Justice Thomas Bemoans Incivility as Security Prompts Cancellation of In-Person Speech

Justice Thomas Bemoans Incivility as Security Prompts Cancellation of In-Person Speech

During a closed-door session of a legal conference this week, Justice Clarence Thomas expressed concerns that the Supreme Court faced increasing polarization, incivility and security threats, including one that apparently led the justice to appear at the event remotely instead of in-person as planned. In rare remarks, Justice Thomas told a crowd of lawyers and students gathered at American University’s law school that he had hoped to attend the …