Clarence Thomas

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It would hardly seem newsworthy that a Supreme Court justice was going to be the keynote speaker at a gathering of alumni of his elite law school. Except when the justice is Clarence Thomas, and the elite law school is Yale. Read full article >>  

Scott Lemieux, who blogs on the Court and the law at The American Prospect ... but the argument is much more likely to appeal to Justice Kennedy and perhaps even Justice Thomas than many other arguments would be. What? Justice Thomas?  

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who bitterly wrote of affixing a 15-cent price sticker to his 1974 Yale Law School diploma and storing it in the basement, appears to be reconciling with his alma mater. After spurning ...  

Thomas might have revealed some of the regret he felt regarding relations with Yale when he appeared in December, first at the New Haven Legal Assistance Association, where he had worked during law school. "I have to go over to the law school ...  

"Clarence Thomas reconciles with Yale after bitter years": Joan Biskupic of Reuters has this report....  

First Levin said Hatch may have had some missteps over the past ... Nobody fought more aggressively against Ted Kennedy for Robert Bork than Orrin Hatch. Nobody on Iran-Contra fought harder for Ollie North than Orrin Hatch.  

Twenty-one years have passed since President George H.W. Bush shifted the court's majority from liberal to conservative by replacing Justice Thurgood Marshall with Clarence Thomas. Since then, presidents have nominated six new justices ...  

Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas lectured at Memorial Hall Thursday in hopes of demystifying the Supreme Court. It is in rare occasion that Thomas speaks to a university, said law professor Joshua Douglas. “My wife told me to ...  

Protesters. Politicians. Pundits. Arizona’s immigration law brought these huddled masses to the marble walkway of the U.S. Supreme Court. A state law meant to quell illegal immigration was argued before a receptive Court. Arizona wants to imbue local ...  

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who is notoriously silent on the bench, has suggested his colleagues should do more listening and less questioning during oral arguments.  

An Arizona congressional candidate called on Congress this week to consider impeaching Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Andrei Cherny, former CAP Senior Fellow and Democratic candidate for Arizona’s ninth congressional district, said that Thomas should have recused himself from hearing the Affordable Care Act case. Before the case went to the court, 74 members of [...]  

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas made big news today by revealing the obvious.  

That was the message in October 1991, when an all-male, all-white Senate Judiciary Committee interrogated a young African-American law professor named Anita Hill about her claim that her former boss Clarence Thomas had made unwelcome sexual ...  

Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON ... So far every justice on the bench has spoken up on the health care law except for one: Justice Clarence Thomas. Indeed, if you search Tuesday’s 126-page transcript of arguments, you ...  

Except for Clarence Thomas, things are not nearly as bleak as commentators would have had us believe after the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in the recent case of Florence v. County of Burlington. Strip searches, some feared, would ...  

"At UK, Clarence Thomas talks about his upbringing, Supreme Court": This article appears today in The Lexington Herald-Leader. And The Associated Press reports that "Thomas chides colleagues for too many questions."...  

(AP) - Maybe it's Southern courtesy or his introverted nature that keeps him from interrupting attorneys during oral arguments, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Thursday evening. Whatever the reason, the Georgia native had a blunt assessment ...  

Justice Clarence Thomas, who hasn't asked a question at a Supreme Court oral argument in more than six years, chided his colleagues Thursday for spending too much time peppering lawyers with questions and other interruptions during the three days of ...  

Re "They're just political hacks dressed up in black robes" (Viewpoints, April 5): Maureen Dowd writes, "Inexplicably mute 20 years after he lied his way onto the court, Clarence Thomas didn't ask a single question during oral arguments for one ...  

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Maybe it's Southern courtesy or his introverted nature that keeps him from interrupting attorneys during oral arguments, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said..  

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who prior to the 2008 elections was President Obama's pastor for 20 years, said during a revival in West Virginia that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas worships some other "gods."  

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Thursday evening. Whatever the reason, the Georgia native had a blunt assessment about the rapid-fire questioning from his colleagues during recent hearings on the nation's health care law. The queries ...  

