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7 Sep 2010, 7:03 am by Anna Christensen
In an article in the New York Times this week, Adam Liptak discusses the Justices’ hiring practices, and in particular Justice Thomas’s preference for clerks from non-Ivy-League schools. [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 5:11 am by Glenn Reynolds
Plus this: “Thomas Perez, Obama’s appointee to head the Civil Rights division at Justice, is apparently so busy suing Arizona law enforcement and blocking Ivy League colleges from using the Amazon Kindle that he doesn’t think flagrant violations of the laws protecting voters are worth his time. [read post]
20 Jul 2010, 5:56 pm by Rumpole
At the Utah State Bar convention, Justice Thomas had this to say:Thomas said his biggest concern is the Ivy League composition of the court and its lack of regional representation. [read post]
13 Jul 2010, 1:39 pm by Kashmir Hill
The suit is being heard by Judge Thomas Brown, who issued the temporary restraining order earlier this month. [read post]
8 Jul 2010, 5:34 am by Brandon Bartels
Sometime before commencement of the Supreme Court’s 2009 term, Mike Sacks, a third-year law student at Georgetown University, had an idea. [read post]
4 Jul 2010, 4:17 am by AdamSmith1776
Before this seems altogether too triumphalist, let me offer a personal note:  I attended Princeton in the wake of the changes he describes, but, perhaps as first-generation Ivy League, in retrospect I was obtusely oblivious to the magnitude of what had changed. [read post]
13 May 2010, 9:11 pm by Dan Filler
Perhaps more importantly, Dave is a former Clarence Thomas clerk. [read post]
13 May 2010, 6:01 am by pete.black@gmail.com (Peter Black)
The Clarence Thomas hearings broke one kind of ground in introducing sexual comments into a confirmation battle; the Kagan situation is something else entirely. [read post]
11 May 2010, 3:09 am by SHG
The experiences of Justices Scalia, Thomas, Ginsburg, and Roberts should be discounted. [read post]
10 May 2010, 9:32 am by Richard Esenberg
Justice Thomas has also been an energetic proponent of unorthodox ideas. [read post]
9 May 2010, 9:15 pm by Bill Otis
Off the seat of my pants, I would guess she'll be a standard-issue, Ivy League liberal no worse, or not much worse, than Justice Stevens. [read post]
7 May 2010, 3:10 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
  Of course she would — as would Judge Wood (or Judge Garland or Judge Thomas). [read post]
1 May 2010, 5:54 pm by Jon Penney
Justice Sidney Thomas, who sits on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal.A native Montanan who received his BA from Montana State University and JD from the University of Montana, Thomson definitely falls outside the "Ivy League" domain. [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 3:39 pm by Glenn Reynolds
” And it looks like Obama may be taking my diversity advice: “The court is dominated by justices with ties to the Northeast and the Ivy League; Thomas’ career is rooted in the West — he lives in Billings, Mont., and got his bachelor’s degree from Montana State University and his law degree from the University of Montana. [read post]
20 Apr 2010, 1:35 pm by David Lat
Hiring law clerks from Ivy League law schools: damned if you do, damned if you don’t. [read post]
19 Apr 2010, 8:11 am by Judicial Watch Blog
She skeptically asked Thomas about the court’s efforts to attract clerks from minority groups and particularly from law schools that are not in the prestigious Ivy League. [read post]
15 Apr 2010, 12:58 pm by Kashmir Hill & David Lat
And I’m certain the other members of the Court have theirs and with that may go their comfort level with moving beyond the Ivy Leagues, or too far beyond. [read post]
15 Apr 2010, 9:04 am by Ashby Jones
Writes Egan: “At least one name on the short list, Federal Judge Sidney Thomas, of Billings, Mont., looks like an intriguing outsider. [read post]