Washington D.C., Aug 21, 2008 / 02:50 am
Sen. Barack Obama’s weekend remarks demeaning the quality of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ jurisprudence and legal thought brought harsh criticism from defenders of Thomas this week.
Speaking on Saturday at a televised presidential candidates’ forum at the Saddleback Church megachurch in Lake Forest California, Obama answered church pastor Rick Warren’s request to name a Supreme Court Justice he would not have appointed.
Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, named Clarence Thomas.
"I don't think that he was a strong enough jurist or legal thinker at the time for that elevation, setting aside the fact that I profoundly disagree with his interpretations of a lot of the Constitution," Obama explained, according to Cybercast News Service.