A video of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaking candidly about a conversation with then-Senator Joe Biden surfaced earlier this year.

In 1991, when George H. W. Bush nominated Thomas to join the nation’s highest court, Vice President Joe Biden presided over the Senate Judiciary Committee during Thomas’ confirmation hearings.

“Finding out what you mean when you say that you would apply the natural law of philosophy to the constitution is, in my view, the single most important task of this committee,” Biden said at the time.

Biden continued:

I just want to confirm that we are all on the same page, or at least that you and I are on the same page. Positivists led by Judge Borg [former Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork] contend against a passionate and aggressive school of thought that wants natural law to play a greater role in the Constitution than it does currently.

Someone may employ it in a manner similar to Moore, who guides him in a “liberal” direction. You may apply it in a fashion that leads you in a conservative direction, or, as many argue, you may not apply it at all. However, it is a fundamental question that will be nearly impossible for non-lawyers to comprehend in conversation. But you and I both recognize that this is a major issue.

A journalist questioned Thomas in 2020: “Sen. Biden was very focused on natural law. How did that go?”

“Who knows? I have no idea what he was talking about,” Thomas replied. “I have to be perfectly honest with you. You sit there, and you have no idea what they are talking about. All I know is that he was asking me these questions about natural law.”

He added: “One of the things you do in a hearing is, you have to sit there and look attentively at people who you know have no idea what they’re talking about.”

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Vice President Joe Biden’s aides have acknowledged openly that they frequently do not comprehend what he means when he blurts out bizarre statements.

The most recent happened earlier this week when he yelled “God Save the Queen” following a speech on gun control. Biden’s “wacky phrases,” which are sometimes confused with his “quirky aphorisms,” were discussed by a number of staffers in interviews with Axios, according to the publication, which simply concluded it is “Biden being Biden.”

Further mentioned by Fox News: “Biden bizarrely ended a speech about gun control in Connecticut with the words ‘God Save the Queen’ after noting that he would not be able to shake hands with attendees because a storm was approaching. He also uttered another phrase he once used toward a student who questioned him about his fourth-place standing in the 2020 Iowa caucuses.”

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“Is that the truth? Now, do not make a lie – as that scene in the John Wayne movie – don’t make me a dog-faced, lying, pony-soldier,” Biden said at the time. CONTINUE READING…