25 June 2019
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How Clarence Thomas views race
Glenn Loury speaks with legal historian Scott Gerber, author of the book First Principles: The Jurisprudence of Clarence Thomas.
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In this video:
- Scott’s book, First Principles: The Jurisprudence of Clarence Thomas
- The influence of the Declaration of Independence on the Constitution
- Does Thomas want to invalidate the administrative state?
- Why Thomas cares about desegregation more than integration
- Does it matter what slave owners like Thomas Jefferson thought about liberty?
- Thurgood Marshall vs. Thomas on the Constitution
- Thomas’s views on voting rights
- Jefferson, Lincoln, King, Thomas?
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