So during an interview in 2018, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas described how he

saw his role as a justice on the highest court.

I have an obligation because I am a judge, I'm an article three judge, that as a judge

you don't get to be on one team or the other.

You have to think independently in order to live up to the oath that you take.

The interview was for the right wing site, the daily caller, and the interviewer.

Well, it was Justice Thomas's wife, Jenny Thomas.

And the best part of being a justice?

It's first of all, it's, it'd be impossible without you.

I have to be honest.

I mean, it would be, it's sort of like, how do you run with one leg?

You can't.

That comment raised some eyebrows because Jenny Thomas is a longtime conservative activist

whose views became more public through her ardent support of former president Donald Trump.

Later in 2018, on CNN, conservative political commentator Bill Crystal brushed off that

remark from Justice Thomas.

I don't think there's really a story here.

There's zero evidence that Justice Thomas has voted some way on a case because of his wife's

views.

I mean, he's a very consistent judge.

Yeah, about that.

I mean, I think that's a question that there is complete separation between Justice Thomas's

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