Justice Thomas on Cameras in the Court

In a 2007 hearing on the Supreme Court budget, Justice Thomas responded to a question about cameras in the courtroom.

http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/vidLink.php?b=1173420789&e=11734210...

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[imaginepeace63]

Majority of Black Florida Voters voted for Al Gore in 2000 and he ruled against them in Bush V Gore. Case Closed

[FAHayek89]

You fail to address legal issues. If you can offer an argument for why Bush v. Gore was wrong on Article II and XIV Amendment grounds (and I think there may be some strong arguments on Article II grounds, though the court was solid on the XIV Amend.), you may have something to contribute. Thomas would have no right to consider how blacks or any other single racial or ethnic group voted. Again, feel free to contribute when you can discuss a case in view of the text of the Constitution.

[gim10003]

Some judges would "play to the camera," others would clam up knowing the media will distort what they say in soundbites for the TV. Its a very bad idea. The hearings are public, the opinions are published, and that's all you need. The Supreme Court turned is not a "realty" TV show.

[unknownunknowns]

@FAHayek89 In other words, the Court should be as UNBIASED as possible when giving its wise interpretation of the constitution.

[FattyFatterton]

Yep, Obama and friends ran his campaign on the platform of TRANSPARENCY...sure.

If you have nothing to hide? What are you afraid of.

Justices are treated not much different with Privacy as common People, yet they have a job that REQUIRES Responsibility to The People They Serve!!!!

They are Public Servants. On Duty serving people, they wave their privacy in service to the Public!!!! Sorry Tommy boy. Get to work, and stop worrying about the people you serve.

Uphold Citizens Rights, and no worrys.

[FattyFatterton]

Corruption has no race, but always in need of punishment.

[p3n15eater]

Imaginepeace63- You can't form a logical argument, so you just yell and cry "Nazi" and "KKK". The fact is that Thomas is a master at interpreting constitutional law. That's it. Just because a man disagrees with you doesn't make him evil. In fact, judging by your arguments, anyone who disagrees with you is more likely to be correct. Black people don't belong to the Democratic Party. Stop living in the past. In fact, the KKK was founded by Democrats, and Nazis are national SOCIALISTS. Get it right

[FAHayek89]

A black man who, like Thomas, graduated in a decent place in his class at Yale law school, will always be second guessed as whites wonder, is he really that smart, or did he get in through racial preferences, and as such will always be at a disadvantage to his white equals. Thomas focus seems much more on personal self-reliance and on rebuilding the black family, the disintegration of which he seems to see as the cause of a great deal of racial disadvantage.

[FAHayek89]

Thomass race jurisprudence seems to center a general distrust of social elites. Affirmative Action is a way for white elites to offer disadvantaged blacks a form of charity, and as such, Thomas seems to see it as condescending and insulting. Worse, he thinks that it undermines the credibility of competent, successful blacks.