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Maybe it's Southern courtesy or his introverted nature that keeps him from interrupting attorneys during oral arguments, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Thursday evening. Whatever the reason, the Georgia native had a ...  

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says the rapid-fire questioning from his colleagues during recent oral arguments over the nation’s health care law weren’t helpful to him in deciding the landmark case. Thomas said the ...  

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas made big news today by revealing the obvious: Oral arguments aren't that big of a deal—especially to Thomas, who has gone more than six years without asking a single question at a hearing. Referring to the discourse ...  

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas defended his silence during the oral arguments last week on President Obama's healthcare law and scolded his colleagues for talking too much. “I don’t see where that advances anything,” Thomas said of peppering ...  

His joking remarks gave his audience little doubt about his political views. After congratulating the University of Kentucky men's basketball team for winning the school's eighth NCAA national championship this week, Clarence Thomas, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, told a capacity crowd Thursday night at UK's Memorial Hall: "Maybe in this type of environment, we could redistribute some of those." When asked whether he read The New...  

He hasn't asked a question at a Supreme Court oral argument in more than six years.  

Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas had an unkind comment for the New York Times Thursday. When asked by an attendee of his Roy R. and Virginia F. Ray Lecture at the University of Kentucky whether he reads the Gray Lady every day, the jurist ...  

Liberal talk show host Randi Rhodes compared Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to the Scalia family dog Wednesday as the Court wrapped up its hearing on President Obama's signature health care legislation. "I mean, he's thinking out loud and this what ...  

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will deliver the 13th Roy R. and Virginia F. Ray Lecture on April 5 at 6 p.m. the University of Kentucky's Memorial Hall. UK College of Law Dean David A. Brennen will moderate a conversation among ...  

When asked whether he read the New York Times every day, Thomas replied, "Oh, God, no!" Thomas was at UK to deliver the 13th Roy R. and Virginia F. Ray Lecture. But the lecture was more like a living room chat, with UK law school dean David ...  

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas rarely writes articles or does interviews with the news media. So how was his name was attached to an essay on affirmative action? Data is unavailable for this article.  

And then there was the one anti-highlight: Clarence Thomas remained silent during in this case, matching a record of silence so persistent that a computer program that matches sound recordings of oral arguments with specific justices was unable ...  

I like this guy:His joking remarks gave his audience little doubt about his political views.After congratulating the University of Kentucky men's basketball team for winning the school's eighth NCAA national championship this week, Clarence Thomas, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, told a capacity crowd Thursday night at UK's Memorial Hall: "Maybe in this type of environment, we could redistribute some of those."When asked whether...  

(Newser) – Clarence Thomas thinks that his fellow Supreme Court justices asked too many questions during the recent oral arguments over health care—and that they ask too many questions, period, reports AP. "I don't see where that advances ...  

As liberals lecture about deep-seated American racism, liberal radio host was slamming Justice Clarence Thomas on Wednesday. After playing a soundbite of Anthony Kennedy, she said, "I mean, he's thinking out loud and this what they do right -- except for Clarence Thomas who doesn't think. At all."  Thomas, she joked, was just like a dog: "Whatever Scalia does that's what he does...  

When the Affordable Care Act had its day in front of the Supreme Court, the “highlights” consisted of two things: the content of the questions the justices asked during the oral arguments, and the answers the respective litigators gave.  

Speaking of bad ideas about the Supreme Court, here’s one that TNR is kicking around: I’ve never liked the idea of term limits for members of Congress, because if a member outstays his or her welcome voters get the chance every two or six ...  

After the healthcare hearings, he said this according to A.P.: "Maybe it's the Southerner in me. Maybe it's the introvert in me, I don't know. I think that when somebody's talking, somebody ought to listen." So let’s parse for a minute.  

