“The court was thought to be the least dangerous branch and we may have become the most dangerous,” the Supreme Court Justice said. “And I think that’s problematic.”
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaks on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. The associate justice gave the Tocqueville Lecture for the Center for Citizenship & Constitutional Government at the university. on Thursday criticized some in the judiciary for veering into the role of legislators and politicians, saying it is not the role of judges to make policy or to base decisions on their personal feelings or religious beliefs.
“The court was thought to be the least dangerous branch and we may have become the most dangerous,” Thomas said. “And I think that’s problematic.”Thomas is the most senior justice on a court that grew more conservative under President Donald Trump, who placed three justices on the court. Thomas has called on the court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that extended abortion rights across the country, and he was one of four justices who would have overturned Roe in a 1992 decision, during his first term on the court.
At one point during the lecture three protesters stood and yelled “I still believe Anita Hill.” They were escorted out of the auditorium without incident; the crowd then stood and applauded.
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