In Law School with Clarence Thomas

Robert Reich: “In those classroom discussions almost fifty years ago, Hillary’s hand was always first in the air. When she was called upon, she gave perfect answers – whole paragraphs, precisely phrased. She distinguished one case from another, using precedents and stare decisis to guide her thinking. I was awed.”

“My hand was in the air about half the time, and when called on, my answers were meh.”

“Clarence’s hand was never in the air. I don’t recall him saying anything, ever.”

“Bill was never in class.”

“Only one of us now sits on the Supreme Court. By all accounts, he and four of his colleagues — all appointed by Republican presidents, three by a president who instigated a coup against the United States — are getting ready to violate stare decisis, judicial precedent. I don’t expect them to give a clear and convincing argument for why. Do you?”