Clarence Thomas: Everything You Didn't Know About His Sh*tty Past

Summary

This episode of the podcast discusses the life and controversial career of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, highlighting his troubled past, alleged sexual harassment, and controversial rulings, painting him as a figure who might have been a serial killer if not for his rise to power.

Takeaways

• 🎙️ The video script is from a series that critiques individuals deemed detrimental to America, with a focus on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
• 🤔 The hosts suggest that Thomas's background and behavior might have been indicative of a serial killer, albeit in a speculative and satirical manner.
• 📚 Thomas's upbringing was marked by poverty, abandonment, and bullying, which the hosts link to his later controversial stances and decisions.
• 🔥 A pivotal moment in Thomas's life was the burning of his family's shack, which led to him living with his abusive grandfather and attending private schools.
• 🎓 Despite claims of attending 'bad schools,' Thomas actually had access to quality education, including attending Yale Law School.
• 💼 Thomas's early career was marked by a series of fortunate events, including working for high-profile Republicans and eventually being nominated for significant positions despite financial struggles.
• 💬 The script highlights Thomas's controversial statements and behavior, including discussing inappropriate sexual content at work and lying about his past.
• 👥 The confirmation hearings for Thomas's Supreme Court nomination were contentious, with allegations of sexual harassment by Anita Hill and other women not fully investigated.
• 🏛 As a Supreme Court Justice, Thomas has consistently sided with conservative views, often against precedents that protect individual rights and liberties.
• 💰 There are numerous instances of financial impropriety and undisclosed gifts received by Thomas and his wife, raising questions about conflicts of interest.
• 👎 The video concludes with a strong negative assessment of Thomas's character and impact, suggesting he is one of the worst Supreme Court Justices in history.

Q & A

Who are the hosts of the 'Hysteria' podcast from Crooked Media?

The hosts of the 'Hysteria' podcast from Crooked Media are Aaron Ryan and Alyssa Mastromonaco.

What is the main topic of discussion in this episode of the 'Hysteria' podcast?

The main topic of discussion in this episode is the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, with a focus on his controversial background and behavior.

What is the claim made by the hosts about Clarence Thomas' potential path if he hadn't become a Supreme Court Justice?

The hosts suggest that Clarence Thomas might have become a serial killer given his background and behaviors, had he not become a Supreme Court Justice.

What is the description of Clarence Thomas' early life and family situation?

Clarence Thomas was born into extreme poverty in Georgia. His father abandoned the family when Thomas was only two, leaving him to be raised by his maternal grandfather, Myers Anderson, who was reportedly abusive and misogynistic.

How did the hosts describe Clarence Thomas' behavior towards women, particularly black women?

The hosts describe Clarence Thomas as having a history of misogyny and a particular disdain for black women, which they suggest may be rooted in his early life experiences and personal biases.

What is the significance of the story about the shack where Clarence Thomas lived burning down?

The burning of the shack is presented as a pivotal event in Thomas' life that led to him being taken in by his grandfather. There are various accounts of who was responsible for the fire, but the incident is shrouded in mystery.

What is the hosts' view on Clarence Thomas' educational background and his stance on public schools?

The hosts argue that despite attending private Catholic schools and having a strong educational background, Clarence Thomas has mythologized his own struggles and used them to argue against funding for public schools.

How did Clarence Thomas' career trajectory lead him to the Supreme Court?

Clarence Thomas' career included working for Missouri's Republican Attorney General, John Danforth, and later for Monsanto. He pivoted to the right and became an entry-level professional token in the Reagan administration, eventually leading to his nomination to the Supreme Court.

What role did Anita Hill's allegations of sexual harassment play in the confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas?

Anita Hill's allegations of sexual harassment against Clarence Thomas became a significant part of the confirmation hearings. Despite the controversy, Thomas was confirmed by a narrow margin, with some Democrats voting in favor of his appointment.

How have the hosts characterized Clarence Thomas' behavior and decisions as a Supreme Court Justice?

The hosts characterize Clarence Thomas as having a disregard for ethics, a tendency to side with conservative interests, and a history of controversial decisions that often favor the wealthy and powerful.

What are some of the ethical concerns raised about Clarence Thomas and his wife, Virginia 'Ginni' Thomas?

Ethical concerns raised include the acceptance of expensive gifts from wealthy conservative activists, failure to disclose these gifts and income, and potential conflicts of interest due to financial ties and political activism.

Outlines

00:00

🎥 Introduction to the 'This Guy' Series

The script opens with an introduction to a video series that critiques individuals deemed detrimental to America, focusing on a specific individual with a troubled background and controversial career. The hosts, Aaron Ryan and Alysa Mastram, set the stage for a critical examination of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, suggesting that his early life experiences and personal traits might have led him down a dark path had he not entered the judiciary. They humorously compare Thomas's potential for destructiveness to that of infamous serial killers, while also outlining his impoverished upbringing, difficult family life, and controversial stances on various social issues.

05:00

👶 Early Life and Education of Clarence Thomas

This section delves into Clarence Thomas's early life, detailing his birth into poverty, abandonment by his father, and the hardships he faced growing up. His education, initially in a shack and later in private Catholic schools, is highlighted, as is his time at the College of the Holy Cross and Yale Law School. The paragraph also discusses Thomas's first marriage, his involvement in political activism, and his eventual shift to conservative ideologies, which set the stage for his career in government and law.

