"The Mummy Speaks!"

It's interesting that there seems to be no test, put into actual practice, of whether or not a sitting US Supreme Court justice is competent to hold that high office. I question Clarence Thomas's competence, to say nothing of his character. Many others also have their doubts, with ample justification. Also noteworthy is the fact that the case itself, (a capital case out of Louisiana) which may have elicited a hearty guffaw from "Justice" Thomas, centers around the ominous possibility that some SCOTUS justices may be entertaining thoughts of overturning, or dramatically altering the ruling handed down in 1963's landmark Gideon v. Wainwright. "Gideon" had the effect of mandating that states provide legal counsel to defendants accused of felony offenses. Prior to Gideon, the state of Florida, whence the case originated, only mandated that an attorney be appointed to indigent defendants in capital cases. Several other states were equally negligent in providing defendants their constitutionally-guaranteed right to counsel. I shiver when I imagine an American legal landscape devoid of the progressive results finally obtained by the historic case brought by Clarence Earl Gideon. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/14/clarence-thomas-speaks_n_2473316.html