Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick is pushing back against the idea that his vote to uphold a near-total abortion ban earlier this year was grounds for removing him from the bench.

Bolick said last month that when the state Supreme Court issued its ruling in April, it was simply doing its job, which was to follow the law.

“And that's exactly what we did in the abortion case, and most legal scholars (and) legal commentators who have looked at our decision, whether liberal or conservative, agree that we made the right decision,” he told KTAR News 92.3 FM's The Mike Broomhead Show.

Bolick was part of the 4-2 majority that upheld the ban, but it never took effect as a new law was passed to replace it.

“Yet they are using it to remove my colleague, Judge Kate King, and me from the court and replace us with judges who endorse their ideological agenda,” Bolick said. “And we don’t put our stamp on anyone; we follow the law.”

Bolick acknowledged the verdict may have been unpopular but accused those pushing for his ouster of having “other motives.”

Read the full story from KTAR here.