Justices decide for themselves when to step aside from cases
2 years, 8 months ago

Justices decide for themselves when to step aside from cases

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Reports that the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas implored Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff to act to overturn the 2020 election results have put a spotlight on how justices decide whether to step aside from a case. While the Supreme Court did not step into any election cases brought by Trump and other Republicans, Justice Thomas took part in the consideration of whether to hear those cases. The court, with Thomas participating, also threw out a challenge from Texas calling on the justices to temporarily set aside electoral votes from four states Biden won — enough votes to potentially undo the outcome. Justice Stephen Breyer routinely doesn’t take part in cases decided in the lower court by his brother, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer.

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Trump said to be entering 'choppy legal waters' with unexpected source of pushback
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump said to be entering 'choppy legal waters' with unexpected source of pushback

Raw Story  

Donald Trump is expected to enter the White House with a Republican House and Senate, as well as a Supreme Court including several jurists he himself appointed, but there is still an unexpected source of pushback that could hamper some of his efforts, according to some legal experts. Trump’s "ambitious agenda could face pushback from an institution he has done …

Scathing analysis rages at Supreme Court's role in returning Trump to White House
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Scathing analysis rages at Supreme Court's role in returning Trump to White House

Raw Story  

During the 2024 presidential race, radio host Charlamagne tha God predicted that if Vice President Kamala Harris defeated GOP nominee Donald Trump, the "corrupt" U.S. Supreme Court would go along with one of Trump's legal challenges and still hand the election to Trump. During his second term, Trump is likely to push the U.S. Supreme Court — which has a …

Trump’s win may extend conservative control of the Supreme Court for decades
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s win may extend conservative control of the Supreme Court for decades

LA Times  

President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory, combined with the Republican takeover of the Senate, may extend conservative control of the Supreme Court for another two decades. But conservative analysts think it is quite likely Alito or Thomas or both will retire during Trump’s second term. Retirements by Alito or Thomas would allow Trump to appoint one or two far younger conservatives, …

President-elect Trump widely expected to shut down legal cases against him
1 month, 2 weeks ago

President-elect Trump widely expected to shut down legal cases against him

Salon  

Once President-elect Donald Trump enters the White House next year, he will have the power to summarily dismiss the the remaining legal cases arrayed against him — and has said he would use that power. With control of the Justice Department, Trump can fire special counsel Jack Smith, who is managing two federal cases against Trump: one regarding the then-president's …

What could happen at the Supreme Court under Harris and Trump
1 month, 3 weeks ago

What could happen at the Supreme Court under Harris and Trump

NPR  

What could happen at the Supreme Court under Harris and Trump toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images The upcoming election, less than a week away, could reshape the U.S. Supreme Court — or not, depending on retirements, deaths, or other unforeseen events. 'The Merrick Garland treatment' In recent years, Republicans have wielded their power in unprecedented ways to prevent …

The Supreme Court Is Handling the Election Differently Than in 2020. Uh-Oh.
3 months ago

The Supreme Court Is Handling the Election Differently Than in 2020. Uh-Oh.

Slate  

In blockbuster reporting last week, the New York Times revealed behind-the-scenes conference details about how the Supreme Court’s conservative majority constructed the three major decisions last term that, taken together, ensured former President Donald J. Trump would face no criminal accountability for the Jan. 6 insurrection before this November’s election. On this week’s Amicus podcast, Dahlia Lithwick was joined by …

John Roberts’ MAGA conversion: How Donald Trump remade the Supreme Court in his image
3 months, 1 week ago

John Roberts’ MAGA conversion: How Donald Trump remade the Supreme Court in his image

Salon  

Since he was appointed Supreme Court chief justice by George W. Bush in 2005, John Roberts has been something of an enigma. As to his legal philosophy, a review of his record by the left-leaning nonprofit Take Back the Court Action Fund suggests that “Roberts has been one of the most conservative justices since joining the Supreme Court in 2005.” …

