Summary
Clarence Thomas criticized the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals for ignoring Supreme Court precedent in a case involving David Smith, convicted of attempted murder, whose sentence was overturned due to procedural concerns.
Thomas argued the court violated the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act by re-evaluating evidence rather than deferring to previous rulings.
Critics highlighted Thomas’s hypocrisy, noting his role in overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022, disregarding decades of precedent and leading to abortion bans in over 20 states.
It’s nuance that doesn’t matter.
The fact is that this Supreme Court is a joke, and why should anyone respect it in any way?
He is the one who destroyed the credibility of the court. The precedent that the SC has set is that precedent doesn’t matter. The judge should do what he thinks is fair. He shouldn’t be bound by rules that very clearly don’t bind anyone else, including the fifth district court.