Clarence Thomas' statement about the leak of the Roe v. Wade opinion and its supposed effect on respect for the Court seems nothing but a reflection of the current Republican playlist. The party leadership is going to great lengths to talk about the leak rather than about the real issue of the deprivation of human rights in the upcoming repeal. They are counting on getting what they want from a court majority which has abandoned even the appearance of impartiality.
Steve Benen in an article on the MSNBC website provides some perspective on the current court's direction and Thomas' contribution to that disgraceful performance.
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Infiltrating or corrupting the judiciary is one of the first steps in the road to autocratic power in a nation. Look at the Bolsheviks in 1917, Mussolini in the 1920s, Germany in the mid-1930s, Mao in the 1950s, and the US South after the Civil War. It gives "legal" cover to corruption, theft, nepotism, and horrifying abuses.
A corrupted judiciary also gives pseudo-legal coverage for corrupting or ignoring voting results. We will see this in 2024.
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