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Clarence Thomas

US Supreme Court Justice, 1991 to present

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The court’s longest-serving current justice and a committed originalist, he has argued for limiting federal power and revisiting precedents he views as wrongly decided.

Clarence Thomas sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly traditional on culture, strongly free market on economy and strongly religious on religion. The profile is close to the middle on interventionism.

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Where Clarence Thomas sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Clarence Thomas

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Political views closest to Clarence Thomas

Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…97%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.95%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…95%Fiscal conservatismPrioritizes low taxes, balanced budgets and limited public debt.94%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Steve Petteway, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.