Justice Clarence Thomas, ‘Remarks on the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence’

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas speaks at the University of Texas at Austin, in Austin, Texas, on April 15, 2026. AP Photo/Eric Gay

This is a lightly edited transcript of a speech delivered by Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, at the University of Texas at Austin on April 15, 2026.

President Davis, Provost Inboden, Dean Dyer, faculty, and students thank you for the invitation to visit the University of Texas at Austin. It is an honor to be here at one of the nation’s finest universities to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.