Sonia Sotomayor says she and Clarence Thomas share a 'common understanding about people and kindness'
CNN
As the Supreme Court prepares for the end of the most tumultuous term in decades, and the justices race to issue opinions on highly divisive issues, Justice Sonia Sotomayor appeared before a liberal audience in Washington on Thursday and discussed her relationship with her ideological opposite: Justice Clarence Thomas.
"I have probably disagreed with him more than any other justice," Sotomayor said of the conservative justice. But, she said, the two maintain a friendship, in part because he is a "man who cares deeply about the court as an institution -- about the people who work here."
"He has a very different vision than I do about how to help people ... and about their responsibilities to help themselves," Sotomayor said at an event hosted by the American Constitution Society. "I have often said to people that Justice Thomas believes that every person can pull themselves up by their bootstraps. I believe that some people can't get to their bootstraps without help -- they need someone to help them lift their foot up so that they can reach."
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