[ru4liberty]

We do not need a “Kind heart on the Supreme Court.” We seem to have four kind hearts in the Liberal members who will bend over backwards to give away the store. We need hard headed constructionists who will give away NOTHING, but will decide cases on the question of “Is it constitutional?” not on the question of “Is it fair?” That should be the only question that should come to their attention.

And you think the two are mutually exclusive because...???

I'd be hard pressed to think of a time when Justice Thomas didn't exercise sound constitutional jurisprudence in deciding a case. Most of the readers here understand that he can be kind to that young person and hand down constitutional decisions. I find it odd that you are conflicted on this.

[Swordmaker]

I'd be hard pressed to think of a time when Justice Thomas didn't exercise sound constitutional jurisprudence in deciding a case. Most of the readers here understand that he can be kind to that young person and hand down constitutional decisions. I find it odd that you are conflicted on this.

I'm not "conflicted on this." A justice who strictly decides on the constitutionality of an issue may at time need to set aside his "kind heart" and use his hard head, hardening his heart, when he makes his decision. We do not need "feelings" invading thinking in these particular decisions. They are too important for the individual emotional exigencies of individual cases to muddy the waters of constitutional law. Personally, all of them can be "kind hearted." Keep that in their personal life.