Clarence Thomas erupts on his own chief justice
Scathing dissent in 5-4 ruling against restrictions on abortion
By WND StaffPublished June 29, 2020 at 7:42pm
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas in a documentary on his life, "Created Equal." (Manifold Productions)
In a scathing rebuke Monday of a ruling supported by Chief Justice Roberts against abortion restrictions, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling has no constitutional basis and must be overruled.
Thomas issued the dissent in the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in June Medical Services v. Russo to strike down a Louisiana law. The law requires that individuals who perform abortions at clinics have admitting privileges in a nearby hospital.
The majority found the law unconstitutional, concluding it places an undue burden on women seeking abortions.
But in his 20-page dissent, Thomas called the right to an abortion an erroneous precedent grounded in a "legal fiction."
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