USSC in the Sewer: Poor Record as Justice Thomas Wants More Overturned

I call them the “Fearsome Fivesome”

After voting to overturn Roe v. Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas implied others things he wanted to look at and overturn back all back on the court’s docket as reported on here in this ABC News headline story:

“Supreme Court opens door to overturning rights to contraceptives, same-sex relationships, and marriage”

When activists learned the Supreme Court was considering overturning abortion rights, they feared other rights, such as same-sex marriage, same-sex relationships and contraceptives, might be next. 

Then Justice in Thomas's concurring opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade validated those concerns by stating that other precedents from the high court should be reconsidered such as:

(1) Griswold v. Connecticut, which established the right of married couples to use contraception.

(2) Lawrence v. Texas, which protects the right to same-sex romantic relationships.

(3) Obergefell v. Hodges, which establishes the right to same-sex marriage.

Thomas wrote in his opinion: “In future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court's substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell. Because any substantive due process decision is demonstrably erroneous, we have a duty to correct the errors established in those precedents. After overruling these demonstrably erroneous decisions, the question would remain whether other constitutional provisions guarantee the myriad rights that our substantive due process cases have generated.”

FYI Note: “Lack of reference to abortion in the Constitution,” and that “no such right is implicitly protected by any provision therein,” were at the heart of the opinion for overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Justice Samuel Alito stated in the opinion that other un-enumerated rights that aren't explicitly mentioned in the Constitution are not immediately in doubt, adding: “To ensure that our decision is not misunderstood or mischaracterized, we emphasize that our decision concerns the constitutional right to abortion and no other right. Nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion.”

Thomas' note to “correct the errors established in other precedents,” however, puts LGBTQ groups like GLAAD, the National LGBTQ Task Force, and reproductive rights organizations like Planned Parenthood on edge.

Kate Ellis, the president and CEO of LGBTQ advocacy organization GLAAD, said in a statement: “The anti-abortion playbook and the anti-LGBTQ playbook are one and the same. Our bodies, healthcare, and our future belong to us, not to a meddling politician or extremist Supreme Court justices, and we will fight back.”

Kierra Johnson, the executive director of the National LGBTQ Task Force, said in a statement: “We must push back now – on all state and federal lawmakers and courts – to fight for abortion access and reproductive choice, the right for transgender people to access life-saving healthcare, the right to bodily autonomy, and the right to sexual freedom. These are our most basic liberties -- to live a life of dignity, private from government interference. The Court has no place interfering with our constitutional right to make decisions about our own bodies.”

My 2 Cents: Apparently this brazen 6-3 (conservative court) will toss stare decisis (L: “To stand by things decided”) and now use a meat axe in those topic areas that Thomas mentioned above. Why is that do you suppose?

We all know that Thomas seldom raises questions during hearings but now he has gone bananas and off the deep end of a shallow pool full of chit-chat.

I believe that his harsh statements above are made purposely to draw attention away from his wife, Ginni Thomas and her January 6 woes (7-minute video review), thus to take the heat and focus off of her and onto himself.

Also, in my view, the three newest Court members all swore under oath in their Senate confirmation hearings in essence to “not to touch Roe” and now look how they voted – not did they touch it but torched it and 50 years of rock-solid precedence since 1973.

They lied about keeping Roe v. Wade in their confirmation

(Said settled 50-year precedent – now Kaput)

Those three now in several public opinion polls and social medial postings either seek for them to resign or worst case, to be impeached and removed for lying under oath to gain their seats.

With all that in mind, we see a blatant attack on the country from the harsh, no holds barre GOP to completely wreck the country, and possibly along the way set up something other than our democracy.

This is 2022 and not 1860, and all that cannot be allowed to happen and it can’t be stated any plainer than that.

A staunch Trump former attorney has this to say about him being prosecuted seen in this 10-minute video.

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