I agree, in my opinion Thomas is the best Justice in terms of original intent and protecting the individual over the state.
I agree, which makes it really hard to see why he would vote for the state in what seems like such a clear cut case. They strip searched her looking for Advil!! If I were on the court, not only would they lose this case, but for the first time in history, SCOTUS would be handing down directly from their bench long terms in a FPMITAP!
Up thread I was having a exchange with a poster who said that despite his knee jerk reaction, he found the conservative justices pro-govt, and the liberals pro-individual. I think liberals are just statist on different (and more) issues and gave some examples, but I do grant that the conservatives hardly vote like principled Constitutional scholars. But Thomas?? He's the one I generally hold above any criticism at all. I almost said in that exchange that what we need are eight more Thomases.