Robert Franke
CRJ 410
12/5/2015
Final Paper
Justice Clarence Thomas was born in 1948 in Pin Point, Georgia, which was a mainly black area that was founded by freed slaves after the Civil War. He was the second ever black judge, in the Supreme Court and was at first not thrilled to working as a judge. As Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States his views are typically from a conservative stand point, and usually wants a solution that limits the power of the federal government and expands the power of state and the local governments, interestingly enough he has demonstrated a strong support from a stronger executive branch within the government. His father M.C. Thomas was a farm worker while his mother Leola Williams …show more content…
Thomas took a very stern stance on the executive branch having broad authority over the constitution and its federal statuses, this is easily expressed in the Case of Hamdi V. Rumsfeld where he was the only justice to agree that the federal government had the legal right to detain hi stating that since he was an illegal Enemy Combatant that he was not protected under the Geneva convention. Thomas avidly voted for decision that would grant state-governmental authority in cases that involved specifically federalism based limits on the congress authority. Interestingly enough as justice he was on average the most willing to exercise judicial review of federal statues in comparison with state statues he was the least likely to vote against them. Due to past that was filled was constant adversity his view on the bill of rights was very hard pressed on equal rights and the continuing social movent for them to be both recognized and protect this is shown through multiple examples within several of the amendments found in the bill of
CRJ 410
12/5/2015
Final Paper
Justice Clarence Thomas was born in 1948 in Pin Point, Georgia, which was a mainly black area that was founded by freed slaves after the Civil War. He was the second ever black judge, in the Supreme Court and was at first not thrilled to working as a judge. As Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States his views are typically from a conservative stand point, and usually wants a solution that limits the power of the federal government and expands the power of state and the local governments, interestingly enough he has demonstrated a strong support from a stronger executive branch within the government. His father M.C. Thomas was a farm worker while his mother Leola Williams …show more content…
Thomas took a very stern stance on the executive branch having broad authority over the constitution and its federal statuses, this is easily expressed in the Case of Hamdi V. Rumsfeld where he was the only justice to agree that the federal government had the legal right to detain hi stating that since he was an illegal Enemy Combatant that he was not protected under the Geneva convention. Thomas avidly voted for decision that would grant state-governmental authority in cases that involved specifically federalism based limits on the congress authority. Interestingly enough as justice he was on average the most willing to exercise judicial review of federal statues in comparison with state statues he was the least likely to vote against them. Due to past that was filled was constant adversity his view on the bill of rights was very hard pressed on equal rights and the continuing social movent for them to be both recognized and protect this is shown through multiple examples within several of the amendments found in the bill of