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23 Feb 2022, 4:48 pm by Amy Howe
Justice Clarence Thomas challenged Brnovich’s suggestion that the Biden administration’s conduct was “unprecedented. [read post]
23 Feb 2022, 8:28 am by Jonathan H. Adler
[ABCNews unearths an interesting interview with Ketanji Brown Jackson about Justice Clarence Thomas] Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. [read post]
15 Feb 2022, 4:06 pm by INFORRM
Legal scholars note that recent opinions by Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch favor overturning the Sullivan standard – a move that would take away a key protection for the press against libel suits by vindictive public officials. [read post]
14 Feb 2022, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Shortly after his 1991 confirmation, Justice Clarence Thomas famously quipped “I ain’t evolving. [read post]
9 Feb 2022, 4:00 am by Michael C. Dorf
" Whatever President Bush 1 said about his selection of Clarence Thomas, everyone knows that it was important to Bush to name a Black Justice to replace Justice Thurgood Marshall.Perhaps most glaringly, for some time it was common to speak of a "Jewish seat" on the Court. [read post]
7 Feb 2022, 4:00 am by Sherry F. Colb
Bush selected Clarence Thomas because the latter is Black, notwithstanding Thomas's lack of much experience on the bench. [read post]
4 Feb 2022, 12:42 pm by Lincoln Caplan
Justice Breyer’s good intentions, which I do not doubt,” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a footnote to his concurring opinion in the case, “have the shelf life of Justice Breyer’s tenure. [read post]
4 Feb 2022, 12:31 pm by Brent Newton
Among modern justices, Clarence Thomas exemplifies the conservative pole, while Thurgood Marshall exemplified the liberal pole. [read post]
30 Jan 2022, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
Going back to the late 19th century, it has never confronted a method of execution of which it didn’t approve.In a series of cases starting in 2007, the Court has given its blessing to lethal injection and refused to say whether any drugs and drug combinations would not pass constitutional muster.Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas in particular have led the way in telling a comforting, if distorted, story of… [read post]
26 Jan 2022, 11:11 am by Amy Howe
If nominated and confirmed, Kruger – who is just 45 years old – would be not only the first Black woman on the court, but also the youngest justice by over four years and the youngest justice confirmed since Clarence Thomas joined the court in 1991 at age 43. [read post]
26 Jan 2022, 9:46 am by Amy Howe
In a concurring opinion, Breyer agreed with Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas that the monument should be allowed to remain. [read post]
25 Jan 2022, 5:14 am by Marcia Coyle
The lower appellate court—the most conservative court in the country—had twice upheld the admissions policy and in 2016, a 4-3 Supreme Court agreed, with Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. and Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissenting. [read post]
19 Jan 2022, 5:26 pm by Amy Howe
Only Justice Clarence Thomas indicated that he disagreed with the court’s decision. [read post]