10:00

🔄 Pivot to the Right and Professional Ascendancy

The narrative continues with Clarence Thomas's professional journey, focusing on his move to the political right and his roles in the Reagan administration. His controversial tenure as the head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is discussed, as well as allegations of financial difficulties and personal issues. The paragraph also touches on Thomas's nomination to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals and his subsequent nomination to the Supreme Court by George H.W. Bush, despite his relative inexperience and controversial background.

15:02

🗣️ Confirmation Hearings and Anita Hill Controversy

This segment of the script centers on the contentious confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas, led by then-Senator Joe Biden. The hearings took a dramatic turn with the emergence of sexual harassment allegations by Anita Hill, a former colleague. The public and media response to these allegations, the subsequent FBI investigation, and the impact on Thomas's confirmation process are detailed, culminating in a narrow Senate vote confirming his appointment to the Supreme Court.

20:03

📚 Thomas's Judicial Philosophy and Controversial Decisions

The script examines Clarence Thomas's judicial philosophy as a constitutional originalist and its implications, suggesting that by his own interpretation, he should not be considered a full U.S. citizen. It also reviews his voting record on the Supreme Court, highlighting his consistent alignment with conservative positions, often siding with police, states' rights, and corporations over individual rights. Thomas's controversial opinions on cases involving affirmative action, gun rights, and campaign finance are discussed, along with his unusual approach to citing non-legal documents in his decisions.

25:04

💰 Ethical Concerns and Financial Ties

This part of the script raises ethical concerns surrounding Justice Thomas, focusing on his financial ties to wealthy conservative donors and his wife's political activities. Instances of non-disclosure of gifts and income, as well as potential conflicts of interest in cases involving donors, are highlighted. The paragraph also discusses the public scrutiny and criticism Thomas has faced for his financial dealings and the lack of consequences for his actions.

30:05

🕊️ Conclusion: The Legacy of Clarence Thomas

The final paragraph summarizes the overarching themes of the video script, encapsulating the critical view of Clarence Thomas's life and career. It emphasizes the hosts' assessment of Thomas as a figure who has managed to avoid accountability for his actions, both personally and professionally. The conclusion also invites viewers to engage with the content, suggesting a continued conversation about Thomas's impact on American society and the judiciary.

Keywords

💡Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas is a Supreme Court Justice in the United States, appointed in 1991. His controversial nomination and subsequent behavior on the bench are central to the video's theme. The script discusses his background, alleged sexual harassment during his confirmation hearings, and his conservative judicial philosophy. His name is repeatedly mentioned, emphasizing his role as the 'guy' the video is critiquing.

💡Serial Killer

The term 'serial killer' is used metaphorically in the video to describe Clarence Thomas's potential for destructive behavior if not for his career path. It sets a dramatic tone and is used to highlight the severity of the criticisms against him, suggesting that his actions in public life have had a significant negative impact.

💡Misogyny

Misogyny refers to a hatred or prejudice against women. The video script suggests that Thomas's upbringing and personal beliefs have led to a pattern of misogynistic behavior, particularly in his rulings and attitudes towards women. Examples from the script include his alleged treatment of Anita Hill during his confirmation hearings and his rulings on issues affecting women's rights.

💡Affirmative Action

Affirmative action is a policy aimed at promoting equal opportunities for historically marginalized groups, often through preferential treatment in education and employment. The script criticizes Thomas for allegedly benefiting from affirmative action in his own career while later opposing such policies, suggesting a form of hypocrisy.

💡Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States and is mentioned in the script as a key figure in Thomas's political career. Thomas's alignment with Reagan's conservative policies is highlighted, showing how he became a prominent figure in Republican politics and was eventually nominated to the Supreme Court.

💡Confirmation Hearings

Confirmation hearings are the process by which a nominee for a public office, such as the Supreme Court, is questioned by a legislative body. The script focuses on Thomas's hearings, particularly the allegations of sexual harassment by Anita Hill, which became a major point of controversy and are used to question his character and suitability for the bench.

💡Anita Hill

Anita Hill is a lawyer who accused Thomas of sexual harassment during his confirmation hearings. Her testimony and the subsequent media coverage are central to the video's narrative, illustrating the broader issues of gender discrimination and the treatment of women in professional settings.

💡Conservative Judicial Philosophy

The video discusses Thomas's conservative judicial philosophy, which includes a strict interpretation of the Constitution and opposition to policies like affirmative action and abortion rights. His rulings are used as examples to critique his impact on American law and society.

💡Ethics

Ethics in this context refers to moral principles and standards of conduct. The script criticizes Thomas for alleged unethical behavior, including accepting gifts and financial support from wealthy donors and failing to disclose these conflicts of interest, suggesting a lack of integrity in his role as a Supreme Court Justice.

💡Harlan Crow

Harlan Crow is a billionaire mentioned in the script as a significant donor to Thomas and his wife, Jenny. The video suggests that Crow's financial support has influenced Thomas's decisions on the bench, raising questions about the impartiality of the Supreme Court and the role of money in American politics.

💡Dark Money

Dark money refers to political donations made by undisclosed donors, often through non-profit organizations. The script connects Thomas's wife, Jenny, to organizations that have received dark money, implying a broader critique of the influence of money in politics and its potential impact on the judiciary.

