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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Jun 28, 2022, 12:13 PM Jun 2022

Clarence Thomas blames Americans for Supreme Court's erosions of rights: "You protect your liberty" [View all]

Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said that Americans are "more interested in their iPhones than their Constitution," according to a recently released book.

"I think we as citizens have lost interest and that's been my disappointment," Thomas said in an interview. "That certainly was something that bothered Justice Scalia, that people tend to be more interested in their iPhones than their Constitution. They're interested in what they want rather than what is right as a country."

The justice's remarks were featured in "Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words," a book written by Michael Pack and Mark Paoletta, who interviewed Thomas for more than 30 hours between November 2017 and March 2018. In the book, Thomas argued that America's alleged lack of interest in the Constitution might lead to a loss of personal liberty.

"You protect your liberty. It's your country. [The Supreme Court is] one part of the effort, and it is the obligation of the citizens to at least know what their liberties are and to be informed," he said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/clarence-thomas-blames-americans-for-supreme-court-s-erosions-of-rights-you-protect-your-liberty/ar-AAYWY6U

So it's our fault for not keeping you in check? You're like the abusive husband/boyfriend who beats his significant other screaming, "See what you made me do!!!!"

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