Clarence Thomas and his wife have been scrutinized by the public.
The liberal justice said that he was a man who cared about the court.
Democrats want Thomas to resign over his wife's attempt to overturn the election.
Justice Clarence Thomas, who is facing scrutiny over his wife's involvement in trying to overturn the 2020 election, was praised by Justice Sotomayor.
At the American Constitution Society's annual convention on Thursday, she told them that he cared about the people who worked on the court.
In response to a question about how she cultivates relationships with her conservative colleagues, she said that she was a liberal judge. The most conservative justice on the bench is Thomas, who was appointed by George H.W. Bush.
I think I have disagreed with him more than any other justice. We haven't joined each other's opinions more than anyone else. Justice Thomas is the only justice in the building who knows the name of every employee. Everyone of them.
Justice Thomas believes that everyone can pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Some people cannot get to their bootstraps on their own.
She said that they shared a common understanding about people and kindness towards them. I can be friends with him and still fight over our differences of opinion.
Last month's leaked draft opinion of the Supreme Court did not come up in her remarks.
The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that a conservative pro-Trump lawyer, John Eastman, promoted a fringe legal theory that then-vice president Mike Pence could throw out electors from key battleground states as Congress met to certify Joe Biden's win.
According to reports, Ginni Thomas urged Republican lawmakers in Arizona to overturn Biden's win in the state. In the days after the election, Ginni Thomas sent a number of text messages to the White House chief of staff, urging him not to concede the election.
The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot has possession of those messages. She will be meeting with the congressional panel.
It's not clear if Justice Thomas was aware of his wife's advocacy surrounding the election and if he has not disqualified himself from any case related to the January 6 Capitol riot. Several Democrats have called for Thomas to be removed from Supreme Court cases. Some members of the party want Thomas to resign.
Pascrell, a Democrat from New Jersey, called for Thomas to step down on Thursday.
"Over the last few years, we have become numb to bad acts by powerful actors, but Clarence and Ginni Thomas have participated in one of the worst breeches of trust ever seen in our court system," Pascrell said. Clarence Thomas is a corrupt judge who has ruined the High Court.
Clarence Thomas should resign for the sake of our democracy.
The Supreme Court is expected to issue a series of controversial decisions regarding abortion, guns, and religion in the coming days and weeks.
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