‘Great headline, slimeballs’: Would the NYT have run this hit piece if Clarence Thomas leaned Left?

New York Times Politics’ headline and intro about Supreme Court justices’ written opinions makes Clarence Thomas sound like a flat-out plagiarist:

You have to read deep into the article to run across the part where they say Thomas’ opinions aren’t really that different from those of some other justices:

Seriously, NYT?

That is so very true.