The documentary, which features Thomas's reflection on his contentious 1991 Supreme Court confirmation, reportedly features the Supreme Court justice explaining that the "modern-day liberal" has proven to be more of a problem than those he was initially wary of.

"I felt as though in my life I had been looking at the wrong people as the people who would be problematic toward me. We were told that, 'Oh, it's gonna be the bigot in the pickup truck; it's gonna be the Klansmen; it's gonna be the rural sheriff,'" Thomas said, according to ABC News.

"But it turned out that through all of that, ultimately the biggest impediment was the modern-day liberal," he continued. "They were the ones who would discount all those things because they have one issue or because they have the power to caricature you.