At all." Thomas, she joked, was just like a dog: "Whatever Scalia does that's what he does. Well, Scalia's got a cashmere scarf....I want a cashmere scarf! Oh, Scalia's going over here, I wanna go, I wanna go, I wanna go! Take me, take me!  

Those are the same names for the same God.”-Rev. Wright (Spiritual mentor to the President of The United States) The man of the cloth spoke this to his congregation regarding Justice Clarence Thomas: he (Justice Clarence Thomas) “looks like” them, ...  

Normally, given this decision, I would say that Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Kennedy and John Roberts should have their heads examined. But I also think, like any aspiring paratrooper, they should have other parts of their bodies ...  

In fact, that was the one part of the opinion that Justice Clarence Thomas would not agree to ... such open and public strip searches would still pass constitutional muster. It didn’t say they wouldn’t, either. We agree with Justice Anthony ...  

He should run, specifically, against the five justices on the Court who span the spectrum from conservative to very conservative: Anthony Kennedy, John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. There are two prominent objections to running ...  

Carter (News-Times opinion page, April 2): Some of the Supreme Court Justices are political hacks. Justice Clarence Thomas comes to mind. He lacks necessary intelligence and judgement. His opponents might have been wiser to challenge his competence than to ...  

Justice Clarence Thomas and Alito each have written four majority opinions for the court, the smallest output.  The court meets again Tuesday to issue opinions.  While cameras in the courtroom seem as unlikely as ever, the court has continued ...  

Re "They're just political hacks dressed up in black robes" (Viewpoints, April 5): Maureen Dowd writes, "Inexplicably mute 20 years after he lied his way onto the court, Clarence Thomas didn't ask a single question during oral arguments for one ...  

Just as in the Senate’s shameful Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings, the liberals on the court focus on process and the conservatives focus on results. John Roberts Jr.’s benign beige facade is deceiving; he’s a crimson partisan ...  

She’d be another Clarence Thomas: This past Friday, Judge Janice Rogers Brown of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals voted to uphold a blatantly protectionist law designed to prevent competition in the dairy industry. As a matter of judicial doctrine, … Continue reading →  

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will speak next week at an event at the University of Kentucky. Thomas will deliver the 13th Roy R. and Virginia F. Ray Lecture at 6 p.m. EDT Thursday at Memorial Hall. The Lexington Herald ...  

The Justices of the US Supreme Court, official photograph, October 8, 2010. Front row (L-R): Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and Associate Justice Ruth ...  

Clarence and Bob Boone, Isanti County Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Task Force Chairman, want to thank all who worked at this event: Dale Strike, Bob Fredell, Mary Fredell, Scott Fredell, Susan Morris, Monica Broten, Hohn Thomas and April Thomas.  

Zach Thomas singled to score Mistretta to give the Spartans ... which is unranked in this week's large school poll. Clarence starter Mark Materise had a two-hitter after seven. In other ECIC I play, Lancaster suffered a tough ECIC I baseball ...  

His favorite pastime was watching baseball. Mr. Berry will be truly missed. He leaves to cherish his memory 2 daughters, Barbara Berry and Louise (Thomas) Bell; 6 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren; 1 brother; 1 sister-in-law; 1 daughter-in-law ...  

Jo-El Sonnier, Chase Tyler ... on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the downtown Hammond theater. A Blues Hall of Fame inductee, Thomas has a music career that spans 50 years, including numerous Grammy nominations, a Grammy Award for her 2006 album ...  

In general, the justices are a given, a group of nine who rule from a beautiful marble building. We the people can't do anything about the Republican majority of five—even if we believe Clarence Thomas is a scoundrel who has no place in ...  

The Justices of the US Supreme Court sit for their official photograph on October 8, 2010 at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC. Front row (L-R): Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G.  

Clarence (Bud) Joseph Rausch ... He was a member of Pryor Creek Senior Men’s Association and St Thomas Catholic Church. Bud is survived by his wife of 50 years, Sheri; their three children, Tracy K. Rausch of Billings, Selisa C. Rausch (Tom Foubert ...  

