Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said a draft decision leaked earlier this month has changed the court forever, potentially eroding citizens' trust in ...

"When you lose that trust, especially in the institution that I’m in, it changes the institution fundamentally. "I do think that what happened at the court is tremendously bad... Wade — has potentially done irreparable harm to people’s trust in the institution, the veteran justice said.

"You begin to look over your shoulder. It's like kind of an infidelity," he said in speech to conservatives.

“There’s such a belief in the rule of law, belief in the court, belief in what we’re doing, that that was verboten.” “When someone uses stare decisis, that means they’re out of arguments,” he said. . . . I have never had issues with members of my race.” At another point, he lamented those who lack “courage.” He continued: “Like they know what is right, and they’re scared to death of doing it. Asked if conservatives were living up to the “mantra” of civility in politics, he said: “They’ve never trashed a Supreme Court nominee. It was one you looked forward to being a part of,” he said. It is addressed at length in Alito’s draft opinion that would overturn Roe. You knew where she was, and she was a nice person to deal with. It’s like kind of an infidelity, that you can explain it, but you can’t undo it.” We actually trusted — we might have been a dysfunctional family, but we were a family.” Wade, and he appeared distrustful of some of his colleagues. He continued: “And look where we are, where now that trust or that belief is gone forever.

Conservative US justice fears permanent damage to 'fragile' institution and decries protests at justices' homes.

“There’s such a belief in the rule of law, belief in the court, belief in what we’re doing, that that was verboten.” The anti-abortion justice continued: “And look where we are, where now that trust or that belief is gone forever. And when you lose that trust, especially in the institution that I’m in, it changes the institution fundamentally. “You would never visit supreme court justices’ houses when things didn’t go our way. “And you need to be concerned about that. “And then I wonder when they’re gone or destabilized, what we’re going to have as a country.”

"You begin to look over your shoulder. It's like kind of an infidelity that you can explain it, but you can't undo it," Thomas said.

"This is not the court of that era," he said, according to The Times: "We actually trusted each other. It's like kind of an infidelity that you can explain it, but you can't undo it," he said. "Although a state may permit abortion, nothing in the Constitution dictates that a state must do so." If the decision is overturned, experts note that a dozen states already have "trigger laws" that would immediately go into effect. "What happened at the court is tremendously bad," Thomas said at a conference sponsored by several conservative and libertarian groups in Dallas on Friday night. "When you lose that trust, especially in the institution that I'm in, it changes the institution fundamentally.

The conservative Thomas, who joined the court in 1991 and has long called for Roe v. Wade to be overturned, described the leak as an unthinkable breach of ...

The conservative Thomas, who joined the court in 1991 and has long called for Roe v. Wade to be overturned, described the leak as an unthinkable breach of ...

“This is not the court of that era,” he said. “Well, I’m just worried about keeping it at the court now,” Thomas responded. They are one of a few groups along with the justices and some administrative staff that has access to draft opinions. Thomas, a nominee of President George H.W. Bush, said it was beyond “anyone’s imagination” before the May 2 leak of the opinion to Politico that even a line of a draft opinion would be released in advance, much less an entire draft that runs nearly 100 pages. Thomas also touched in passing on the protests by liberals at conservative justices’ homes in Maryland and Virginia that followed the draft opinion’s release. The opinion suggests the court is poised to overturn the right to an abortion recognized nearly 50 years ago in Roe v.

Justice Clarence Thomas said the leak of a draft U.S. Supreme Court abortion decision has done deep damage to the institution, undermining trust among its ...

Other states have pre-existing abortion bans, some dating back more than a century. The draft opinion would overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. It’s like kind of an infidelity that you can explain it, but you can’t undo it.”

Justice Clarence Thomas says the Supreme Court has been changed by the leak of a draft opinion signifying the court is set to overturn Roe v.

“This is not the court of that era,” he said. “Well, I’m just worried about keeping it at the court now,” Thomas responded. They are one of a few groups along with the justices and some administrative staff that has access to draft opinions. Thomas, a nominee of President George H.W. Bush, said it was beyond “anyone’s imagination” before the May 2 leak of the opinion to Politico that even a line of a draft opinion would be released in advance, much less an entire draft that runs nearly 100 pages. Thomas also touched in passing on the protests by liberals at conservative justices’ homes in Maryland and Virginia that followed the draft opinion’s release. The opinion suggests the court is poised to overturn the right to an abortion recognized nearly 50 years ago in Roe v.

The Supreme Court's loudest proponent of eliminating abortion rights is worried about institutional legitimacy and civility. He also said conservatives have ...

When asked if conservatives were embodying the civility he preached, Thomas claimed that “they’ve never trashed a Supreme Court nominee. “I do think that what happened at the Court is tremendously bad,” Thomas said. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the Court’s most avowed opponent of the right to an abortion, complained at length at an event on Friday about the recent leak of a draft opinion indicating he and four other conservative justices will soon overturn Roe v.

Justice Clarence Thomas says that the Supreme Court has been changed by the shocking leak of a draft opinion earlier this month.

