Whoopi Goldberg is among those who criticized Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas because the court should “reconsider” past decisions that gave access to contraception and marriage equality.
With his follow-up opinion in the court’s decision on Friday. Dobbsv. Jackson Women’s Health OrganizationThis resulted Against Rowe WadeThomas said the court “should consider the precedent of all substantive judgments in this court, including Griswold, Lawrence, s OberfefelCases that legalized contraception, same-sex relationships, and same-sex marriages, respectively, in the United States.
“Because the decision of any substantive judgment is ‘obviously wrong,'” wrote Thomas. “We have a duty to correct the ‘mistake’ made in these precedents.”
Since then, several commentators, including Samuel L. Jackson, have noted that Thomas’ opinion was not clearly related to the court’s decision. love against virginiaWhich allowed for racial marriages like those of Thomas and his wife.
Goldberg wondered what the court’s position would be in terms of assessing rights that were not explicitly stated in the original version of the Constitution.
“What’s next, as Clarence Thomas points out?” “They want to get off contraception,” Goldberg said in a lengthy discussion on Monday. Vision Friday dobbs Ruler and what follows. “Do you understand, sir?” No, because it is not necessary to use it. …
He also suggested that the court might want to revive the “three-fifths paragraph” concerning enslaved people.
“We weren’t in the constitution either,” Goldberg said of himself and Thomas. “We weren’t even people in the constitution. … It’s better to hope that nobody says you’re not in the Constitution. You’re back in the human neighborhood, because it won’t work either.”
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough also criticized Thomas’ view on Monday. joao in the morningShe talked about reconsidering contraceptive rights. He talked about same-sex marriage, how to open it. He discussed what adults can do to consent to the privacy of their bedroom, which should be considered. But for some reason he didn’t speak. Caring. “…he wasn’t talking about racial marriages.”
He continued, “I saw that it was typical of these Republicans, this appeal to Republicans for ‘life support’ and what they would do for their own children, what they would do for their loved ones if there was a medical crisis, and yet what would they do for their own children? they wouldn’t do it for poor women in rural states thousands of miles away where she could have safe procedures.
