Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said a draft decision leaked earlier this month has changed the court forever, potentially eroding citizens' trust in the institution.
process, allowing justices to deliberate free of outside pressures, he added, noting the members of the court did not think such a leak"Oh, that’s impossible. No one would ever do that," he said, theorizing how people thought of the Supreme Court’s exclusivity prior to the leak."Now that trust or that belief is gone forever," Thomas claimed.
Thomas also suggested there has been a recent trend to undermine the Supreme Court, challenging its integrity and impartialness — and a new phenomenon of citizens showing up to members’ homes and holding them personally responsible.The justice said, however, the trend was among liberals and that conservatives have not acted in this way.
ALEXANDRIA, VA - MAY 09: Abortion-rights advocates mach in the street to stage a protest outside the house of Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito in the Fort Hunt neighborhood on Monday, May 9, 2022 in Alexandria, VA. "You would never visit Supreme Court justices’ houses when things didn’t go our way. We didn’t throw temper tantrums. I think it is ... incumbent on us to always act appropriately and not to repay tit-for-tat," Thomas said.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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