Leaked memo reveals Justice Roberts’ role in shaping bombshell Trump immunity ruling
3 months, 1 week ago

Leaked memo reveals Justice Roberts’ role in shaping bombshell Trump immunity ruling

Raw Story  

Progressive legal expert Elie Mystal, in his blistering condemnation of the U.S. Supreme Court's controversial 6-3 immunity ruling in Trump v. the United States, has made a major distinction between "qualified immunity" and "absolute immunity." Salon's Nicholas Liu explains, "John Roberts, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, on February 22, issued a memo to his colleagues urging them not …

Experts blame Clarence Thomas as Cannon dismisses Trump classified docs case
5 months, 1 week ago

Experts blame Clarence Thomas as Cannon dismisses Trump classified docs case

Raw Story  

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in a 93-page opinion has dismissed the Espionage Act/classified documents case against ex-president Donald Trump, claiming Special Counsel Jack Smith’s appointment by Attorney General Merrick Garland “violates the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.” Legal experts, calling her ruling “wrong,” say U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is to blame. And and she, and …

Citing Supreme Court immunity ruling, Trump’s lawyers seek to freeze the classified documents case
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Citing Supreme Court immunity ruling, Trump’s lawyers seek to freeze the classified documents case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump asked a federal judge Friday to freeze the classified documents case against him in light of a Supreme Court ruling this week that said former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution. Trump’s lawyers told U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon that the prosecution should be put on pause until she resolves pending defense motions that assert that …

How Trump and Senate Republicans are circling the wagons to save Clarence Thomas
5 months, 3 weeks ago

How Trump and Senate Republicans are circling the wagons to save Clarence Thomas

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — The cycle continues: Clarence Thomas has former President Donald Trump’s back, Trump has Senate Republicans in his back pocket and Senate Republicans, in turn, have Thomas’ back. “The Supreme Court has developed its own code of ethics, and I have not reviewed that,” Sen. Susan Collins told Raw Story. “I’m all for getting the Article III branch to …

What to know about the Supreme Court immunity ruling in Trump’s 2020 election interference case
5 months, 3 weeks ago

What to know about the Supreme Court immunity ruling in Trump’s 2020 election interference case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case makes it all but certain that the Republican will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election. The justices sent the case back to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who must now “carefully analyze” whether other allegations involve official conduct for which …

'Something's rotten': Ex-Supreme Court clerk goes public with criticism of justices
6 months ago

'Something's rotten': Ex-Supreme Court clerk goes public with criticism of justices

Raw Story  

A former U.S. Supreme Court clerk cast suspicion on the lengthy delay by justices in rendering a decision in Donald Trump's immunity case. The justices agreed Feb. 28 to hear his appeal and scheduled oral arguments for late April, which is a fairly short interval for most cases but considerably longer than it took for the court to hear and …

'Fighting words': Amy Coney Barrett signals court rift with swipe at Clarence Thomas
6 months ago

'Fighting words': Amy Coney Barrett signals court rift with swipe at Clarence Thomas

Raw Story  

The last of former President Donald Trump's three Supreme Court appointees appears to be on a collision course with far-right Justice Clarence Thomas — and it could have implications for some upcoming hot-button cases. According to Politico, the conservative Barrett, whose history of involvement with religious extremists was a huge point of controversy when she was nominated for the court …

Opinion: Justice Alito ditches judicial impartiality, again
6 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Justice Alito ditches judicial impartiality, again

LA Times  

The Alitos, photographed in 2018. It’s unethical whether the trapper is the far-right Project Veritas or the left-leaning “advocacy journalist” who ensnared Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. and his wife, Martha-Ann, just last week. But it’s difficult, you know, because there are differences on fundamental things that really can’t be compromised.” When she pressed on, suggesting that people “who believe …

Roberts rejects Senate Democrats’ request to discuss Supreme Court ethics, Alito controversy
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Roberts rejects Senate Democrats’ request to discuss Supreme Court ethics, Alito controversy

LA Times  

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Thursday declined an invitation to meet with Democratic senators to talk about Supreme Court ethics and the controversy over flags that flew outside homes owned by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Roberts’ response came in a letter to the senators a day after Alito separately wrote them and House members to reject their …

John Roberts isn’t happy with previous ruling against Trump – what happens now?
7 months, 4 weeks ago

John Roberts isn’t happy with previous ruling against Trump – what happens now?

