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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas grew up with little. He and his younger brother slept on a dirt floor, and their mother struggled to make enough money to feed them. When he was a boy, Thomas\u2019 mother sent him and his brother to live with his grandparents in hopes of a better life.\xa0\n\nThomas\u2019 \u201cgrandfather raised them with an iron fist,\u201d federal appeals court Judge Amul Thapar says, \u201cand this becomes important as you go through his jurisprudence, because there were a couple of things his grandfather did that impacted a young Clarence Thomas.\u201d\xa0\n\nThomas\u2019 grandfather taught him that complaining accomplished nothing, that education was invaluable, and to think for himself, Thapar says. Those principles, he says, have influenced Thomas, now 75, as a Supreme Court justice.\xa0\n\nBut despite Thomas\u2019 commitment to the Constitution, he has faced criticism from the Left over the years, something Thapar contends is a result of the justice\u2019s loyalty to judicial originalism.\xa0\n\u201cCritics need a caricature because they don't like originalism,\u201d Thapar says. \u201cWhy? What is originalism at its heart? It returns the power to the American people.\u201d\xa0\n\nIn his new book \u201cThe People's Justice: Clarence Thomas and the Constitutional Stories that Define Him,\u201d Thapar details how Thomas has sought through his time on the bench since 1991 to return power to the American people.\xa0\n\nThapar, elevated to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by then-President Donald Trump in 2017, joins \u201cThe Daily Signal Podcast\u201d to share stories of Thomas\u2019 life and his legacy as a Supreme Court justice.\nEnjoy the show!\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.