In this particular case it's Uncle Tom on the supreme court. He absolutely would be a big fat sad nobody if he hadn't been a black man with a fancy pants law degree despite his mediocre grades in law school.
Gosh, that's a pretty offensive thought to memorialize in print. What makes you call him an Uncle Tom other than the fact he doesn't seem to play on the (D) team?
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein