Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick is nobody's idea of a "Marxist judge."
He was appointed to the bench in 2016 by conservative Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R). Before that, Bolick spent decades in the trenches of the conservative and libertarian legal movements. As a young lawyer in the Reagan administration, Bolick worked with Clarence Thomas, who became a close friend and godfather to one of his sons. As a public interest litigator, Bolick battled affirmative action, championed school choice, advocated federalism, and helped to overturn a host of economic regulations.
Yet now Bolick is drawing fire from prominent supporters of President Donald Trump. Why? Because Bolick has spoken out against what he views as the Trump administration's dangerous attacks on the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law.