Highlights

The episode discusses the life of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, suggesting he might have become a serial killer under different circumstances.

Thomas's background includes a history of abuse, an unstable family life, and a possible childhood fascination with fire.

He has been accused of discussing inappropriate and bizarre pornography, potentially indicative of deeper psychological issues.

Thomas's rulings often favored polluters, capital punishment, and guns, while opposing women's rights, suggesting a 'higher body count' than most American murderers.

Born into extreme poverty, Thomas was raised by his aunt while his mother worked as a domestic laborer.

Thomas's childhood was marked by bullying from other black children, which may have influenced his later attitudes.

The burning of his childhood home was a turning point, leading to his being taken in by his maternal grandfather, Myers Anderson.

Myers Anderson was abusive and misogynistic, potentially shaping Thomas's later views on women.

Despite attending private Catholic schools, Thomas struggled academically and financially, blaming affirmative action for his lack of job offers after law school.

Thomas's personal life was tumultuous, including a 13-year marriage and a secretive personal life.

He has been accused of lying about his past and his family, including falsely characterizing his sister as a 'welfare queen'.

Thomas's confirmation hearings were controversial, with allegations of sexual harassment by Anita Hill leading to a divisive and polarizing process.

Despite a narrow confirmation, Thomas has been a staunch conservative on the Supreme Court, often siding with police, states, and corporations.

Thomas's legal philosophy includes a disregard for precedent and a willingness to overturn long-standing cases, such as Lawrence v. Texas and New York Times v. Sullivan.

He has been accused of corruption, including accepting gifts and failing to disclose financial interests, and has shown a disregard for ethical standards.

Thomas's wife, Virginia 'Ginni' Thomas, has been involved in political activism, including supporting efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

The episode concludes with a strong criticism of Thomas's tenure on the Supreme Court, highlighting his controversial decisions and ethical lapses.

