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Originally Posted by dculkin
I admit that I do find it galling that someone whose carrier path was so strongly affected by racial preferences would write some of the things he has written about affirmative action, but that is not my main complaint about him. I have a much bigger complaint about his twisting of history in his opinion in Bush v. Gore and his bizarre aversion to stare decisis, one of our oldest and most well established legal principles.
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Oldest and well esablished princilpes yes. Inviolate? Of course not. If the Constitution is to be a "living, breathing document", shouldn't the Courts decisions be subject to it's own review and revision as circumstances warrant?
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Justice Thomas's view that people opposed his nomination because he didn't think the way black people were supposed to think is just another manifestation of his arrogance. People didn't reject his views based on his race. They rejected his views because they didn't like his views.[/QUOTE]
I agree with that, but the cynic in me feels that race played a role in some of the opposition.