Constitutional interpretation can sometimes seem abstract and disconnected from the fate of the people whose cases the Supreme Court decides. One could certainly get that feeling from reading the ...
Justice Thomas listed four reasons for disregarding such claims when deciding whether to uphold a state law. I’ll lay them out, and then elaborate. Justice Thomas’s Four Points First, Justice Thomas ...
Sign up for The Agenda — Them's news and politics newsletter, delivered to your inbox every Thursday. In this op-ed, LGBTQ+ news and culture writer Samantha Riedel ...
Last week, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas proved that black people in positions of power can be African Americans’ worst enemies. He wrote the majority opinion in a 5-3 decision that will ...
Justice Clarence Thomas has a mixed record when it comes to freedom of speech. Sometimes, Thomas will write an opinion that leaves First Amendment advocates cheering. But other times, he will write ...
This week, Donald Trump reaffirmed his desire to have Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito remain on the court ‘til the ...
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Clarence Thomas

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas questioned a proposed ethics rule that would discourage federal judges from belonging to the conservative Federalist Society and its liberal counterpart, the ...