Justice Thomas Defends Ruling on Finance

NY Times: “‘I found it fascinating that the people who were editorializing against it were The New York Times Company and The Washington Post Company,’ Justice Thomas said. ‘These are corporations.’ . . . Justice Thomas would not directly address the controversy over Mr. Obama’s criticism of the Citizens United ruling or Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s mouthed ‘not true’ in response. But he did say he had stopped attending the addresses. ‘I don’t go because it has become so partisan and it’s very uncomfortable for a judge to sit there,” he said.’”

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