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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas recently recalled a funny conversation with Justice Samuel Alito about why they weren’t friends during their time at Yale Law School.<\/p>\n

When asked why they were never friends at the Ivy League institution, Alito told Thomas he was “scary.”<\/p>\n

Thomas sat down with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for a rare interview in which the pair discussed race, politics and a variety of other issues on an episode of the “Verdict with Ted Cruz” podcast, which aired Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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U.S. Supreme Court associate justices Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito attend inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C.\u00a0<\/span> (Chip Somodevilla\/Pool via Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Thomas was talking about his Supreme Court colleagues when he noted that Alito attended Yale a year behind him.<\/p>\n

“He was a year behind you. But you didn’t know each other,” Cruz said.<\/p>\n

“He’s a funny guy. He’s brilliant. He was always nerdy. Princeton guy like you, right?” Thomas replied.<\/p>\n

Thomas then recalled asking Alito about their time at the university.<\/p>\n

“So I said, ‘Sam, how come we were there two years together? Why weren’t we friends?'” Thomas recalled.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Supreme Court associate justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.<\/span> (Chip Somodevilla\/Pool\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“‘Clarence, you were scary,'” Thomas said Alito told him.<\/p>\n

The justice explained that he wore bib overalls and combat boots throughout law school.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I’m so glad they didn’t have these phones where you could take a lot of pictures,” he added.<\/p>\n

During an appearance Wednesday on “The Will Cain Show,” Cruz noted that Thomas was a “left-wing radical” in college before eventually embracing conservatism.<\/p>\n

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“He journeyed to become an extraordinary thinker,” Cruz said. “No other justice has overcome so much adversity to reach the very pinnacle of American law.”<\/p>\n

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