Hakeem Jeffries to Clarence Thomas: ‘Why are you such a hater?’
by Dominick Mastrangelo - 05/12/22 7:20 AM ET
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) this week blasted Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for his stance on a number of issues facing the court, including abortion rights.
“Let me ask this question of brother Thomas,” Jeffries said during a House Judiciary Committee hearing this week. “Why are you such a hater? Hate on civil rights. Hate on women’s rights. Hate on reproductive rights. Hating on voting rights. Hate on marital rights. Hate on equal protection under the law. Hate on liberty and justice for all. Hate on free and fair elections. Why are you such a hater?”
Jeffries added the senior conservative justice “thinks he can get away with,” his stances on those key issues and “escape public scrutiny.”
Thomas is one of several conservatives on the court that has indicated, according to a draft opinion published earlier this month, that they would rule in favor of a Mississippi state law on abortion that would directly challenge Roe v. Wade, which made abortion a federally protected right.
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