Clarence Thomas Insists That He Isn't A Partisan Hack Either

[Nevilledog]

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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the deeply conservative justice who has reliably voted in favor of the GOP’s agenda from the bench, complained on Thursday that his critics were “going to jeopardize any faith in the legal institutions.”

“I think the media makes it sound as though you are just always going right to your personal preference,” the justice lamented during a lecture at the University of Notre Dame. “So if they think you are anti-abortion or something personally, they think that’s the way you always will come out. They think you’re for this or for that. They think you become like a politician.”

Thomas also seemed to take aim at progressives’ push to expand the Supreme Court in wake of Republicans’ repeated hijacking of the high court in recent years.

National leaders have “lost the capacity” to “not allow others to manipulate our institutions when we don’t get the outcomes that we like,” said Thomas.

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[madaboutharry]

1. There will always be those with zero self-awareness.

It actually is rather amazing.

[leftieNanner]

2. Now, now, let's be fair

Clarence is totally apolitical.

It's his wife Ginni that's the problem.

[Beausoleil]

3. Sounds like there's been a decision by the right-wing side of the court

To explain that when they overturn Roe v. Wade, it won't be for political reasons! Covering their asses big time, they just can't wait for the opportunity. We all know it's coming, so they should just shut up.

[brush]

6. Yeah, Coney Barrett, did much the same thing a few days ago.

IMO she's a walking, talking oxymoron. I mean how can a woman be an orginalist?

[crud]

21. eeeeyup...

[Sneederbunk]

4. We will be the judge of that.

[madashelltoo]

5. Right. Believe that? Try this.

The sun ain’t hot and the moon is made of cheese.

[maxsolomon]

7. Motherfucker is only 73.

He's going to plague the bench for another decade, min.

America = fucked.

[MagickMuffin]

8. "not allow others to manipulate our institutions when we don't get the outcomes that we like"

Like election results, where your wife Ginny paid for the buses for the insurrectionists.


Yeah right!

[lagomorph777]

15. Yeah, like that.

[RKP5637]

9. NEVER, should have made it to SCOTUS! n/t

[empedocles]

19. How the rw ['cackled' my recollected word] at thomas getting theThurgood Marshall seat.

Such a travesty

[Marius25]

10. They're probably doing this because they're going to overturn Roe

and they want to get in front of the accusations of partisanship.

[edhopper]

11. And no word

about the 3 seats McConnell and the Repugs stole?

[UTUSN]

12. Hah! - thought the title was BOROWITZ or The Onion!

[iscooterliberally]

13. "going to jeopardize any faith in the legal institutions." ??

Um...yeah...it's the 'institutions' that we don't have faith in. Sure, yeah, that's the ticket. Our institutions would be just fine without clogging them up with assholes like Clarence Thomas, Amy Coney Barrett and Justice Boofoo McGangrape just to name a few.

[lagomorph777]

14. Glad to see they are acting nervous.

I think that's a sign that our politicians are seriously threatening to repair SCROTUS.

I sure hope the anxiety of Thomas and Barrett are well-founded.

We need to expand SCROTUS to 13.

[Baitball Blogger]

16. The worst scoundrels will never miss a chance to declare their innocence.

[JohnSJ]

17. Problem with that lame excuse is his wife going around spreading trump lies and conspiracy talking

points

[BlueJac]

18. Self righteous asshole

[genxlib]

22. Name one aberration

Just one where he did not take the conservative side.

If that isn’t the follow up question to him then the press isn’t serious. But we knew that.

[WHITT]

23. Yet Another One

Squealin' like a stuck pig. They're worried there wouldn't be much opposition to expanding the court.

[BootinUp]

24. Is This The Man Who

Goes to right wing political gatherings / retreats where they plan how exert more control over the judiciary and the government in general?

[Stallion]

25. He Voted to Stop Counting Votes in an Election-'Nuff Said

they should never live that down