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Mimosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-10 04:51 PM
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17. Somebody please tell me which opinions of Justice Thomas have been wrong?
One decision which Justice Thomas was on the side of ordinary Americans and the Constitution was Kelo v the City of New London CT. Several of the liberals -including Justice Ginsberg- supported the decision enabling municipalities to collude with private developers and condemn properties for redevelopment, including condos and shopping centers, to fatten municipal coffers. It was a terrible decision. Thomas voted with the dissent. I think he may have written it.

I do not think he is a bad judge. Everybody who knows me knows I lean left. I think Thomas has been demonised beyond anything anybody knows he has done. I watched the hearings with Anita Hill way back then. I really doubted she had been harrassed by Thomas. It was definitely a he said, she said.
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