Samuel L. Jackson goes in on Clarence Thomas with a Supreme Court decision reminder that hits close to home

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Samuel L. Jackson goes in on Clarence Thomas with a Supreme Court decision reminder that hits close to home

6.25.22
ith the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v Wade, which federally prohibited any absolute ban on access to abortion, there has been a considerable uproar from everyday people to reproductive justice activists, to celebrities. Oscar-holding actor Samuel L Jackson has made a particular jab at Justice Clarence Thomas on Twitter, pointing out how a continued overturning of historic civil rights cases would not be in the judge’s personal interest. The Supreme Court case of Loving v Virginia in 1967 decided that it was unconstitutional for states to legislate against interracial marriages and was a significant milestone in the upswing of civil rights in the 1960s. It’s a case that was also important for supporting the legal case for gay marriage in Obergefell v Hodges.

What Jackson appears to be specifically referring to is that Justice Clarence Thomas, who is one of the judges that voted for the overruling of the judgement and has suggested he would like to overturn other civil rights cases, is in an interracial marriage. If Loving v Virginia was overturned, then the legality of Thomas’ marriage to Ginny Thomas, who is no stranger to controversy herself given the accusations of her involvement in the efforts to overturn President Joseph Biden’s election, would then be at the whim of the state he resides in as opposed to having federal protection. Jackson is not the only celebrity to call out the decision. From Megan Thee Stallion to Ariana DeBose, to Cher, many have expressed their frustration at the biggest rollback of abortion rights in the US in decades. However, his callout is perhaps more personal than most.

This is what Justice Thomas said:

“Justices should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell” — referring to three cases having to do with Americans’ fundamental privacy, due process and equal protection rights.

But you'll notice that Thomas said nothing about reconsidering Loving, which is also based on equal protection rights and could impact Thomas's interracial marriage to Ginny Thomas, who is white.

This hypocrite wants to ruin the lives of tens of miliions of Americans, but let's not overturn any legal protections that would affect Thomas himself. I detest creatures like Clarence Thomas.

 

[WillyPete]

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