CNN  

CNN — During nearly three hours of historic Supreme Court arguments, John Roberts said little. The tenor of the arguments differed strikingly from the sentiment of lower court judges who’d previously heard Trump’s claim, as Roberts and the right wing concentrated on a former president’s potential exposure to retaliation by political opponents. “As I read it, it says simply a …

Experts alarmed by Thomas’ part in Trump immunity case despite 'insurrectionist' wife
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Experts alarmed by Thomas’ part in Trump immunity case despite 'insurrectionist' wife

Raw Story  

As oral arguments began in Donald Trump's presidential immunity case Thursday,the presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee is claiming that because he was still president in late 2020 and early 2021, he can’t be prosecuted in special counsel Jack Smith's election interference indictment. Judge Tanya Chutkan, assigned to Smith's case, has slammed Trump's presidential immunity argument as absurd — ruling that …

How to Know If the Supreme Court Is in the Tank for Trump
8 months ago

How to Know If the Supreme Court Is in the Tank for Trump

Politico  

Legal framing is often a deliberate choice. In early February, a three-judge panel of appellate judges affirmed Chutkan’s ruling in an even more thorough and compelling opinion, ultimately holding that “any executive immunity that may have protected while he served as president no longer protects him against this prosecution,” which concerns, among other things, “the citizenry’s interest in democratically selecting …

How to fix a Supreme Court filled with corrupt stooges for the morbidly rich
8 months, 2 weeks ago

How to fix a Supreme Court filled with corrupt stooges for the morbidly rich

Raw Story  

When the Mifepristone case came before the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito bizarrely brought up their desire to see the Comstock Act again enforced. LBJ proposed elevating the only Jewish member of the US Supreme Court, Abe Fortas, to become the new Chief Justice, but racist and antisemitic “conservatives” like Thurmond — and presidential candidate Richard Nixon — …

Donald Trump asks Supreme Court to dismiss case charging him with plotting to overturn 2020 election
9 months ago

Donald Trump asks Supreme Court to dismiss case charging him with plotting to overturn 2020 election

Hindustan Times  

Lawyers for Donald Trump have urged the US Supreme Court to dismiss an indictment charging the former president with conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election, renewing their arguments that he is immune from prosecution for official acts taken in the White House. Former US President Donald Trump Lower courts have already twice rejected the immunity claims, but …

Trump asks Supreme Court to dismiss case charging him with plotting to overturn 2020 election
9 months ago

Trump asks Supreme Court to dismiss case charging him with plotting to overturn 2020 election

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Donald Trump urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to dismiss an indictment charging the former president with conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election, renewing their arguments that he is immune from prosecution for official acts taken in the White House. Lower courts have already twice rejected the immunity claims, but Trump’s lawyers …

Trump’s lawyers call for dismissal of classified documents case, citing presidential immunity
10 months ago

Trump’s lawyers call for dismissal of classified documents case, citing presidential immunity

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump urged a Florida judge to dismiss the criminal case charging him with illegally retaining classified documents, claiming in part that presidential immunity protects him from prosecution even as that sweeping argument has so far in failed in federal courts in a separate case. In one of a slew of motions attacking the case brought …

A listener’s guide to Supreme Court arguments over Trump and the ballot
10 months, 2 weeks ago

A listener’s guide to Supreme Court arguments over Trump and the ballot

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court hears arguments Thursday over whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off the 2024 ballot because of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. But Trump appealed to the high court after Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled that he could be kept off the …