Transcripts

welcome to another episode of this

[ __ ] guy the video series where we

pick out a [ __ ] guy making America

worse and explain why they suck I'm

Aaron Ryan host of crooked media's

hysteria podcast and I'm Alysa mastram

Monico the other host of crooked media's

hysteria podcast on this episode we're

going to highlight The Life and Times of

somebody who I've become convinced would

have become a serial killer if they

hadn't become one of the nine most

powerful people in America that's a bold

statement and in the spirit of the legal

field I know you're going to to back it

up so for legal reasons let me clarify

that I'm kind of joking here but also

this guy's got everything say a Ted

Bundy or Ed keer might have a history of

abuse an unstable family life possible

childhood Pyromania obsession with very

weird pornography that he freely

discusses at inappropriate times and you

know if you consider how many times he

stood up for polluter capital punishment

and guns and against the lives of women

while in a position of power he's

arguably got a higher body count than

most American murderers I'm speaking as

you might have surmised about Supreme

Court Justice Clarence Thomas okay I

usually agree with you but I think

you're being a little unfair wow listen

Master Monaco I never had you pegged as

a Clarence Thomas Defender the one thing

watching a lot of Law and Order SVU has

taught me is that serial killers are

often charismatic and our buddy Clarence

here has the Riz of a wet Rock but you

got to watch out for The Quiet Ones the

silent but deadli if you will okay so

let's let get started Clarence was born

into extreme poverty in a small town

called pinpoint in Coastal Georgia to a

woman named Leola Williams who was at

the time shotgun married to the man who

had gotten her pregnant in the 10th

grade Thomas's father would later

divorce his mother and abandon the

family to start another family when

Thomas was only two and Leola was

pregnant with her third child only a few

Generations before that Thomas's

ancestors were enslaved people Thomas's

childhood was Hard Scrabble he was

raised in a Shack by his cust Aunt while

his mother traveled to Savannah during

the week to work as a domestic laborer

he says he was teased for having very

dark skin by other black kids yet

another reason that bullying is Bad the

kid you bully could grow up to take away

your voting rights that would be a good

anti-bullying campaign PSA no more

bullying no more clearances but it's

true the bullying at the hands of his

black peers seems formative in his life

story you subject somebody with

malignant makavelian personality to

Cruelty during their formative years

give them a series of incredibly lucky

breaks and they're going to spend the

rest of their lives trying to exact

revenge on the people who remind them of

the people they blamed for their torment

reading up on Thomas it seems like he

blames his mother and not his father who

abandoned his family on his Bleak early

life which again feeds into why he'd one

day grow up to apparently hate women and

specifically black women so very much

but then clarence's luck turns the shack

where he lives burns down which turn

turned out to be one of the first in a

series of extremely lucky things to

happen to Clarence Thomas he was lucky

that his childhood home burned down some

accounts say that Thomas's 2-year-old

brother and a cousin burned the shack

down while Clarence and his sister were

at school some omit a perpetrator

entirely saying just that the shack

burned down but others say that Thomas

and his cousin burned the shack down the

most fun version of this story is that

Clarence did it but honestly the

reporting is a little fuzzy and we'll

probably never know the real truth very

mysterious clarence's maternal Grandpa

Myers Anderson agreed to take in leola's

two sons Clarence and his little brother

but Myers Anderson was a huge piece of

[ __ ] who like many pieces of [ __ ] hated

women and refused to take clarence's

sister Emma May he only tooken the boys

now some reporting says that it was the

mother who sent the boys to live with

Myers regardless Clarence was an early

beneficiary of sexist preference for

male children that kind of upbringing

could have demonstrated how bad misogyny

is but I'm guessing no lessons were

learned yeah Myers Anderson was an

abusive dick wad who didn't allow his

grandsons to wear gloves when they

worked on the Family Farm cutting

sugarcan or butchering livestock gross

unsanitary but Myers had enough money to

send his grandsons to private Catholic

schools which meant that by the time he

was an adult Clarence was both

traumatized and entitled what a great

combo but wait I thought I've heard

Clarence talk about his past of going to

all these bad schools and using it as a

justification for like not funding

public schools quote if I can go to the

shittiest schools in America and become

a Supreme Court Justice what's your

excuse kind of stuff like fitmom

remember fit mom well at least fitmom

walked her silly stances back rather

than becoming an activist judge

mandating every mother maintain sixpack

ABS no Clarence going to bad schools and

being a bad student was another

mythmaking exaggeration Thomas went to

the best schools he possibly could have

gone to he thought he wanted to be a

priest he went to Seminary for a year

reportedly overheard a white seminar say

he was glad that Martin Luther King Jr

had been shot and then Clarence decided

that Seminary school was not for him at

this point his grandpa disappointed that

his beneficiary was not going to

continue on cut him off which meant

Clarence had to work his way through the

College of the Holy Cross in Boston at

the College of Holy Cross Thomas was

actually kind of groovy he had a poster

of Malcolm X displayed in his dorm room

spearheaded a black Le protest Against

Racism on campus attended anti-war

marches comrade Clarence he also got

into black nationalism because he

believed that the [ __ ] up family

structure that produced him domineering

father figure with absolute power and

control over the other people in his

house should be replicated at infinitum

in American culture while at Holy Cross

he met a young lady named Cathy Ambush

the two fell in love and got married in

1971 the same year Clarence graduated

from college the two had a son who is

now 50 years old not only did Clarence

