A few posts back, I groused (loudly) over Justice Clarence Thomas’ majority opinion in FTB v. Hyatt, overturning a previous Supreme Court decision, Nevada v. Hall regarding the immunity of states from suit in other states’ courts. In rejecting Hall, the Court found that the Constitution not only grants states an inherent immunity to suits…
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Justice Thomas, casting shade—on the Constitution!
If you want to get a laugh out of a constitutional “originalist” like Supreme Court Justice Clarence “if it ain’t there it ain’t there” Thomas, use the word “penumbra” in a sentence. Yes, it is inside, but it’s funny, to Clarence and his Federalist pals, thanks to Supreme Court Justice William Douglas, who, writing in…