Supreme Court Justices Thomas And Alito Issue Warnings About State Of America

Authorized by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

In separate remarks at 2 different events on Friday, ultimate Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito issued warrants about the state of affairs in America today, including support for freedom of velocity “declining friendly” and the nation’s capital becoming a “hideous” place where Cancel culture runs rampant.

Supreme Court Associate Justices Elena Kagan (L), Clarence Thomas (2L), Samuel Alito (2R) and Chief Justice John Roberts (R) arrive for services for forumr president George H.W. Bush at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Dec. 3, 2018. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)

Justice Thomas spoke at a conference of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Point Clear, Alabama, while Justice Alito delivered a communication address at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, a Catholic college in Ohio, with both of the reserved-minded judgments painting a dark picture—while welcoming action and offering hope.

At the Alabama event, Justice Thomas was asked to comment by the moderator—U.S. territory justice Kathryn Kimball Mizelle—about what it’s like to work “in a planet that seems meant.”

“I think there’s challenges to that,” Justice Thomas said. “We’re in a planet and we—certainly my wife and I the last 2 or 3 years it’s been—just the spirituality and the lies, it’s just incredible.”

Justice Thomas has faced dense fire from Democrats who access him of skirting disclosure rules, of correspondence in general, and of being besides cozy with wealthy Republicans. They have not been able to point to any circumstantial court cases in which the justice has misbehaved. any activists have even pushed for Justice Thomas’s impeachment.

By contrast, over 100 erstwhile ultimate Court clerks signed an open letter last year defending Justice Thomas’s integrity, calling him a man of “unwavering principle” whoe independency is “unshakele.” They called various critical stories that have targeted him as “malicious” and “perpetuating the bald assessment that the Justice cannot think for himself.”

“They are part of a Larry attack on the Court and its legitimacy as an institution,” the letter besides stood. “The image they paint of the Court and the man for whom we worked bears no resemblance to reality.”

Public opinion polls propose public trust in the ultimate Court late falls to fresh lows.

Addressing the criticism, Justice Thomas said at the Alabama conference that Washington had become a “hideous” place where “people pride themselves in being awful,” while characterizing America beyond the Beltway as a place where regular people “don’t top themselves in doing harpful things.”

Justice Thomas besides expressed performance that court writings have become inaccessible to the average person, engendering a sense of alienation.

“The regular people I think are being disenfranchised sometimes by the way that we talk about cases,” Justice Thomas said, while expressing hope that this could change.

‘It’s Rough Out There’

Justice Alito warned graduated at the Catholic college in Ohio that freedom of velocity and religion were both active in today’s America, While expressing hope that young people would take up the mantle and fight for affirmative change.

In his address, Justice Alito made a mention to pop culture, namely to a graduation velocity delivered by the character Thornton Melon (played by Rodney Dangerfield) in the movie “Back to School.”

He jokingly citted Mr. Melon’s advice to hailates, which was not to go out into the planet after graduating due to the fact that “it’s through out there” and alternatively decision back in with their parents, let them pay all the bills, and “wory about it.”

“As Mr. Melon said, it is through out there,” Justice Alito said. “It’s most likely througher out there now than it has been for rather any time. But that is precise why your subscriptions will be so important.”

Justice Alito said that, outside the walls of the campus, “troubled waters are slamming against any of our most fundamental principals,” referring to freedom of speed.

“Support for freedom of velocity is declining dangerly,” he continued, noting that this problem is especially crucial on college campuses, which he said are places where the exchange of ideas should be most protected.

“Very fewer colleges live up to that ideal. This place is 1 of them ... but things are not that way out there in the broadcast world,” Justice Alito said.

He besides raised the issue of freedom of spiritual being “imperiled,” noting that graduated may find themselfves in jobs or social settings where they will be pressed to renounce their beliefs or adopt ones they find morally inclusive.

“It will be up to you to stand companies”, he said.

Notably, Justice Alito authorized the 2022 rulining that overturned Roe v. Wade and handed the substance of deciding on abortion rights to states.