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Left says Justice Thomas has ‘blood on his hands’ for 2015 dissent in assault-rifle ban

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaks on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. The associate justice gave the Tocqueville Lecture for the Center for Citizenship &amp; Constitutional Government at the university. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP)

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Liberals who love to hate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas have invented another reason — his opposition to an assault weapons ban in Highland Park, Illinois, in a 2015 court case that upheld the ban.

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