Understanding Justice Thomas and Justice Barrett’s Fight Over History

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Understanding Justice Thomas and Justice Barrett’s Fight Over History

It’s unusual to see news articles about disagreements between Supreme Court Justices, especially with phrases like “fed up,” “fighting words,” and “took the gloves off” in the headlines. It’s even more unusual when the dispute in question is between two Justices of the same ideological bent. And yet in recent weeks that’s what has occurred with Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Clarence Thomas. This term, Barrett and Thomas have criticized each oth…