August 29, 2023 12:43pm EDT
Over 100 former clerks of Justice Thomas sign open letter defending his integrity, independence
112 of Justice Thomas' former clerks say news stories attacking him are 'part of larger attack on the Court' and its 'legitimacy'
EXCLUSIVE – Over 100 former clerks of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote an open letter defending him after recent news articles accused him of bending court ethics, saying that his "integrity is unimpeachable" and "his independence is unshakable."
"As his law clerks, we offer this response. Different paths led us to our year with Justice Thomas, and we have followed different paths since. But along the way, we all saw with our own eyes the same thing: His integrity is unimpeachable," the letter reads.
"And his independence is unshakable, deeply rooted seven decades ago as that young child who walked through the door of his grandparents’ house for a life forever changed," they wrote.
The 112 signatories on the letter include current solicitors general, general counsels, partners at litigation firms and law professors. Three circuit court judges also signed the letter: David Stras on the 8th Circuit, Jim Ho of the 5th Circuit, and Allison Rushing, 4th Circuit. …
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