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of effort to remove Trump from a state ballot
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of effort to remove Trump from a state ballot

NPR  

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of effort to remove Trump from a state ballot Enlarge this image toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical Thursday of the effort to disqualify Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump from a state primary ballot because he allegedly engaged in an insurrection to try to cling …

Supreme Court might dodge Trump’s immunity case entirely: ex-DOJ official
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court might dodge Trump’s immunity case entirely: ex-DOJ official

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court could try to dodge deciding Donald Trump's presidential immunity claim, a former Justice Department official said Wednesday. Former Justice Department official Mary McCord spoke with MSNBC's Alicia Menendez about Trump's efforts to kill Special Counsel Jack Smith's election interference case by claiming his actions between the Nov. 2020 election and the Jan. 6 Capitol riots were protected. …

The Supreme Court is expected to determine whether Trump can keep running for president. Here’s why
11 months, 3 weeks ago

The Supreme Court is expected to determine whether Trump can keep running for president. Here’s why

Associated Press  

Get insider access to the campaign trail, Washington and more with Ground Game, featuring exclusive reporting on politics and the 2024 race from the AP’s Meg Kinnard. Trump on Wednesday appealed a ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court that he’s ineligible for the presidency because he violated a rarely used constitutional prohibition on those who hold office having “engaged in …

US Supreme Court declines to fast-track Donald Trump's immunity case
1 year ago

US Supreme Court declines to fast-track Donald Trump's immunity case

Hindustan Times  

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to immediately decide former President Donald Trump's claim that he cannot be prosecuted for trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat, allowing a lower court to continue reviewing the issue. Former President Donald Trump The justices, rebuffing an extraordinary request by U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith, refused to effectively leap-frog a lower appeals …

Supreme Court rejects prosecutor’s push to fast-track ruling in Trump election subversion case
1 year ago

Supreme Court rejects prosecutor’s push to fast-track ruling in Trump election subversion case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Friday it will not immediately take up a plea by special counsel Jack Smith to rule on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted for his actions to overturn the 2020 election results. The request to leapfrog the appeals court, which Smith himself acknowledged was “extraordinary,” also underscored prosecutors’ concerns that the fight …

The Supreme Court could upend Trump’s campaign and reshape 2024
1 year ago

The Supreme Court could upend Trump’s campaign and reshape 2024

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. His campaign also pledged to go to the …

Trump’s lawyers tell Supreme Court to stay out of immunity dispute in 2020 election case for now
1 year ago

Trump’s lawyers tell Supreme Court to stay out of immunity dispute in 2020 election case for now

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to stand down from a dispute over whether he can be prosecuted on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results. Special counsel Jack Smith’s team last week urged the nation’s high court to take up and quickly consider Trump’s claims that he enjoys …

'Do the honorable thing': Clarence Thomas urged to recuse in Trump case
1 year ago

'Do the honorable thing': Clarence Thomas urged to recuse in Trump case

Raw Story  

House Democrats on Monday called for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from a pending case involving former President Donald Trump and the insurrection effort that took place on January 6, 2021. A letter spearheaded by Rep. Hank Johnson and signed by seven other Democrats cites the participation of Thomas' wife, Ginni Thomas, in the far-right scheme …

Column: Clarence Thomas has a chance to do the right thing by recusing himself on Trump’s immunity claim. Will he?
1 year ago

Column: Clarence Thomas has a chance to do the right thing by recusing himself on Trump’s immunity claim. Will he?

