Would you have voted to confirm Clarence Thomas?

[Emsworth]

I will have to admit that he was not the most qualified or the brightest candidate. However, despite his lack of scholarly abilities, he does interpret the Constitution quite reasonably in most cases. (There are quite a few cases in which he seems to take an absurd position unsupported by the Constitution--for example, he holds that the President may detain "enemy combatants" essentially without any judicial oversight.)

But yes.

[Emsworth]

Yes!!!

He has proven to be the best Justice on the current Supreme Court.

i agree.

So do I. Although his writing isn't particularly excellent, he does, in my opinion, "preserve and defend" the Constitution more than any of his colleagues. Scalia is a close second in this regard, but his writing (especially in dissent) is absolutely brilliant.

Both of them are quite far ahead of the rest of the Supreme Court, in my opinion.