Posted on 02/27/2011 11:06:25 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Defiant Clarence Thomas fires back
By: Kenneth P. Vogel February 27, 2011 01:22 PM EST
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas – his impartiality under attack from liberals because of his attendance at a meeting of conservative donors sponsored by the Koch brothers and his wife’s tea party activism – struck a defiant tone in a Saturday night speech in Charlottesville, Va., telling a friendly audience that he and his wife “believe in the same things” and “are focused on defending liberty.”
Delivering the keynote speech at an annual symposium for conservative law students, Thomas spoke in vague, but ominous, terms about the direction of the country and urged his listeners to “redouble your efforts to learn about our country so that you’re in a position to defend it.”
He also lashed out at his critics, without naming them, asserting they “seem bent on undermining” the High Court as an institution. Such criticism, Thomas warned, could erode the ability of American citizens to fend off threats to their way of life.
“You all are going to be, unfortunately, the recipients of the fallout from that – that there’s going to be a day when you need these institutions to be credible and to be fully functioning to protect your liberties,” he said, according to a partial recording of the speech provided to POLITICO by someone who was at the meeting.
“And that’s long after I’m gone, and that could be either a short or a long time, but you’re younger, and it’s still going to be a necessity to protect the liberties that you enjoy now in this country.”
Thomas spoke at the closing banquet for the symposium, which was sponsored by the Federalist Society, a conservative legal group.
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Judge Thomas takes the oath he took to protect and defend the constitution seriously.
Kagan the Pagan, Sotomayer, Ginsberg and Beyer do not.
Then, just show me the birth certificate. Pretty simple. Please, quit helping the left. Thank you.
So please, exercise some healthy skepticism before believing every birther fairy tale.
I loved ‘My Grandfather’s Son’ too. Great book, such a life. I appreciate that he came out fighting this last week.
Just show me the simple long form birth certificate that every 7 year old produces to play little league baseball. Overlooking this minor/major infraction makes it easy for the left. Congratulations on agreeing with obama, and the the left, overwhelmingly.
Indeed.
That was a bit weird, but I couldn’t tell you for sure which comic books I read when either. I’d put it down to a mistake, and a small one at that.
You’re right, most of the ‘Rat’s “mistakes” are just stinkin’ lies.
I agree about our not having enough people like Justice Thomas.
:-) He’s a wonderful man.
Thank you...that is a kind sentiment. After I read your recommendation, I searched my local libraries and found one about 15 miles away that had it, and they were open today until 1700...so I drove over and got it...:)
Sounds great already...he’s talking about moving in with his grandparents.
No idiotic, but there is a myth. The myth of a con-man raised among confidence men. Obama is not eligible to be President, ailing to meet the Natural Born Citizen requirement, but as a con-man knows his marks and where to place his shills — Obama has gotten away with it so far.
It’s funny...I have two pairs of good pairs of bifocals all with different strengths...none of which seem good for any distance whatsoever! I support computer systems, and am constantly looking over people’s shoulders, holding one pair of glasses in my mouth while I wrestle with a case and the other pair of glasses.
I used to make fun of an old scottish professor of pharmacology, for whom I worked a part time job as a lab assistant. He was a crittery, old codgery guy with longish stringy hair and worn sweaters. He was as eccentric as they come, and he used to wear bifocals with another pair around his neck, dangling by a piece of twine. There was something just madly eccentric and offbeat about this guy, who was pretty brilliant, wealthy and such, wearing glasses with a piece of old twine on them.
Now...it looks like I’ll resort to that. Heck, I am carrying them in my pocket and constantly fumbling around now to switch them out. I’m not that old, either...my eyes just seem to have an mind of their own when it comes to focusing for reading. Don’t get me wrong...I am not complaining. I actually think it is kind of funny. After all, I can still read...thank God for computers!
Thomas drives the libtards nuts for the same reason Palin does - - women and minorities are supposed to be Democrat scumbags, and anybody who presents to the world the positive, thoughtful image of a woman or minority who is strong enough to reject the communism and depravity of the Democrat party is marked for destruction.
For the record, Flagstaff and Tucson elected Napalitano in AZ. I sure didn’t vote for her. I can’t explain McCain.
I have to admit that the Supreme Court used to be very quiet and never speak. The liberals still don’t speak out on the court but the conservatives have been speaking out lately. This is new but I think a good thing. I just hope the liberals stay quiet.
No question they ARE bent on undermining our Highest Court as they breakdown the rest of America's Constitutional support. A multi-pronged; multi-tasked approach carried out by Obama's own, now Government pyramid of virus-infected America-hating, community organizers.
Yes, Alynsky in action; but Obama, will have his name on it - if the 'good and decent' do not rise to the occasion and protect as well, our Courts/Judges and our Constitution.
I admire Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. I wish we had several more like him on the bench at SCOTUS.
I love this guy! How he has managed to put up with the calumny heaped upon him is beyond me. I would have withered up and blown away.
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