Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas is speaking out and defending the courts decision to give corporations free speech rights... to the chagrin of the MSM and the special interest groups that what to limit free speech in America.

New York Times article

Justice Defends Ruling on Finance

WASHINGTON — In expansive remarks at a law school in Florida, Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday vigorously defended the Supreme Court’s recent campaign finance decision....

....And Justice Thomas explained that he did not attend State of the Union addresses — he missed the dust-up when President Obama used the occasion last week to criticize the court’s decision — because the gatherings had turned so partisan.

Justice Thomas responded to several questions from students at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Fla., concerning the campaign finance case, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. By a 5-to-4 vote, with Justice Thomas in the majority, the court ruled last month that corporations had a First Amendment right to spend money to support or oppose political candidates.

“I found it fascinating that the people who were editorializing against it were The New York Times Company and The Washington Post Company,” Justice Thomas said. “These are corporations.”...

“I don’t go because it has become so partisan and it’s very uncomfortable for a judge to sit there,” he said, adding that “there’s a lot that you don’t hear on TV — the catcalls, the whooping and hollering and under-the-breath comments.”

... and what a commentary on the sad state of our congress and administration... that a supreme court justice would feel the need to boycott the annual State of the Union addresses by our presidents... because of crass "catcalls" and "under-the-breath comments" coming from our congressional delegates.

Justice Thomas is once again proving himself a man of principle... would that that could be said for members of our other two branches of government.

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