âThe Viewâ co-host Whoopi Goldberg insists that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas floated the possibility of overturning the decision legalizing interracial marriage.
During a segment on Wednesday, Goldberg said, âWhat the Democrats seem to be running on is also protecting everyoneâs rights, regardless, whoever you love or whoever youâre married to if youâre married â I donât know.â
âBut theyâre trying to make sure that the rights you are so easily able to give away, weâre trying to hold on and say actually you canât do that. Especially for a lot of folks who are also married interracially, which is coming up,â she continued.
However, co-host Joy Behar interjected, âWell, Clarence Thomas is not going to move on that one because his wife is white.â
âWell letâs find out. Heâs the one who sort of brought it up,â Goldberg insisted.
When Behar asked if he did, Goldberg said, âYes, he did. Yes, he did.â
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Co-host Sunny Hostin noted that Thomas, in his concurring opinion in the decision overturning Roe v. Wade, suggested that rulings on same-sex marriage, same-sex intimacy and contraception should be revisited by the court.
However, she pointed out that Thomas did not bring up Loving v. Virginiawhich struck down laws banning interracial marriage.
Still, Goldberg insisted, âIâm telling you, when he spoke about all the things that could go, this was one of the things he brought up.â
After coming back from a commercial break, she said, âWhen we were talking about Loving v. Virginia, this is what Clarence said, he said his concurring opinion is we should reconsider all of the Courtâs substantive due process precedents including Griswold, and then he went on to name them.â
âWhen you say âall,â I think youâre talking about all of them, and youâre not playing,â Goldberg added.
However, Thomasâ concurring opinion did not include Loving in the list of decisions that he believes should be revisited.
Goldberg has previously suggested that Loving could face a challenge, as IJR reported.
âYou better hope they donât come for you, Clarence, and say that you should not be married to your wife who happens to be white,â Goldberg said in June, adding, âYou better hope that nobody says well, you know, youâre not in the Constitution, youâre back to being a quarter of a person. Cause thatâs not going to work either.â
