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Originally posted by whomod:

Unsurprisingly, Clarence Thomas was right behind Scalia (as usual). It should have been surprising and sort of hypocritical considering Thomas once voiced these words in the halls of Congress during his 1991 nomination hearings

[QUOTE]"I will not provide the rope for my own lynching or for further humiliation. I am not going to engage in discussions, nor will I submit to roving questions of what goes on in the most intimate parts of my private life or the sanctity of my bedroom. These are the most intimate parts of my privacy, and they will remain just that, private."
I think there is a distinction between the two. Thomas doesn't believe there is a right to "privacy" in the Constitution. The "right" Thomas discusses in your quote is the freedom of speech. Very different....however, I will note a slight amount of irony.

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My question is this. Are liberals the ones with "agendas" that threaten the fabric of society or are the only agendas being carried out by the far-right eager to thrust their morality, bigotry, and values on the rest of us.
Why does it have to be one or the other. Don't you assume it is both? People don't organize, raise money, lobby Congress and scream bloody murder if without an agenda. Liberals have an agenda. Conservatives also have an agenda. In fact,I'd argue that for any side with an agenda, there is a counter-agenda organized. Of course there is a liberal agenda, but we counter that with our VAST right wing conspiracy.

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I was always under the impression that The Supreme Court was supposed to be above politics, but when you have Scalia running around accusing his fellow conservative justices of "betrayal" when they rule against positions favoured by the far right (such as Affirmative Action, school prayer,abortion rights), I have to wonder if Scalia thinks conservative justices are merely there as foot soldiers in "culture wars" against the (perceived)left.
The guy really used poor language when he had a legitimate point. If he had just said "this is not a matter for the courts, but rather to be entrusted to the legislature." liberals may have been angry with him, but I think he wouldn't have given him so much ammo.

I'd argue that his inability to see this means he does NOT dwell in the political world. Life appointment means he doesn't have to take responsibility for his words.