have a pregny wife he was married to her

for 13 years years and she's basically

invisible from the public record

clarence's personal life prey was shall

we say untidy but we'll revisit that in

a second Clarence graduated nth in his

class and attended Yale law and in

continuing his Grand tradition of hating

every single rung on his latter to

success he later put a 15-cent sticker

on his law school diploma that's because

after he graduated he didn't get any job

offers for private sector law firms like

he wanted and decided it must have been

because the priv sector law firms

suspected that he was a beneficiary of

affirmative action but rather than

acknowledge that it could have been

straight up racism or perhaps his bad

personality or perhaps some combination

of both that prevented him from skating

into the next phase of his life Clarence

assigned blame to the wrong place and

he'd devote at least a portion of his

career trying to make sure that no other

kids with his background would ever have

the opportunities that he had Whoa by

pulling up the ladder to a historic

degree is Clarence Thomas doing his part

to prevent the existence of future

Clarence Thomas' that is some

mindbending [ __ ] his private sector

dreams dashed Thomas went to work for

Missouri's Republican Attorney General

John Danforth he was the only black

person working in that office he left

that job to be an in-house attorney for

a little misery Merchant known as

Monsanto hated it and went back to

Danforth after Dan for's election to the

Senate this brings us to clarence's

convenient and ultimately very

profitable pivot to the right you see

Clarence made it to Washington DC DC a

little before Ronald Reagan did and it

was a really good time in the late 1970s

to become an entry-level professional

token for hire thanks in part to a calm

written by journalist Juan Williams that

got rean Administration officials

attention Clarence swore up and down

that he would never take a position in

government that had anything to do with

civil rights but then accepted a

nomination as Ronald Reagan's assistant

secretary for civil rights at the

Department of Education and later as

head of the equal employment opportunity

commission or EEOC this was because

Clarence Thomas was one of the only

black people who thought Ronald Reagan

was cool and Reagan desperately needed

somebody like Thomas in his

administration to assuage the fears of

white people who wanted permission to

support Reagan without being seen as

racists even though many of them were in

fact racists oh dear so this is where

the to hearken back to the MTV Real

World tagline people stop being polite

and start getting real Vibes kick in

yeah Thomas gladly accepted the role of

permission slip in the Reagan administ

FR ation even though the financial woses

that would plague him throughout the

1970s would continue into the 80s he and

Cathy got divorced during this time his

drinking was becoming a problem he

admitted in his autobiography still that

didn't keep him from his single-minded

pursuit of profit in power now remember

how I said that Clarence Thomas has a

history of lying about his past he's

also lied about his own family when it

was convenient for him according to a

1987 Atlantic profile of Thomas in late

1980 a young Thomas told a conference of

black conservatives that is now grown

sister Emma May had become what would

later in the decade be characterized as

a quote Welfare Queen this is what Tomas

said quote she gets mad when the mailman

is late with her welfare check that's

how dependent she is what's worse is

that now her kids feel entitled to the

check too they have no motivation for

doing better or getting out of that

situation um I hope his sister had

something to say about this Aaron cuz if

my sis talk that level of smack about me

at a convention uh we would absolutely

not be doing our rendition of sisters

from white

Christmas well years later when Thomas

was being considered for the Supreme

Court nomination The Washington Post

Karen tumult Tracked Down Emma who tells

it a little differently while her

brother was attending law school at Yale

and gearing up for a life of lapping out

of Harland Crow's ample trough MMA was

working two jobs and raising four

children on her own she quit both of

them to care for an elderly Aunt after

the aunt had a stroke and the welfare

checks that Thomas claimed the sister

was dependent on barely covered

utilities and finally MMA was not a

lifelong dependent on the system she was

only on government assistance for four

or five years okay so it sounds like by

the mid 1980s Thomas was an ascendant

Republican star on account of the fact

that he was one of very few black

Republicans whose whole personality was

based on openly disdaining the fact that

black people were ever granted

opportunities in part because they were

black yeah that's about it and he had

ongoing Financial problems and a strong

desire for Revenge as head of the EOC

his credit was so bad that when he

traveled he needed to be booked in

hotels that accepted cash payments

because he didn't qualify for credit

cards 24-year-old Alysa can relate

conservative activist and pioneering

Karen Virginia lamp met Clarence Thomas

in the mid1 1980s as Clarence tells it

when he was at his lowest despite being

a high-ranking rean Administration

official Jenny lamp was the child of a

couple of right-wing lunatics from

outside Omaha Nebraska and proudly

carried on her family's lunatic

tradition through her weird childhood

and into adulthood Clarence and Jenny in

a setup Satan himself would envy met at

an anti-affirmative action round table

and hit it off so much so that Jenny

offered to set Clarence up with some of

her quote black female friends are the

black female friends in the room with us

now Jenny after Clarence got over the

fact that he was personally

uncomfortable with interracial

relationships Clarence and jinny's

horror novel romance kicked off and the

two were married in 1987 we could do an

entire episode on the barf gasm that is

their marriage but for now I'll leave

you with this excert from a 2021 New

York Magazine profile on the nightmare

couple quote every year it gets better

Jenny told a gathering of Turning Point

USA oriented youths in 2016 he put me on

a pedestal in a way I didn't even know

was possible Clarence had recently

gifted her a Pandora charm bracelet it

has everything I love she said all these

