Elie Mystal
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 1 Jul
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I am not making this up.
Clarence Thomas's actual argument here is that the slaves were properly domiciled in the United States because they had no intention to leave.
That once they were brought over here, this is what they say.
This is what they're actually saying is because when they were brought over here, that broke their allegiance.
That's another word that they like to throw around there.
Where do you have allegiances?
They broke their allegiance to their home countries in Africa.
And since they had no longer allegiance to their home countries in Africa, the enslaved Americans were properly domiciled in the United States of America.
That's his argument.
Clarence Thomas then goes further to say that the 14th Amendment should and only should apply to black people, not anybody else, not Latinos, not Native Americans, not Mexicans, not Costa Rican, only applies to black people.
Taji Brown called them out directly on that because she said that Clarence Thomas is always talking about a colorblind Constitution.
But all of a sudden, now the 14th Amendment can only apply to black folks.
That's a little bit of hypocrisy there.
But these are the arguments that they're making.
Emma, you're right that John Roberts didn't go for those arguments.
Thank God.
I mean, John Roberts was like, that's too far for me.
And it looks like Amy Coney Barrett was with him, although Amy Coney Barrett didn't write separately.
So we don't fully know what she thinks, but she joined Roberts's opinion in full.
So, yes, that argument right now does not have five votes to support it.
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