This Week in Crazy: Clarence Thomas

Salon by Andrew Leonard | Jan. 22, 2010 (Opinion)
The Supreme Court judge brings insanity to the campaign finance decision, and inaugurates our new weekly feature

In his remarkably undistinguished 20-year stint as a Supreme Court justice, Clarence Thomas has rarely called attention to himself for original jurisprudential thinking. But if Thomas had had his way with Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission, in which the court decided this week to remove critically important limits on campaign financing, an already horrible decision would have been made far, far worse. Crazy worse.

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Topics: U.S. Supreme Court, Money and Politics, Corporate Governance
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Posted by: Posted by Doug Greer - Jan 25, 2010 - 11:38 AM PST
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