In a speech on Saturday evening, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spoke out for the first time since the recent imbroglio concerning his attendance at a meeting of conservative donors.

His tone: defiant.

Thomas delivered the keynote speech at an annual symposium for conservative law students down in Charlottesville, Va. According to this writeup over at Politico, Thomas "spoke in vague, ominous terms about the direction of the country and urged his listeners to 'redouble your efforts to learn about your country so that you're in a position to defend it.'"

Indeed, it's hard to know exactly what Justice Thomas was referring to, but he seemed to be alluding to liberal critics (though he didn't single out any group or individual).

He continued: You all are going to be, unfortunately, the recipients of the fallout from that  that theres going to be a day when you need these institutions to be credible and to be fully functioning to protect your liberties, he said, according to Politico.