Clarence Thomas Says The Supreme Court Won’t Be ‘Bullied’

// [As a society,] we are becoming addicted to wanting particular outcomes, not living with the outcomes we don’t like. We can’t be an institution that can be bullied into giving you just the outcomes you want. The events from earlier this week are a symptom of that.

— Justice Clarence Thomas, in comments given about protests over the leaked draft Dobbs opinion, during his appearance on Friday at the 11th Circuit Judicial Conference. The high court’s draft opinion in Dobbs would overrule Roe and Casey, throwing reproductive rights back to the states (many of which have been toying with laws that effectively ban abortion).

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