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19 Nov 2023, 9:00 pm by Michael C. Dorf
” Unsurprisingly, the Code did not appease critics who have raised questions about recent revelations of Justice Clarence Thomas’s acceptance of extravagant largesse as well as other Justices’ questionable conduct.And for good reason. [read post]
Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch indicated that would have granted Florida’s application for stay, allowing the law to be enforced state-wide while the lawsuit continues pending. [read post]
16 Nov 2023, 2:26 pm by Amy Howe
Three justicesClarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch – indicated that they would have granted the state’s application, but they did not provide any explanation for their votes. [read post]
In August, ProPublica reported that Clarence Thomas failed to disclose gifts he received during his tenure. [read post]
15 Nov 2023, 10:37 am by Howard Bashman
” And online at The New Yorker, Andy Borowitz’s “The Borowitz Report” has a post titled “Clarence Thomas Collapses from Exhaustion After First Full Day of Regulating Himself. [read post]
14 Nov 2023, 2:57 am by SHG
Revelations about Justice Clarence Thomas’ enjoyment of the largesse of his bestest pal Harlan, who suddenly realized how much he liked to hang out with Thomas only after he became a justice, among other things, given rise to calls for a Supreme Court Code of Ethics. [read post]
13 Nov 2023, 10:26 pm by Ilya Somin
" Those regulations  generally forbid receipt of large-scale gifts like the expensive free vacations Justice Clarence Thomas apparently got from conservative billionaire Harlan Crow. [read post]
13 Nov 2023, 6:36 pm by Howard Bashman
” John Fritze of USA Today has a report headlined “Amid blowback over Clarence Thomas travel, Supreme Court says it will adopt first-ever code of conduct; It is the first time in its 234-year history the Supreme Court will honor a code of conduct. [read post]
13 Nov 2023, 1:19 pm by Amy Howe
But calls for an ethics code intensified this year, beginning with an April 6 ProPublica story reporting that Justice Clarence Thomas had not disclosed extensive luxury travel, including trips on private jets and superyachts, paid for by a Republican megadonor, Harlan Crow. [read post]
10 Nov 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Democratic Plan to Subpoena Supreme Court Justices’ Allies Faces Pushback MSN – Ann Marimow (Washington Post) | Published: 11/8/2023 Democrats in Congress have tried unsuccessfully to press the Supreme Court to strengthen its ethics rules following revelations that some justices accepted and did not report free luxury travel, real estate deals, and gifts from wealthy benefactors. [read post]
9 Nov 2023, 7:50 am by Howard Bashman
” And in related news coverage, Shawn Boburg of The Washington Post has a report headlined “A guide to the friends and patrons of Clarence and Ginni Thomas; These are the associates of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, Ginni, who have given gifts, made payments or otherwise supported the couple based on recent reporting from various news outlets. [read post]
8 Nov 2023, 12:45 pm by Neil Siegel
"When the Second Amendment's plain text covers an individual's conduct, the Constitution presumptively protects that conduct," Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his majority opinion in Bruen. [read post]
7 Nov 2023, 2:20 pm by Ronald Mann
As Justice Clarence Thomas put it, “the statute defines a person as [including] any government or governmental subdivision or agency,” which seemed to him at least to “suggest that it applies to the U.S. [read post]
6 Nov 2023, 12:00 pm by Eric Segall
Judge Pryor has sent many clerks to Justice Clarence Thomas--more than he has sent to all the other Justices combined. [read post]
6 Nov 2023, 6:39 am by Marcia Coyle
In June 2022, the 6-3 high court majority announced the new test for Second Amendment cases in an opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas. [read post]
5 Nov 2023, 4:12 pm by David Oscar Markus
As you might recall, Clanton was accused of making racist statements in a pre-law-school job—and defended against the racism charges by none other than Justice Clarence Thomas. [read post]
3 Nov 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
The Judiciary Committee leaders will vote to authorize subpoenas for information from billionaire Harlan Crow, a close friend and benefactor of Justice Clarence Thomas, and from Leonard Leo, the conservative judicial activist. [read post]
2 Nov 2023, 9:30 pm by ernst
Any accurate account of U.S. legal history must include Black voices and experiences.This Article also applies historical materials and interpretations to current legal debates, undermining stereotypes and generalizations about affirmative action that have been endorsed by Justice Clarence Thomas and other critics. [read post]
31 Oct 2023, 2:40 pm by Amy Howe
” Kedem fielded questions from Justice Clarence Thomas about the facts of his case. [read post]