Clarence Thomas Understands Why The Constitution And A Progressive Worldview Are Incompatible

The Supreme Court justice explains how God, natural rights, and human equality inform the Constitution.

The easiest way to misunderstand Justice Clarence Thomas’s recent speech at the University of Texas is as a conventional swipe at contemporary progressives. His target was instead deeper and older: the capital-P Progressive challenge to the American Founding itself.

Appearing in Austin as part of a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas framed the issue as one of first principles. “The Constitution is the means of government,” he said, and “it is the Declaration that announces the ends of government.”

Indeed, the American system is bigger than mere elections or policy outcomes. It’s defined by a moral claim about human equality and natural rights, and by a constitutional structure designed to secure them.

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Ilya Shapiro is a senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute.