Judge Amul Thapar: "Clarence Thomas and the Constitutional Stories that Define Him"
The Rich Zeoli Show
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🗓️ 20 June 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Judge Amul Thapar—serves as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest book, “The People’s Justice: Clarence Thomas and the Constitutional Stories that Define Him.” Judge Thapar explains that Justice Thomas is frequently, and unjustly, the target of criticism due to his originalist judicial philosophy. What is originalism? How does it preserve the U.S. Constitution and protect individual liberties? Judge Thapar tells a story about an event at Yale University honoring Justice Thomas—and how Justice Thomas took time to speak with every person in attendance, including the staff! You can learn more about the book here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Peoples-Justice/Amul-Thapar/9781684514526
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| 0:00.0 | Thanks for listening to the C.O. Lee show podcast from talk radio 1210 W.P.D. and the honesty app some breaking news here today on this |
| 0:10.9 | Tuesday |
| 0:12.4 | When it comes to i95 in Pennsylvania just broke that i95 temporary lanes at the collapse site |
| 0:20.4 | Will open to traffic this weekend according to governor Josh Shapiro |
| 0:25.2 | He said that the temporary lanes in i95 in both directions |
| 0:30.1 | and saturday said would open within two weeks which be around july first now they're saying it should open this weekend |
| 0:37.1 | Which is a big deal so the governor just gave an update on that just a few moments ago |
| 0:41.3 | But let's turn our attention shall we to one of my favorite Supreme Court justices Clarence Thomas |
| 0:47.9 | And here with a new book on very very exciting to welcome to the show judge are you there |
| 0:54.4 | Yes, wonderful judge Amal Thupar is with me judge Thupar is on the united states |
| 1:00.8 | Court of appeals for the six circuit and author of the people's justice Clarence Thomas and the constitutional stories that define him |
| 1:07.9 | Thanks for making time. I appreciate it |
| 1:10.2 | Thank you for having me on |
| 1:12.2 | As you wrote this book you uh, I imagine you may be able to answer a question for us, which is why do they come after Clarence Thomas so much all the time |
| 1:22.7 | Yeah, I think this book in part reveals why and I talk about that in the introduction to the book |
| 1:30.7 | And I think it's because he's the ultimate originalist and people are afraid of originalism |
| 1:36.5 | But they don't tell you the true stories. I think if the american people |
| 1:40.2 | knew the true stories of originalism and the true stories of the cases in front of the court |
| 1:46.2 | They might change their view of originalism and even the critics if they gave it an honest read |
| 1:51.6 | Might be surprised by what they found and it's because justice Thomas truly is the people's justice |
| 1:57.8 | Who cares about what the american people put in the document cares about what the american people put in their laws |
| 2:05.3 | And he cares about the real people in front of the court and this book captures it and it shows |
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