Does anybody hate women more than Justice Clarence Thomas?
8-1 ruling: Supreme Court rejects Second Amendment challenge allowing people with restraining orders to own a gun
Please don’t be black. Pleazzzze don’t be black. Please don’t embarrass us.
If you’re African-American, chances are you’ve watched the news and hung your head, muttering this to yourself. While it’s not fair to blame one person’s actions on an entire demographic, there is an ongoing battle among black folks about whether we should knock this off.
Quite frankly, I think men should be just as embarrassed when somebody in their own gender does something as repulsive as just about everything Justice Clarence Thomas does. No, I’m not talking about the Anita Hill story that almost led to Thomas’ nomination being in jeopardy. No, I’m not talking about the three private plane trips that Thomas took courtesy of Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. No, I’m not talking about him suggesting banning contraception after Roe v. Wade was already overturned by the majority of the current justices (minus Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was not yet a judge).
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This time, I’m talking about this Supreme Court justice being the sole “yes” vote in favor of domestic violence abusers owning a gun — even if there’s an active restraining order in place. The other eight judges voted in support of stopping domestic violence abusers from having guns.
“Our tradition of firearm regulation allows the government to disarm individuals who present a credible threat to the physical safety of others,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in reference to the majority opinion. “Section 922(g)(8) can be applied lawfully to Rahimi.”
Still, Thomas doubled down on his “yes” vote, stating, “In the interest of ensuring the Government can regulate one subset of society, today’s decision puts at risk the Second Amendment rights of many more.”
On average, approximately 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. In fact, one in four women and one in nine men have experienced severe intimate partner physical violence. That’s more than 10 million women and men — in one year.
And Thomas is talking about handing a gun to those responsible for this stat as if these stats don’t exist.
If you know what Zackey Rahimi did, there’s no better example of why Thomas’ vote is so mind-boggling.