Actor Samuel L Jackson has dubbed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ‘Uncle Clarence’ after the conservative justice wrote an opinion defending the court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade – and suggested using the logic to overturn other landmark decisions.

‘Uncle Clarence’ is an apparent reference to the eponymous character of abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, who was widely seen as compliant and subservient to his white masters.

In his tweet on Saturday, the Marvel Cinematic Universe actor wrote: ‘How’s Uncle Clarence feeling about overturning Loving v Virginia??!!’

The 1967 case declared that state bans on interracial marriages violated the Equal Process Clause and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.