The historic Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education which launched the integration of the nation’s school system has been blasted by Justice Clarence Thomas as an “extravagant use of judicial power.” He made the stunning pronouncement in his ruling for the Supreme Court majority which refused in a 6-3 decision Thursday to order redrawn South Carolina congressional boundaries that had been attacked as racially gerrymandered to tip the scales in favor of white voters. Thomas not only argued to let stand the legislative mapping in his concurrent ruling with Justice Samuel Alito, he also…