“This is not the court of that era,” he said. “Well, I’m just worried about keeping it at the court now,” Thomas responded. They are one of a few groups along with the justices and some administrative staff that has access to draft opinions. Thomas, a nominee of President George H.W. Bush, said it was beyond “anyone’s imagination” before the May 2 leak of the opinion to Politico that even a line of a draft opinion would be released in advance, much less an entire draft that runs nearly 100 pages. Thomas also touched in passing on the protests by liberals at conservative justices’ homes in Maryland and Virginia that followed the draft opinion’s release. The opinion suggests the court is poised to overturn the right to an abortion recognized nearly 50 years ago in Roe v.

"When you lose that trust, especially in the institution that I'm in, it changes the institution fundamentally," the Supreme Court justice said Friday.

The shadow docket is a close second," attorney Daniel Goldman, who served as lead counsel in Trump's first impeachment, wrote. It's like kind of an infidelity that you can explain it, but you can't undo it," he said, the Associated Press reported. "When you lose that trust, especially in the institution that I'm in, it changes the institution fundamentally.

Long-serving sitting justice tells right-wing think tank that opinion leak was 'tremendously bad'

More than half the US is expected to quickly or immediately implement restrictions or outright bans on abortion without overarching federal protections. “And then I wonder when they’re gone or destabilized, what we’re going to have as a country.” It’s … kind of an infidelity, that you can explain it, but you can’t undo it.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Clarence Thomas says the Supreme Court has been changed by the shocking leak of a draft opinion earlier this month.

“This is not the court of that era,” he said. “Well, I’m just worried about keeping it at the court now,” Thomas responded. They are one of a few groups along with the justices and some administrative staff that has access to draft opinions. Thomas, a nominee of President George H.W. Bush, said it was beyond “anyone’s imagination” before the May 2 leak of the opinion to Politico that even a line of a draft opinion would be released in advance, much less an entire draft that runs nearly 100 pages. Thomas also touched in passing on the protests by liberals at conservative justices’ homes in Maryland and Virginia that followed the draft opinion’s release. The opinion suggests the court is poised to overturn the right to an abortion recognized nearly 50 years ago in Roe v.

Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas criticized the leak of a draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade for undermining trust at the Court in remarks ...

Mr. Wegman is a member of the editorial board. Thanks to the unparalleled position of power he has held for three decades, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ...

The Supreme Court is not there to vindicate the demands of the majority, but neither is it there to thumb its nose at that majority again and again, in a nakedly partisan way. The Times is committed to publishing a diversity of letters to the editor. If Justice Thomas is genuinely concerned about the eroding faith in his own institution, the first thing he can do is look in the mirror. These days, Justice Thomas and his fellow right-wingers are barely pretending to care about the court’s reputation; they’re just whining about public outrage at their rulings even as they flaunt the most politicized majority in memory. There is no question that the court has become politicized, to its and the nation’s great detriment. At the Friday event — again, remember, sponsored by conservative groups — he claimed that Republicans had “never trashed a Supreme Court nominee.” Yet doesn’t history record that they openly stole a vacancy from President Barack Obama in 2016 by refusing even to give a hearing to his third nominee, Merrick Garland? Au contraire, according to Justice Thomas: Mr. Garland “did not get a hearing, but he was not trashed.” As Tom Cruise’s contract killer in “Collateral” said after shooting a man who then fell out of a tall building, “I shot him. “I can’t imagine what the country would be — with Donald Trump as our president,” she told the Times in a previous interview. Amid the ongoing outcry over the draft opinion, Justice Thomas took another opportunity to bemoan the fragile status of the court during an event on Friday night sponsored by conservative and libertarian groups. First, and please forgive the presumption, but perhaps His Honor has forgotten the reaction to certain cases that reached the Supreme Court — for example, Brown v. This month, at a judicial conference in Atlanta, he expressed concern that declining respect for our institutions “bodes ill for a free society” and that young people today don’t have the same respect for the law as older generations. When the Supreme Court later rejected Mr. Trump’s request to block the release to Congress of White House records that may well include some of Ms. Thomas’s communications, Justice Thomas was the sole dissenter. Wade was leaked to the press — a shocking breach of Supreme Court protocol but, if the draft’s conclusion holds, only the most recent in a growing string of rulings that align suspiciously well with Republican political priorities.

Justice Clarence Thomas describes the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion earlier this month as a breach of trust.

The clerks are one of a few groups, along with the justices and some administrative staff, with access to draft opinions. Thomas also said: “I do think that what happened at the court is tremendously bad. Despite his comments, Thomas seemed in good spirits — laughing heartily at times. It’s, like, kind of an infidelity that you can explain it, but you can’t undo it,” Thomas said while speaking at a conference Friday in Dallas. The opinion suggests the court is poised to overturn the right to abortion recognized nearly 50 years ago in Roe vs. Justice Clarence Thomas says the Supreme Court has been changed by the leak of a draft opinion earlier this month. “You would never visit Supreme Court justices’ houses when things didn’t go our way. Casey, that affirmed Roe’s finding of a constitutional right to abortion. Wade to be overturned, described the leak as an unthinkable breach of trust. No one would ever do that.” We didn’t throw temper tantrums. “When you lose that trust, especially in the institution that I’m in, it changes the institution fundamentally.