Clarence Thomas on Government Reform Supreme Court Justice (nominated by Pres. Bush Sr. 1991)

Limited role for courts; narrow Constitional interpretation

Thomas, sees limited role for the court; reads constitutional guarantees narrowly.

Judges should not impose their will, but just interpret law

JUDGE THOMAS: The role of a judge is a limited one. It is to interpret the intent of Congress, the legislation of Congress, to apply that in specific cases, and to interpret the Constitution, where called upon, but at no point to impose his or her will or his or her opinion in that process, but, rather, to go to the traditional tools of constitutional interpretation or adjudication, as well as to statutory construction.