Certain conservatives drive progressives crazy: Dan Quayle, George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, Dick Cheney, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas come to mind. Here is a New York Times op-ed column about Justices Scalia and Thomas.

Addendum: Case in point: Do you think this story would have been written if the justice in question were (say) Ruth Bader Ginsburg rather than Clarence Thomas?