Clarence Thomas’ Solo Dissents Show His Radicalism

A Los Angeles Times profile of Clarence Thomas shows just how out of touch and frightening his views are. He has been the sole dissenter in what are truly bizarre opinions:

Among them, he has declared that the Constitution gives states a right to establish an official religion. Prisoners, he wrote, have no constitutional right to be protected from beatings by guards. Teenagers and students have no free-speech rights at all, he said in an opinion Monday, because in the 18th century, when the Constitution was written, parents had “absolute authority” over their children.

Two years ago, the court ruled that a school official could not strip-search a 13-year-old girl to look for two extra-strength ibuprofen pills. Thomas — alone — dissented, calling the search of her underwear “reasonable and justified.”

Alone, he voted to strike down a key part of the Voting Rights Act that is credited with giving blacks political power in the South. And he was the lone justice to uphold the George W. Bush administration’s view that an American citizen could be held as an “enemy combatant” with no charges and no hearing.

It is comforting, at least, to know that these are solo opinions.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.