A video of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaking candidly about a conversation with then-Senator Joe Biden surfaced earlier this year.
In 1991, when George H. W. Bush nominated Thomas to join the nation’s highest court, Vice President Joe Biden presided over the Senate Judiciary Committee during Thomas’ confirmation hearings.
“Finding out what you mean when you say that you would apply the natural law of philosophy to the constitution is, in my view, the single most important task of this committee,” Biden said at the time.
Biden continued:
I just want to make sure we all know what we’re talking about here, that you and I know — at least — what we’re talking about here. There’s a fervent and aggressive school of thought that wishes to see natural law further inform the Constitution than it does now, argued against by the positivists led by Judge Borg [former Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork.]
Someone may apply it in a way, like Moore, who leads him in a direction that is “liberal.” You may apply it in a way that leads you in a direction that’s conservative, or you may, like many argue, not apply it at all. But it is a fundamental question that is going to be almost impossible for non-lawyers to grasp in an exchange. But you know — and I know — that it is a big, big deal.
In 2020, a correspondent asked Thomas, “Sen. Biden was very focused on natural law. How did that go?”
“Who knows? I have no idea what he was talking about,” Thomas replied. “I have to be perfectly honest with you. You sit there, and you have no idea what they are talking about. All I know is that he was asking me these questions about natural law.”
He continued, “One of the things you do in a hearing is, you have to sit there and look attentively at people who you know have no idea what they’re talking about.”
Vice President Joe Biden’s aides have acknowledged candidly that they frequently do not comprehend what he means when he blurts out bizarre statements.
Following a speech on gun control, he shouted “God Save the Queen” earlier this week. Biden’s “wacky phrases,” which are sometimes mistaken for his “quirky aphorisms,” were discussed by a number of staffers in interviews with Axios, according to the publication, which concluded that “Biden is just being Biden.” CONTINUE READING…