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== Comparison with Justice Scalia ==
== Comparison with Justice Scalia ==
[[File:Donald Trump and Clarence Thomas.jpg|thumb|250px|President Trump and Justice Thomas, June 2018]]
Thomas is most often compared to Justice [[Antonin Scalia]], both support overturning ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'', both reject the existence of a [[Negative Commerce Clause]], both feel that the only restriction on how prisons treat inmates is what actually constitutes [[Cruel and Unusual Punishment]] under the [[Eighth Amendment]], and both support strong [[sovereign immunity]] for states by virtue of the [[Eleventh Amendment]].<ref>''[[Cent. Va. Cmty. College v. Katz]]'', 546 U.S. 356 (2006) (Thomas and Scalia, JJ., dissenting).</ref>
Thomas is most often compared to Justice [[Antonin Scalia]], both support overturning ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'', both reject the existence of a [[Negative Commerce Clause]], both feel that the only restriction on how prisons treat inmates is what actually constitutes [[Cruel and Unusual Punishment]] under the [[Eighth Amendment]], and both support strong [[sovereign immunity]] for states by virtue of the [[Eleventh Amendment]].<ref>''[[Cent. Va. Cmty. College v. Katz]]'', 546 U.S. 356 (2006) (Thomas and Scalia, JJ., dissenting).</ref>