Chuck Ross

Posted on 08/28/2015 6:56:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

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1 posted on 08/28/2015 6:56:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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As a seminal thinker Thomas is leading the court in a consistently constitutional direction especially regarding the first, second and fourth amendments. His intellect is superior to each of the sitting liberal judges and ranks as high as any who have ever served.
Leftists are right to worry about Thomas. He is one of the most important intellects and constitutional scholars on the court.


2 posted on 08/28/2015 7:02:41 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“All the news that fits our agenda,” courtesy, the New York Slime.


3 posted on 08/28/2015 7:03:50 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Well, after all we know that a certain spoiled rich kid from Honolulu who grew up in gated country club surroundings with his white mother and her very well to do parents represents the black experience far more than Clarence Thomas (who was raised in very simple surroundings in Atlanta by his grandfather) (sarc big time).


4 posted on 08/28/2015 7:04:22 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("Keeping your stick down used to be a commandment, but not anymore" Harry Sinden, 1988)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Use the linguistic hardware to compare the “original” taking points between the White Hut, the NYT and the alphabet networks.


5 posted on 08/28/2015 7:05:57 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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Taking = talking


6 posted on 08/28/2015 7:07:11 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Can one engage in original thought while snoring?

7 posted on 08/28/2015 7:08:25 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Obamanomics:Trickle Up Poverty)
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The same software shows Obama’s book “Dreams From My Father was not written by Obama, but by Bill Ayers.


8 posted on 08/28/2015 7:10:13 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Huh? Several of the briefs I’ve read contain quotes from previous opinions.. When they did this new study, was anything directly quoted removed from the recent opinions, as that isn’t plagiarism, that’s quoting from source material.


9 posted on 08/28/2015 7:10:34 PM PDT by Svartalfiar
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You say source material, New York Slimes says plagiarism.

You got a problem with that?

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10 posted on 08/28/2015 7:14:42 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Is the Pope Catholic?)
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FReepmail me to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the SCOTUS ping list.

11 posted on 08/28/2015 7:18:53 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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That means that Thomas relied on words from court briefs at about the same rate as Ginsburg and Sotomayor, two of the Court’s most liberal justices.

Maybe CT has a better memory and relies on the language of previous court briefs to avoid confusion.

12 posted on 08/28/2015 7:23:26 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Gay State Conservative
I know I've seen that material she has around her neck . . .


13 posted on 08/28/2015 7:24:00 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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15 posted on 08/28/2015 7:46:11 PM PDT by Eddie01
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The NYT can run drivel like this as few of their readers actually read court opinions. If they did they would know Thomas for his solid contribution to the history of the court .


16 posted on 08/28/2015 7:51:35 PM PDT by KC Burke (Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam)
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“All the news that fits our agenda,” courtesy, the New York Slime. Or: We only print the “news” that fits our agenda.


17 posted on 08/28/2015 7:55:46 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I can’t remember if it was Levin or Limbaugh who said Thomas had the best written opinions. I want to say it was Levin. He said they invariably were the most principled and also the pithiest — getting the point across with the fewest words. He said his opinions were like primers on the correct conservative way of looking at things. So it’s no wonder he’s in the libtards’ crosshairs. That and the fact that he blows up all their moronic racial narratives.


18 posted on 08/28/2015 8:00:05 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

How about turning that methodology on Hillary’s “speeches”?


19 posted on 08/28/2015 8:19:26 PM PDT by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Supreme Court Justices don’t right their own decisions— that is what clerks are for anyway— sad the New York Times would try to smear a supreme court justice like that..


20 posted on 08/28/2015 8:24:22 PM PDT by freespirit2012
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