The Supreme Court Quoted Lysander Spooner?

In the recent Supreme Court decision striking down Chicago's handgun ban, Clarence Thomas quoted Lysander Spooner in his opinion!

Abolitionist authors wrote in support of the right. See L. Spooner, The Unconstitution-ality of Slavery 66

The justification was that the Federal government overrode state laws regarding chattel slavery. Therefore, the Federal government may override state laws regarding gun ownership.

It seems odd to quote Lysander Spooner. He isn't widely recognized as a State expert. That would be like the Supreme Court quoting my blog.

It's simultaneously encouraging and frustrating. It's encouraging, that the Supreme Court read and endorsed Lysander Spooner. It's frustrating that the Supreme Court can read Lysander Spooner and be pro-State trolls.

Do high-ranking State insiders know the truth? Do they know that government is a criminal conspiracy and should be eliminated? It's hard to tell. Maybe some clever law clerk slipped in the Lysander Spooner reference.