Justice Clarence Thomas defended the Supreme Court ‘s recent rulings overturning long-standing precedents of the high court, as the justices appear poised to overturn a 90-year-old precedent in their upcoming term.

Thomas argued, while speaking at Catholic University Law School, that the high court should not blindly follow precedents to guide current rulings if the established rulings do not respect the law or the country’s legal tradition.

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