Learn more

A Slate legal analyst pointed to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ latest majority decision on Friday declaring the gun attachment bump stocks different from machine guns because the trigger must be depressed. Speaking about the ruling on MSNBC, Dahlia Lithwick explained that there are two different stories. First there is the ruling. Second, she said, there is a determination of reality. “I don’t think there’s any other way to read Clarence Thomas’ page after page of, sort of, gun-fetish fan fiction,” Lithwick explained. “He accompanied the [ruling] with photos and images and lots of sub…