LA Times  

Emails and texts show that Clarence Thomas’ wife, Ginni, was active in the attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Last week, the Supreme Court agreed with rare speed to consider a gutsy motion from special counsel Jack Smith, reflecting Smith’s zeal to thwart Donald Trump’s delay tactics and get a verdict before the 2024 election in the Washington case alleging …

Judge pauses Trump’s 2020 election interference case while he appeals his immunity claim
1 year ago

Judge pauses Trump’s 2020 election interference case while he appeals his immunity claim

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s election interference case in Washington will be put on hold while the former president further pursues his claims that he is immune from prosecution, a judge ruled Wednesday. But Chutkan, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, flatly rejected Trump’s arguments, saying the office of the president “does not confer a lifelong ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ pass.” Her …

The Justice Department says there’s no valid basis for the judge to step aside from Trump’s DC case
1 year, 3 months ago

The Justice Department says there’s no valid basis for the judge to step aside from Trump’s DC case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is challenging efforts by former President Donald Trump to disqualify the Washington judge presiding over the case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith’s team wrote in a court filing late Thursday that there was “no valid basis” for U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan …

Supreme Court dissents and rejoinders, with respect and disrespect
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court dissents and rejoinders, with respect and disrespect

NPR  

Supreme Court dissents and rejoinders, with respect and disrespect Enlarge this image toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Alex Wong/Getty Images U.S. Supreme Court dissents can be pointed, even acid on occasion. Justice Antonin Scalia once wrote in dissent that if he had written an opinion like the majority's, he "would hide his head in a bag." Take Justice Elena Kagan's …

‘Grave concerns’: House Democrats urge Chief Justice John Roberts to formally investigate Clarence Thomas
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Grave concerns’: House Democrats urge Chief Justice John Roberts to formally investigate Clarence Thomas

Raw Story  

Eighteen House Democrats, all former prosecutors, judges, and law enforcement officials, have sent a detailed, eight-page letter to Chief Justice John Roberts urging him to create an independent group to investigate Justice Clarence Thomas over "recent allegations of ethical violations and conflicts of interests" involving his relationship with a billionaire GOP donor who reportedly had business before the Supreme Court. …

One justice explained absence from case. Another didn’t. Ethics questions vexing Supreme Court
1 year, 6 months ago

One justice explained absence from case. Another didn’t. Ethics questions vexing Supreme Court

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — One Supreme Court justice explained her absence from a case. The difference shows how difficult forging consensus over even small steps on ethics can be at the Supreme Court, which is facing new calls to adopt an ethics code following revelations about undisclosed gifts from a Republican megadonor to Justice Clarence Thomas. Last week, Chief Justice John Roberts …

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Has To Go
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Has To Go

Huff Post  

Another day, another ethics complaint against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. In 1991, when President George H. W. Bush nominated Thomas to succeed retiring Associate Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, we learned during the confirmation hearings about the alleged sexual harassment that Anita Hill endured while they both worked at the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. …

‘It’s illegal’: Legal experts trounce Clarence Thomas over bombshell corruption allegations
1 year, 8 months ago

‘It’s illegal’: Legal experts trounce Clarence Thomas over bombshell corruption allegations

Raw Story  

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is under fire after a bombshell ProPublica report detailed the expensive vacations he's been given, gifts of a Republican megadonor, for more than two decades, without disclosing certain portions of them – which legal experts say he is required by federal law to do. "In late June 2019, right after the U.S. Supreme Court …

Ginni Thomas' testimony to Jan. 6 committee sparks calls to investigate Clarence Thomas
1 year, 11 months ago

Ginni Thomas' testimony to Jan. 6 committee sparks calls to investigate Clarence Thomas

Raw Story  

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is facing calls for him to be investigated after his wife's testimony before the Jan. 6 committee was released, Newsweek reports. Virginia 'Ginni' Thomas testified that she "never spoke" with her husband about former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, but some of her comments are raising eyebrows amongst her critics. WATCH: …

Supreme Court shuts down Arizona GOP chair's attempt to block Jan. 6 Committee phone record subpoena
2 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court shuts down Arizona GOP chair's attempt to block Jan. 6 Committee phone record subpoena

Raw Story  

The United States Supreme Court on Monday shut down Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward's efforts to block a subpoena of her phone records. As Politico reports, the Supreme Court rejected Ward's request in a 7-2 vote in which only Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented. As Politico notes, "the panel is seeking evidence related to Ward’s coordination with …