love things and Knots and ropes and

things about our faith and things about

our home and things about the country

country but my favorite is that there's

a little pixie like I'm kind of a pixie

to him kind of a troublemaker who

doesn't love things and Knots and ropes

Aaron things and Knots and ropes romance

this would Mark the first and last time

that anyone referred to white

nationalist hag Jenny Thomas as a

pixie so in 1989 despite the fact that

he was by that point more a bureaucrat

than a lawyer George HW Bush nominated

Thomas to a spot on the DC circuit court

of appeals which is objectively insane

trumpian even Clarence was confirmed to

the federal bench in 1990 and only a

year later the original George Bush

nominated Clarence Thomas to replace th

good [ __ ] Marshall on the Supreme

Court I cannot begin to explain what an

enormous insult this was Thomas was 43

years old and basically got the

nomination because he was once again

conveniently one of the only black

Republicans even remotely in a position

to justify a nomination to the Supreme

Court just as a quick footnote here I'd

like to add that by the time th Good

Marshall was nominated to the Supreme

Court he had authored 98 majority

opinions none of which was reversed by

the Supreme Court just saying the worst

part is that if Justice Marshall had

just hung on for another 18 months his

replacement would have been picked by

Bill Clinton and not George H W bush

Marshall seems to have had an inkling

that his replacement would be a sloppily

selected hack job on the part of Bush

check out this clip of Marshall just

three days before Thomas's nomination

went public do you think President Bush

has any kind of an obligation to name a

minority candidate for your job I don't

think that that should be a

ploy and I don't think it should

be used as an excuse one way or the

other an excuse for what Justice doing

wrong Mar when did you tell I mean for

picking the wrong negro and said I'm

picking him because he's a negro I'm

opposed to that I think he knew I think

he knew okay so now we arrive at

Clarence Thomas's confirmation hearings

which I actually remember thinking were

a sham while they were happening I was a

child yeah it's pretty wild to think

about just how close we were to not

having Supreme Court Justice Clarence

Thomas and what incredible [ __ ] luck led

to him actually being confirmed knowing

what we know now so the confirmation

hearing started in September 1991 with

the Senate Judiciary Committee led by

one Joseph R Biden heading up the

proceedings Oh

Aaron gonna have to do this part through

my fingers like a horror movie because

Thomas was a partisan bureaucrat and not

a judge the Senators had very little to

go on when it came to how he'd rule they

tried to get him to talk about abortion

because even back then liberals and

progressives were rightfully worried

that conservatives had Roy weight in

their sights but Thomas said he never

really thought about the issue since he

was done with his con Law class before

roie Wade was even handed down it was

also during this first part of his

confirmation hearing that he really

leaned into the legend of poor Clarence

he's trotted out every time his

qualifications or intentions were

brought into question the way he told it

he was too busy worrying about paying

his own bills to think about abortion

back in the 1970s and 80s his judicial

record was so thin that the committee

couldn't agree on Thomas and His

nomination proceeded to the full Senate

on a 77 committee vote which meant he

was officially without recommendation

that checks and that's before the Anita

Hill news even broke well it might have

seemed like it to the average American

it wasn't like Anita Hill came out of

nowhere people in Washington had heard

Rumblings that Clarence Thomas had

harassed the former fellow EEOC staffer

since that summer meanwhile Democratic

senators and staffers started quietly

raising a stink about the charges and

also meanwhile Anita Hill another black

Yale law graduate had already been

approached about going public about the

harassment she faced at the hands of

Thomas but was reluctant to for reasons

that we all know were completely

understandable during this time Joe

Biden gave a statement to the Press

referencing Thomas's character which

hadn't been an issue during the hearings

which NPR reporter Nina totenberg a very

important player in the Anita Hill Saga

found strange and she began to look into

things Biden being the DC rule follower

that he was appro approached the George

HW Bush White House to ask them for

permission to open an FBI investigation

into the allegations which the

administration granted Biden also called

Clarence Thomas personally to let him

know what was going on according to a

New York Magazine piece from 2021

Clarence held the phone up during that

call so Jenny could hear Too in a move

that will shock nobody the FBI conducted

a three-day investigation into the

allegations and concluded they were

unfounded however Nina totenberg was on

the case and on October 6th just days

before Thomas's nomination was to go

before the full senate for a vote she

broke the story of Anita Hill's alleged

harassment at the hands of Clarence

Thomas and here's where this becomes the

story of Democrats snatching defeat from

the jaws of Victory to hand one of the

least qualified pvest most Revenge

obsessed Fringe freaks lifetime

appointment to the US Supreme Court

first of all Democrats had a majority in

the Senate at the time the final vote on

Thomas was scheduled to happen on

October 8th but Republicans knew at that

point they didn't have the votes to

confirm Thomas and so Democrats allowed

another round of committee hearings to

get to the bottom of whether or not

Thomas was an office sex Pest and

whether or not that mattered they

basically handed Republicans a mulligan

M Thomas got to testify in his redo

first characterizing the accusations as

a quote high-tech lynching

and said some other over-the-top

nonsense when any person any person in

this free country would be subjected to

this this is not a closed

room there was an FBI

investigation this is not an

opportunity to talk about

difficult matters privately or in a

closed environment this is a circus it's

a National

Disgrace and from my

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our good times when Hill appeared before

