Justice Clarence Thomas, the most staunch originalist (one who interprets the Constitution on the beliefs of the Founding Fathers who created the Constitution) on the Roberts Court, wrote a concurring opinion in which he advocated for the overruling of the Tinker decision. Thomas cited several nineteenth-century cases in which courts rejected students’ free-expression claims. He believed that the federal courts should not intervene in the day-to-day operations of school officials.