Elie Mystal Smears Clarence Thomas As ‘a Mutilated Version of a Black Justice’

REID In Clarence Thomas ░░░░░░░░ concurrence in the affirmative ░░░░░░░░ decision first of all ░░░░░░░░ cites Plessy a lot ░░░░░░░░ thought Plessy was like ░░░░░░░░ like nobody wants to ░░░░░░░░ about Plessy v Ferguson ░░░░░░░░ sure does And at ░░░░░░░░ point make this make ░░░░░░░░ for me please you ░░░░░░░░ a lawyer In his ░░░░░░░░ he claims the that ░░░░░░░░ s Bureau Act which ░░░░░░░░ the Freedmen s Bureau ░░░░░░░░ know that was supposed ░░░░░░░░ rematriculate former enslaved people ░░░░░░░░ all of whom 100 ░░░░░░░░ of whom were black ░░░░░░░░ into society he said ░░░░░░░░ that was a colorblind ░░░░░░░░ How could the Freedmen ░░░░░░░░ Bureau Elie Mystal be ░░░░░░░░ colorblind statute Make that ░░░░░░░░ sense MYSTAL It s ░░░░░░░░ if you re like ░░░░░░░░ Thomas and your whole ░░░░░░░░ perspective involves gouging out ░░░░░░░░ own eyes Like and ░░░░░░░░ s what Thomas is ░░░░░░░░ he is such a ░░░░░░░░ version of a black ░░░░░░░░ that he is able ░░░░░░░░ make these proclamations that ░░░░░░░░ just fly in the ░░░░░░░░ of law and facts ░░░░░░░░ One of the other ░░░░░░░░ you really realize when ░░░░░░░░ read through his concurrence ░░░░░░░░ just how angry he ░░░░░░░░ at Ketanji Brown Jackson ░░░░░░░░ having the temerity to ░░░░░░░░ another black person on ░░░░░░░░ Supreme Court He apparently ░░░░░░░░ that he got to ░░░░░░░░ the only one He ░░░░░░░░ that he had pulled ░░░░░░░░ the ladder for everybody ░░░░░░░░ right And so he ░░░░░░░░ really like he basically ░░░░░░░░ a tantrum at Jackson ░░░░░░░░ why Because Jackson is ░░░░░░░░ the actual originalist argument ░░░░░░░░ the affirmative action case ░░░░░░░░ is the one pointing ░░░░░░░░ that the 13th 14th ░░░░░░░░ was done explicitly for ░░░░░░░░ restorative policies like affirmative ░░░░░░░░ which as I said ░░░░░░░░ the first time that ░░░░░░░░ in this country was ░░░░░░░░ Reconstruction So this is ░░░░░░░░ history that Clarence Thomas ░░░░░░░░ and that s why ░░░░░░░░ s so and that ░░░░░░░░ why he s so ░░░░░░░░ about all of the ░░░░░░░░ that s in his ░░░░░░░░ He just he s ░░░░░░░░ like plucked out his ░░░░░░░░ eyes and he doesn ░░░░░░░░ want to see anything ░░░░░░░░ Ms Ginni tells him ░░░░░░░░ shouldn t be able ░░░░░░░░ see That s where ░░░░░░░░ is in his head ░░░░░░░░ right now.”