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04075aim a22004095a 4500 001 51B69D3A940511EE938C1F5A49ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231206010040 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 230623s2023 xxunnn es z n eng d 020 $a 164555712X 020 $a 9781645557128 028 42 $a MWT15961364 040 $a Midwest $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Thapar, Amul Roger, $d 1969- $e author. 245 14 $a The People's Justice : $b Clarence Thomas and the Constitutional Stories that Define Him $h [electronic resource] / $c Amul Thapar. 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a [United States] : $b Oasis Audio, $c 2023. 300 $a 1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 48 min.)) : $b digital. 506 $a Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 $a Read by Charles Constant. 520 $a Justice Clarence Thomas: The compassionate heart beneath the robe. No Supreme Court justice has come from humbler circumstances than Clarence Thomas, yet critics denounce him as the "cruelest justice," a heartless traitor to his race who cynically sacrifices justice to ideology. In this provocative new book, Judge Amul Thapar demolishes that caricature. Exploring the human stories behind twelve illustrative cases on which Justice Thomas has ruled, he demonstrates the coherence of Thomas's judicial philosophy and the profound humanity on which it rests. It is precisely because of his fidelity to the Framers' original meaning that he can respond to the struggles of ordinary Americans. In a death penalty case, Thomas demands that the Court take into account the lives shattered in a murderous rampage. In a powerful dissent, he describes the ordeal of the citizen crippled by chronic pain whose only medical relief the courts have taken away. From Thapar's gripping narrative of these and ten other compelling stories, Clarence Thomas emerges as a champion of equal justice under law. "Finding the right answer," Justice Thomas has observed, "is often the least difficult problem." What is needed is "the courage to assert that answer and stand firm in the face of the constant winds of protest and criticism." That courage-along with wisdom and compassion-shines on every page of this book. Justice Clarence Thomas: The compassionate heart beneath the robe. No Supreme Court justice has come from humbler circumstances than Clarence Thomas, yet critics denounce him as the "cruelest justice," a heartless traitor to his race who cynically sacrifices justice to ideology. In this provocative new book, Judge Amul Thapar demolishes that caricature. Exploring the human stories behind twelve illustrative cases on which Justice Thomas has ruled, he demonstrates the coherence of Thomas's judicial philosophy and the profound humanity on which it rests. It is precisely because of his fidelity to the Framers' original meaning that he can respond to the struggles of ordinary Americans. Amul Thapar, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, grew up in Toledo, Ohio, the son of immigrants from India. A graduate of Boston College and the University of California at Berkeley Law School, he served as a U.S. attorney and district court judge before his appointment to the appellate court in 2017. He and his wife have three children and live in Covington, Kentucky. 538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 10 $a Thomas, Clarence, $d 1948- 650 0 $a Law $x Political aspects. 650 0 $a Political questions and judicial power $z United States. 650 0 $a Judges $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Constitutional law $z United States. 700 1 $a Constant, Charles. 710 2 $a hoopla digital. 856 40 $u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/15959832?utm_source=MARC $z Instantly available on hoopla. 856 42 $z Cover image $u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/oas_9781645557128_180.jpeg 941 $a 1 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20231206013358.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=51B69D3A940511EE938C1F5A49ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search