Herman Cain’s ‘Model’ SCOTUS Justice Is An Ethical Trainwreck Who Thinks Child Labor Laws Are Unconstitutional
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/10/16/345127/herman-cain-clarence-thomas-ethics-child-labor/In an interview with Meet the Press’ David Gregory this morning, GOP presidential front runner Herman Cain endorsed Justice Clarence Thomas as a model a President Cain would follow in making appointments to the Supreme Court:
GREGORY: What about the Supreme Court? Who’s your model of the ideal Supreme Court justice who you would appoint?
CAIN:
I would say that there are several that I have a lot of respect for. Justice Clarence Thomas is one of them. I believe that Justice Clarence Thomas, despite all of the attacks that he gets from the left, he basically rules and makes his decisions, in my opinion, based upon the Constitution and solid legal thinking. Justice Clarence Thomas is one of my models. For the record, we on “the left” do not attack Justice Thomas for any reason other than the fact that he is a terrible judge. His record on the Supreme Court is marred by conflicts of interest and other ethical scandals, and he embraces a discredited understanding of the Constitution that would declare everything from child labor laws to the ban on whites only lunch counters unconstitutional.
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