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4 Jul 2013, 12:03 am by John Steele
For the Fourth, here's to our founder-president-lawyers: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison (arguably a lawyer); James Monroe, and John Quincy Adams (at the outer edge of being a founder). [read post]
2 Jul 2019, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Original draft by Thomas Jefferson showing edits by John Adams and Benjamin Franklin On July 4, 1776, the new wording of the Declaration of Independence was approved and sent to the printer for publication. [read post]
11 Apr 2023, 10:37 am by Howard Bashman
“54 Years Ago, a Supreme Court Justice Was Forced to Quit for Behavior Arguably Less Egregious Than Thomas’s”: Adam Cohen has this guest essay online at The New York Times. [read post]
7 Jul 2023, 6:45 pm by Howard Bashman
“The Most Baffling Argument a Supreme Court Justice Has Ever Made; An opinion from Justice Clarence Thomas exposed the limits of originalism”: Adam Serwer has this essay online at The Atlantic. [read post]
21 Nov 2017, 2:46 pm by Vanessa Sauter
The relationship between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams largely shaped the course of the newly-formed United States of America. [read post]
13 Apr 2019, 3:30 am by NCC Staff
“I cannot live without books,” he told John Adams. 2. [read post]
24 May 2020, 9:30 pm by ernst
" -- Kirkus Reviews"This work sets itself apart from other Adams biographies in its detailing of its subject's vision of governance, as well as his role as a legal and constitutional scholar, compared to other Founding Fathers, such as George Washington, Samuel Adams, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and, notably, Thomas Jefferson. [read post]
13 Feb 2011, 2:35 pm by Olivia Foster
 Justice Thomas has now gone five. [read post]
25 Jun 2018, 7:17 am
 Adams was a member of the Continental Congress, where he met and worked with his future rival for the Presidency- Thomas Jefferson. [read post]
1 Mar 2016, 3:00 am
” He then went on to ask a number of follow-up questions....The constitutional right in question is the right to bear arms.ADDED: In the NYT, Adam Liptak connects the new vocalization of Justice Thomas to the loss of Justice Scalia (who talked a lot and whose black-draped chair is right next to Thomas's): It was hard to escape the conclusion that the absence of the voluble Justice Scalia, who had dominated Supreme Court arguments, somehow liberated Justice… [read post]
27 Feb 2012, 8:56 am by Steve Bainbridge
While Christie and Bush might be fine candidates, perhaps the Republicans should consider a more inspired and game-changing pick: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. [read post]
17 Apr 2014, 2:22 pm
Adam White has an excellent essay on the Liberty Law Blog discussing Justice Clarence Thomas’s distinctive approach to the Constitution entitled,  “Just, Wise, and Constitutional”: Justice Thomas’s Legacy in Law and Politics. [read post]
12 Mar 2019, 7:19 am by Michael Risch
Reevaluating the Patent 'Privilege' in Historical Context, by Adam Mossoff. [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 6:12 pm
"Justice Thomas's Dissent Hints of Supreme Court's Intentions on Same-Sex Marriage": Adam Liptak will have this article in Tuesday's edition of The New York Times. [read post]
3 Jun 2007, 7:06 am
Clarence Thomas, who is black and grew up under modest circumstances, and once was liberal himself, should be the first... [read post]
28 Feb 2020, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Supreme Court Justice Thomas Todd As Joel Richard Paul writes in Without Precedent: John Marshall and His Times, p. 298: Though Jefferson opposed expanding the size of the federal judiciary when [John] Adams did it, he relished the opportunity to name a third justice and persuaded Congress to add a seventh justice to the Supreme Court. [read post]