The worst Supreme Court Justice ever

Key Points:

• The author initially viewed Justice Samuel Alito as the worst Supreme Court justice due to his role in overturning Roe v. Wade, ethical concerns, and political symbolism but now considers Clarence Thomas even worse.
• Clarence Thomas, the longest-serving justice, recently gave a speech falsely blaming progressivism for 20th-century atrocities and undermining the historical significance of the Progressive Era’s reforms.
• The Progressive Era helped curb corporate excesses, improve labor rights, and prevent fascism in America, whereas Thomas’s views ignore these contributions and align with a hard-right ideological stance.
• Thomas has shown disregard for judicial ethics by not recusing himself from cases related to the 2020 election despite his wife’s active involvement in efforts to overturn the results and failing to disclose her income properly.
• The author argues Thomas’s acceptance of lavish gifts from Republican mega-donors and his public condemnation of progressivism compromise the perceived impartiality of the Supreme Court, making him the worst modern justice.