News this past week of Justice Clarence Thomas’
hospitalization can be a bit worrisome for those of us
who value, well, justice. While the court should not be
a place that has much occasion for various political
shenanigans to surface, nevertheless the fact is that
the liberal and conservative leaning of judges has a
lot of bearing on how one sees justice and how the
laws of the land will be interpreted. For various
reasons far too long to go into in such a short format
newsletter, politically conservative judges tend to
better match Christian ideals. At the moment, the
Supreme court has six judges considered to be on the
conservative side of the spectrum (and three of which
are more obviously so than the other three), and three
quite liberal judges. Thomas, being a pretty obviously
conservative judge, is one we hope to hold on to
during a liberal presidency. While worry is never
appropriate because God is always on His throne,
praying for Thomas’ healing is quite appropriate, and
it is so for multiple reasons. For our purposes here, we
pray for God to sustain the life of Justice Thomas so
that we can continue to see God work through him
and the other conservative judges for causes and
values we believe to be consistent with a biblical view
of the law and the world. So do be praying for God to
sustain him through this time of illness.