Trump lawyers who fought election results saw Thomas as key
2 years, 1 month ago

Trump lawyers who fought election results saw Thomas as key

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Lawyers who aided former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election regarded an appeal to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as “key” to their chances of success, according to emails provided to congressional investigators and made public Wednesday. One lawyer, Kenneth Chesebro, suggested that an appeal to Thomas, as the justice who handles …

'Doomed to fail': Legal experts trash Trump’s appeal after he runs to SCOTUS over Mar-a-Lago docs
2 years, 2 months ago

'Doomed to fail': Legal experts trash Trump’s appeal after he runs to SCOTUS over Mar-a-Lago docs

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to intervene in his legal battle over classified documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago residence. "Any limit on the comprehensive and transparent review of materials seized in the extraordinary raid of a President's home erodes public confidence in our system of justice," Trump's attorneys wrote in the 37-page filing. Supreme Court …

Legal experts mock Trump’s ‘nutty’ and ‘doomed to fail’ emergency Supreme Court motion
2 years, 2 months ago

Legal experts mock Trump’s ‘nutty’ and ‘doomed to fail’ emergency Supreme Court motion

Raw Story  

It weighs in at 240 pages but legal experts are still mocking Donald Trump’s emergency petition to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an 11th Circuit Court ruling and allow the special master to continue to inspect the 103 classified documents retrieved from him Mar-a-Lago home. “No surprise here, this was why he paid former Florida Solicitor General Chris Kise …

Trump’s lasting legacy grows as Supreme Court overturns Roe
2 years, 5 months ago

Trump’s lasting legacy grows as Supreme Court overturns Roe

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden rarely mentions his predecessor by name. “It was three justices named by one president — Donald Trump — who were the core of today’s decision to upend the scales of justice and eliminate a fundamental right for women in this country,” Biden said Friday after the Supreme Court’s conservative majority voted to overturn Roe v. …

Clarence Thomas claims he had 'no idea' why he was nominated to be on the Supreme Court: new book
2 years, 5 months ago

Clarence Thomas claims he had 'no idea' why he was nominated to be on the Supreme Court: new book

Raw Story  

According to the new book, "Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words," the Supreme Court justice admits that he was surprised as anyone when he was picked by former President George H.W. Bush to fill an open seat on the court in 1991. Business Insider is reporting that in the book, edited by Michael Pack and Mark Paoletta, Thomas …

Chief Justice John Roberts lost the Supreme Court and the defining case of his generation
2 years, 5 months ago

Chief Justice John Roberts lost the Supreme Court and the defining case of his generation

CNN  

CNN — Chief Justice John Roberts has long piloted America’s highest court, securing majorities on controversies over religion, race, voting rights and campaign finance regulation. In doing so, they wrote, “this Court betrays its guiding principles.” They said they felt sorrow for the court itself although more “for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental …

Suspicious Clarence Thomas Complains He's 'Looking Over' His Shoulder Since Leak
2 years, 7 months ago

Suspicious Clarence Thomas Complains He's 'Looking Over' His Shoulder Since Leak

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday complained about having to “look over” his shoulder since the leak of the controversial draft opinion that would gut Roe v. Wade. “You would never visit Supreme Court justices’ houses when things didn’t go our way,” Thomas insisted. It is incumbent on us to always act appropriately, and not to …

Carl Bernstein Rips 'Rogue' Justice Clarence Thomas On Call For Respect Of Institutions
2 years, 7 months ago

Carl Bernstein Rips 'Rogue' Justice Clarence Thomas On Call For Respect Of Institutions

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Famed journalist Carl Bernstein slammed “rogue” Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday for demanding respect for U.S. government institutions after Thomas’ own wife worked to topple the results of the 2020 election. After protests erupted over the news that the high court is poised to gut the landmark abortion rights decision Roe v. Wade, Thomas chided …

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