Right! And that was Joe when he was 'smart.' He even admitted how dumb he was then, how poorly he did in school. A blowhard nonetheless.

There's a Clarence Thomas biographical video out there that uses some of that same short clip paired with interview comments he made about what he was thinking at the time. It's actually the most common video search result you'll find for the hearing.

I didn't want to use that version in this comment since it veers off subject, but you could find it easily if curioud enough. I find it interesting in his interview that he claims he had no idea what Biden was talking about related to Natural Law. Either it's clipped without full context or Thomas is being intentionally obtuse.

He wrote many academic papers about Natural Law before he was a Justice. He knows full well what Natural Law is vs. Positive Law jurisprudence. He clearly favored Natural Law earlier in his academic and legal career. I don't know why he claims otherwise in his biography interview about that hearing. I've not been able to put that piece of the puzzle together yet.