{"id":34480,"date":"2024-06-22T12:09:04","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T19:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=34480"},"modified":"2024-06-22T12:09:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T19:09:04","slug":"truly-evil-clarence-thomas-offers-defense-of-guns-for-domestic-abusers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/06\/22\/truly-evil-clarence-thomas-offers-defense-of-guns-for-domestic-abusers\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Truly Evil’ Clarence Thomas Offers Defense of Guns for Domestic Abusers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas poses for the official photo in Washington, D.C. on October 7, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo: Oliver Douliery\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Thomas dissent is only further proof that he is simply a threat to America,” said the father of a mass shooting victim.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JESSICA CORBETT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jun 21, 2024 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Thank goodness. Also, Clarence Thomas<\/a> is truly evil.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s how one progressive pollster responded<\/a> Friday to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 8-1 ruling<\/a> in United States v. Rahimi<\/em>, which upheld a law prohibiting individuals subject to a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a firearm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critics across the political spectrum called Thomas’ lone dissent in the case “insane<\/a>” and blasted the right-wing justice as “fucking awful<\/a>,” a “corrupt lunatic<\/a>,” and a “contemptible POS<\/a>” who “continues<\/a> to undermine the safety of women and disgrace the court.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some pointed out<\/a> that after Thomas was nominated to the court in 1991 by then-President George H. W. Bush, during the Senate confirmation process, Anita Hill accused the future justice of sexually harassing her. More recently, Thomas has faced<\/a> demands for his recusal or even resignation because he took gifts from right-wing billionaires and declined<\/a> to report them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalist Matt Fuller highlighted a portion of Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion that describes various instances of Zackey Rahimi behaving violently with a weapon, including a December 2019 interaction with C.M., the mother of his child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“C. M. attempted to leave, but Rahimi grabbed her by the wrist, dragged her back to his car, and shoved her in, causing her to strike her head against the dashboard,” Roberts wrote. “When he realized that a bystander was watching the altercation, Rahimi paused to retrieve a gun from under the passenger seat. C. M. took advantage of the opportunity to escape. Rahimi fired as she fled, although it is unclear whether he was aiming at C. M. or the witness.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clarence Thomas thinks this person should be allowed to have a gun. pic.twitter.com\/VRtHHj74n8<\/a><\/p>— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) June 21, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>