the committee which at the time

consisted of 14 white men great Optics

guys she accused Thomas of being a real

[ __ ] weirdo he asked her out

repeatedly he bullied her to give him

reasons that she kept saying no he would

talk extensively about his porn

proclivities apparently he was into

beastiality and a performer named

longdong silver and also the story of a

pube left on a can of Coke the

um incident involved getting up from a

work table going to his desk looking at

this can and saying who put pubic hair

on my Coke for the record what substance

did he bring up in this instance in his

OC in his office what was the content of

what he said well this was a reference

to an

individual

who uh had a very large

penis and he used the name that he had

been referred to in the POR pornographic

material um the name that was referred

to was Long Dong Silver my gosh okay so

Ain you have to understand I was in high

school we watched this in real time the

Long Dong Silver jokes were

rampant um and this

is not America's Finest [ __ ] moment

watching it now it's kind of astonishing

how absurd the questions they asked of

her were Thomas lik to discuss specific

sex acts and frequency of sex close

quote you said you took it to mean Judge

Thomas wanted to have sex with you but

in fact he never did ask you to have sex

correct no he did not ask me to have sex

he did continually pressure me to go out

with him continually and he would not

accept my explanation as one as being

being valid so that when you said you

you took it to mean we ought to have sex

that that was an inference a mere

allegation Senator I would suggest to

you that for me these are more than mere

Al allegations these are the truth to me

these comments are the truth to me God

we owe her an apology so many apologies

in the end it wasn't a high-tech

lynching but it did resemble something

else a witch burning Biden would later

go on to apologize to Hill for the way

he handled things but like yikes dude

talk about too little too late I don't

want to Heap [ __ ] on Joe Biden though

just about everybody on that committee

showed their whole ass during those redo

hearings Thomas was eventually confirmed

by a 52 to 48 vote historically narrow

11 Democrats voted to confirm him oh boy

what the

[ __ ] he was sworn in to the Supreme

Court on October 23rd 1991 now Anita

Hill was the only person who testified

that Clarence Thomas had sexually

harassed her during his confirmation

hearings but she wasn't the only woman

who had corroborated Hill story to the

Democratic members of the Judiciary

Committee there were four Witnesses who

were prepared to testify during the

hearings who weren't called one of them

Angela Wright said that Thomas had

harassed her too asked her bro size also

at the EEOC she never testified their

written affidavits are in the

Congressional Record and they are

unrebutted and Reporting in subsequent

years has only made Hill's claims seem

like they're more likely to have

happened than not happened for example a

1994 book by revered journalist Jane

Mayer and Jill Abramson called strange

Justice what a great tit

went deep into Thomas's creepy obsession

with consuming And discussing extreme

pornography in wholly inappropriate

settings like for example a Yale

classmate told the authors that Thomas

carried weird porn around in the pocket

of his overalls why are you wearing

overalls that so many weird things so

many weird things I can't wrap my head

around that visual a college classmate

told the authors that Thomas had used

sexual language so crude it could reduce

normal people to tears a guy who owned a

naughty video story in DC recalled that

yes Clarence had in fact been into an

adult performer named longdong silver

and another guy who knew Clarence backed

this up he would allegedly describe rape

themed pornography to anyone who would

listen at work okay we don't need Olivia

Benson to tell us that's some serial

killer [ __ ] but the hits don't stop

there in a 2020 piece for New York

Magazine Jill Abramson lays out the case

for impeaching Clarence Thomas going

over numerous ignored credible

accusations surrounding the Justice an

attorney named Smith alleged back in

2016 that when she was 24 years old in

1999 at a dinner party at Clarence

Thomas' house she was warned not to sit

next to the Justice he groped her while

she was setting the table anyway and

again later in the evening a reporter

followed up on the allegations printing

a deeply sourced story on them on

October 27th of that year I have no

memory of that story breaking that's

because this was October 2016 and the

story was published pretty much at the

exact same time

as James Comey announced that he was

reopening the probe into Hillary

Clinton's emails [ __ ] James Comey

every day there is a new reason to hate

that guy Abramson also uncovered a

pattern of Thomas talking about his

weird porn habits with this female

colleagues at the EEOC just like Hill

said at least seven other individuals

who weren't contacted to testify during

the Thomas hearings went on the record

stating that yeah Thomas was a creepy

[ __ ] good lesson if you're ever

being sexually harassed at work remember

you are almost certainly not the only

one absolutely power in numbers Clarence

Thomas's ex-girlfriend a woman named

Lillian mccuan told the Washington Post

reporter that she was surprised that

nobody from the Senate Judiciary

Committee had contacted her about

testifying around the time of the

hearings she'd even written Joe Biden a

letter claiming she had personal

knowledge of Thomas but heard not a peep

back plenty of friends and colleagues

many of them who agreed to be named

corroborated him testimony the problem

was that nobody cared enough to do a

thorough job when it mattered as soon as

he was sworn into his post on the

Supreme Court Clarence Thomas stapled

himself to conservative Justice anonin

scalia's hairy ass voting the exact same

way that Scalia did 92% of the time he

was so off-putting that he motivated

Justice Sandra de o Conor a rean

appointee to move to the left mhm now

it's important to note that Thomas is a

constitutional originalist which means

that by his his own legal reasoning he

as a black man should not be considered

a full US citizen entitled to the same

rights as white Property Owners because

the framers of the Constitution would

never have intended it that way Thomas

to added Cherry to that [ __ ] Sunday also

believes that the courts should not be

bound to follow president if he doesn't

like the president that gives him a lot

of leeway and opposing in his legal

writings such long-standing precedent as

Lawrence V Texas in which the court

decriminalized sodomy weird that a guy

who is so into animal and rape porn

would be so obsessed with letting states

make sodomy illegal again what would

become of his beloved pornography he

would have to have a billionaire get it

for him I guess Thomas has also written

that the New York Times V Sullivan the

1964 First Amendment case which

established a high bar when it comes to

public figures suing press outlets for

defamation might be on the chopping

block if he had his way and Gideon V we

in right the 1963 case which established

that defendants who cannot afford their

own attorney are entitled to one

provided by the state he has been on the

evil side of just about every issue

almost always siding with police

brutality states that wish to carry out

capital punishment polluters who want to

pollute more because it means they get

to make more money he votes to take away

rights from women to gut voting rights

for everybody to Grant nearly unfettered

power to sources of dark money who wish

to donate unlimited amounts to

politicians and their political causes

without having their identities ever

available to the public he's written

that the Affordable Care Act is

completely unconstitutional he's been

horny to pretend that the framers of the

Constitution meant for every American to

have an individual right to carry guns

around all over the place and in 2022 is

bruan case he got the opportunity to do

exactly that and he seems to take a sick

joy in hurting people in the case of

students for Fair admission versus

Harvard which struck down race-based

consideration in college admissions he

read his concurring opinion From the

Bench something that many legal writers

at the time noted was unusual a man

whose career was brought to you almost

entirely by affirmative action what a

prick it'd be like if John Wayne gasy

had tried to make clowns illegal that

would have been

funny sometimes Thomas even uses things

that aren't even laws to justify his

outlandish legal positions like in his

descent for Obel V Hedges the case that

made same-sex marriage legal Nationwide

he quoted the Declaration of

Independence the Magna Carta which while

illegal document is like not a law here

in America uh John Lock and something

made up called natural law uh but you

don't need to take our word for it there

are respected legal Scholars out there

who believe Clarence Thomas is among the

worst if not the worst Supreme Court

Justice ever I'm Leah Litman one of the

hosts of strict scrutiny here to talk to

you about one of Justice Thomas' worst

opinions and that's Shin versus Ramirez

which might be a case you've never heard

of so in that case Justice Thomas

writing for a majority of the Court held

that it is illegal for a federal court

to even consider evidence of your

innocence evidence that you're innocent

of the crime you were convicted and

sentenced to death for if that evidence

of your innocence never was introduced

because the state appointed you multiple

ineffective lawyers who never introduced

evidence of your innocence so the

decision basically makes it illegal for

federal courts to do anything when

innocent people are sentenced to death

if that sounds wild it is but some of

Justice Thomas' even Wilder writings

have come in separate writings rather

than opinions for the court because he

often can't get by justices to sign on

to some of his more unhinged takes like

when the court overruled Rover versus

Wade he wrote separately to say hey

let's also overrule marriage equality as

well as the decisions protecting the

right to contraception so Justice

Thomas's body of work contains more than

a few of these gems for a more in-depth

rundown of the goat Rodeo that is the

American legal system tune in to strict

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those ladies and the Olympic tumbling

