Clarence Thomas takes aim at media, warns against politicizing SCOTUS

Justice Clarence Thomas is defending the independence of the Supreme Court amid media criticism that he and his eight colleagues are just politicians in robes — saying the categorization is going to “jeopardize any faith in the legal institutions.”

“I think the media makes it sound as though you are just always going right to your personal preference,” Thomas, 73, said during a lecture at the University of Notre Dame on Thursday, the Washington Post reported.

“So if they think you are anti-abortion or something personally, they think that’s the way you always will come out. They think you’re for this or for that. They think you become like a politician,” he said.

“That’s a problem. You’re going to jeopardize any faith in the legal institutions,” he added in the response to a question about misconceptions about the independence of the high court.