To understand this Supreme Court, watch Clarence Thomas

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : The court upheld the Affordable Care Act, for a third time, in a 7-2 ruling.
58% : On the ideological flip side, he voted to uphold the Affordable Care Act.
56% : The justices are also still considering taking up a case on affirmative action at Harvard University.
51% : Abortion, gun rights, and state funding for religious schools are all on the docket.
50% : But next term, with some blockbuster cases on abortion and gun rights already on the docket, could see the "Thomas court" take on a very different meaning.
36% : He has long been a critic of affirmative action.
35% : Earlier this year a solo concurrence he wrote in 2019 associating abortion with eugenics began to gain traction in lower federal courts.

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