gym that is clearin Thomas' brain the

only thing that matters is the

Constitution which just so happens to

mean exactly what the billionaire who

bankroll Clarence Thomas want it to mean

Clarence Thomas is the dream Supreme

Court Justice for the billionaire Fringe

trying to steer America off a cliff

because he doesn't care about the truth

logical consistency or ethics and apart

from his nightmare boss Antics nowhere

does his disregard for ethics show

itself than in how nakedly horish money

hungry he is yeah and despite his

efforts to position himself among

Washington's Elite it wasn't enough for

him yeah about 20 years ago Thomas

complained loudly at a conference into a

microphone that his salary as a Supreme

Court justice was so low that he might

have to step down so he could take a

higher paying job and then what do you

know somehow the amount of money he was

making from sources outside his

government paycheck skyrocketed even

though this sort of gift must be

disclosed Clarence and Jenny Thomas's

habitual non-disclosure of expensive

gifts from wealthy conservative

activists has long been the subject of

media scrutiny in 2004 the Los Angeles

Times reported that billionaire and Nazi

memorabilia collector harlon Crow had

gifted the Thomas' a $119,000 Bible oh

Jesus would have loved

that that once allegedly belonged to

Frederick Douglas oh Frederick Douglas

would have loved that too and given over

a $100,000 to y Law School for something

called the Clarence Thomas portrait fund

but nothing happened to Clarence Thomas

at the time Sky the luckiest bastard

alive and again in 2011 reports from

multiple Outlets found that Clarence and

jinny had failed to disclose a report

more than $1.1 million in donations and

income from conservative groups in a

pattern going back years this time the

Thomases were chastened enough to amend

the relevant documents so they met

disclosure requirements but they sure

didn't learn their lesson no way why

would they want to learn that in 2023

Pro publica reported that the Thomases

were being taken on luxury vacations by

billionaire Harland crow every single

year and not disclosing it in addition

Crow was bankrolling the private school

education of Thomas's Grand nephew of

whom Thomas had custody to the tune of

$100,000 it was harlon Crowe who had

bought and renovated the house in

Savannah Georgia where Thomas's mother

now lives rentree of course when cases

involving things that directly concerned

harlon Crow came up before The Supreme

Court Thomas didn't recuse himself why

would he Aaron why would he there are no

checks and balances for Supreme Court

members Jenny was also getting a piece

of the corrupt action more 2023

reporting found that dark money ghoul

Leonard Leo had funneled $80,000 to

Jenny Thomas through split end ridden

hate Goblin kellyan Conway's

organization in 2011 and 2012 Leo had

instructed Conway to leave Clarence

Thomas' name off all paperwork of course

Jenny's nonprofit had been a big-time

cheerleader on the citizens united case

that led to this Unstoppable flood of

dark money in American politics in the

first place Clarence Thomas told the

press that he and Jenny had scrimped and

saved for an RV

but actually the RV was a gift from yet

another Republican Mega donor who

underwrote a loan worth

$267,000 nearly half a million dollars

in 2023 money that was magically

forgiven in 2008 Thomas didn't disclose

the gift one positive thing is that

maybe one day Clarence and Jenny can

turn their fancy indoor boy vacation

Haven into a rolling Clarence Thomas

library that way the library can just

drive from billionaire to billionaire as

Clarence would have wanted by this point

Clarence and jinny's Corruption was so

Brazen and unchecked that it became a

bit of a joke HBO's John Oliver even

offered Thomas a salary of $1 million

per year and a free $2 million RV if

he'd retire from the Supreme Court

unfortunately for America that offer

expired unclaimed after 30 days now we

all know that Jenny Thomas is a DieHard

switch seats so you don't have to sit

next to her on an airplane right-wing

nut job she was very into the big lie

after after the 2020 election supporting

efforts to overturn the results in

several States and trying to go elected

officials into unlawfully keeping Trump

in power she was also a big supporter of

the January 6th riers and got

uncomfortably close to its organizers of

course Clarence hasn't recused himself

from a single case regarding the 2020

election or January 6th because why

would he there are no consequences until

there's any accountability whatsoever

for members of the Supreme Court or

Thomas retires or croaks Justice

Clarence Thomas sits on the bench mostly

silent seething probably thinking about

porn constantly pursuing quiet Petty

Revenge within a system with virtually

no mechanisms in place to keep him in

check he bends to the whims of hyper

capitalist Christo fascists who would

sooner poison the Earth and all of its

inhabitants than sacrifice a few million

of their billion dollar fortunes now the

only way out of this hell of Clarence

Thomas's design is if somebody somehow

gets hold of his internet browsing

history and there you have it Clarence

Thomas Alyssa on a scale of one to five

weasel where does The Honorable Clarence

rank Aaron Clarence Thomas is a sex pest

who dreams of having sex with pests that

I have had to deal with my entire grown

ass life so he is a five for five Ain he

is five for

five um I'm going to say he's a hard

five no pun intended he's a hard five

even if all he had done was be a

prolific bureaucratic sex pest I would

have I would have ranked him like a four

but the fact that he's a Supreme Court

Justice he got away with it he gets away

with so much lying he's a hard five and

that's this [ __ ] guy Clarence Thomas

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