Posted on 06/03/2019 3:37:49 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas dismissed rumors of his impending retirement in an interview at the Supreme Court Historical Society on Monday.
"I have no idea where this stuff comes from," Thomas said, responding to chatter he planned to announce his retirement in June. "One of the things you have to get used to in this business ... is that people can say things about you and for you that have nothing to do with you."
Thomas similarly said an exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture misrepresented his thinking on affirmative action and that he had not been consulted for the exhibit. Thomas's full remarks are scheduled to run on C-SPAN at 10 p.m. Monday.
Thomas previously denied he had any plans to retire in April, saying at Pepperdine University, "I’m not retiring" and seemingly dismissing the suggestion that he planned to leave his post in the next 20 or 30 years.
Thomas is 70 years old. President Trump’s most recent Supreme Court appointee, Brett Kavanaugh, is 54 and replaced Anthony Kennedy, who retired at the age of 82.
“I’m not retiring”
Deo gratias.
And why are there no rumors of RBG, Breyer or Kagan or Satomayor?
That rumor has been going around for about 5 years now. However, if he does choose to retire, during the Trump reign would be a good time to do it.
Maybe they’re just speculating on the next Justice to leave office, since RGB is dead and all.
No one votes better than him on the court. That said: in the past, he’s talked about not staying on the court forever.
Note to liberals - if Thomas retires, he’s getting replaced by another conservative, so the court doesn’t change.
Now is a good time for him to retire. But if he decides he is not ready to retire, he may not get an opportunity to retire under favorable terms for another decade or so.
I hope someday to run into him in an RV Park...really my ONLY bucket list item
Fake News posted everywhere!
Fake news? There really is such a thing on the left? Gosh.
Much agreed.
When MSM ripped him apart over his joke about a hair on a pop can and then dismissed Clinton rape allocations, I left MSM forever!!
He defends the Constitution. i.e.US!!
Yup....he’s very underrated. Not by us, but on the other side. He really has been solid.
“I don’t have a lot of stress,” Thomas said in an interview about his job, joking “I cause stress”
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