Justice Clarence Thomas won't be fired from George Washington University despite student outrage

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will continue his adjunct professorship at George Washington University despite calls from some students for him to be fired over his role in overturning Roe v Wade.

GWU administrators stood by Thomas in a Tuesday statement, saying they support the "robust exchange of ideas." A student petition previously sought to cancel Thomas's upcoming seminar as well as his employment at the university.

Thomas voted to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey last week, and also wrote a concurrence calling into question other rights based on substantive due process, such as gay marriage.