The last time a Black republican Yale Law School graduate was scheduled to appear before a legislative body for approval to advance to the position of Supreme Court Justice, it was Clarence Thomas; and the backlash from that moment in time—for African ...  

Justices Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas are certain to decide that the law is unconstitutional. Thirty courts below them have already upheld it. Justice Anthony Kennedy is the only possible swing vote and maybe Chief Justice John Roberts ...  

Clarence Sidney Oakley Jr. was born December 13 ... daughter and son-in-law Lynda and Thomas Kelly of Northfield; daughter-in-law Denise Oakley of Indio, California (wife of Johnny Lee);  8 grandchildren: Candice Kelly, Sean (Cathy) Kelly, Savina Oakley ...  

Instead of reactionaries like Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia or Samuel Alito, we have a chance to see reasonable and experienced jurists such as Sotomayor on the high court in the coming years. This is a welcome development. Randolph T. Holhut has been a ...  

Clarence J. Kelly, age 80, of Bonner Springs ... and Bill Kelly of Bonner Springs; one brother Thomas Kelly of Kansas City, Kan., two sisters Margaret Martin of Warsaw, Mo., and Patricia Frey of Shawnee, Kan., as well as 23 grandchildren and 13 great ...  

provide a reasonable predictor of most Justices' votes," with the notable exception of Justice Clarence Thomas, who rarely speaks during oral arguments. Justices, in their own words, seem to support overturning the law Also, comments by the justices ...  

But Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the unanimous decision on Wednesday there are "no evidentiary restrictions" beyond the normal ones in these cases. Courts, however, can consider whether inventors could have shown their new evidence to patent ...  

That wake-up call had blared when the all-male Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on the nomination of Judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court and a University of Oklahoma law professor, Anita Hill, appeared reluctantly to testify about ...  

The subject of judicial recusal has attracted attention, focused on Justices Clarence Thomas and Elena Kagan, as the Supreme Court argument on Obamacare draws closer. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. implicitly acknowledged this question in his ...  

Two of them, Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito, sounded hostile, while a third, Justice Clarence Thomas, remained silent but is presumed likely to find it unconstitutional based on past opinions. The two other Republican appointees may be ...  

We won't know whether the law will be upheld until June. Why should Clarence Thomas be sitting on the bench for this case, when his wife has connections to groups opposed to the measure? The Republicans say it is unconstitutional to have health ...  

And those are only two of the burning questions before us. If she does find in favor of Arizona, will she become the Latina Clarence Thomas, forever branded a “traitor to her race”? And how would that play during the presidential election campaign?  

There is a better chance of Rick Santorum presiding over a same-sex marriage than Clarence Thomas voting to uphold the law. It doesn’t look like Chief Justice Roberts, or Justices Scalia or Alito are jumping up to be the first to uphold the law ...  

When Texas defended its political maps before the Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomas in January took the opportunity to reiterate his opposition to pre-clearance. In a 2009 opinion, Thomas said southern states and the handful of localities ...  

This entire ethics scandal unfolded while Brown was in the Senate. But, do a google search for "Scott Brown" and "Clarence Thomas". All you will find are random pages where both men's names appear in different stories or lists. Scott Brown has ...  

LOS ANGELES — Judy Smith was there when White House intern Monica Lewinsky, Chief Justice Clarence Thomas, quarterback Michael Vick and Idaho senator Larry Craig found themselves in the middle of major crises. The lawyer and author is a crisis ...  

Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia were featured speakers at Koch Brothers fundraisers, supporting the Citizens United decision. The Center for Competitive Politics Institute for Justice and the Cato Institute, both founded by Charles ...  

Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia were featured speakers at Koch Brothers fundraisers, supporting the Citizens United decision. The Center for Competitive Politics Institute for Justice and the Cato Institute, both founded by Charles ...  

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says the rapid-fire questioning from his colleagues during recent oral arguments over the nation's health care law weren't helpful to him in deciding the landmark case. Thomas said the ...  

Justice Anthony Kennedy, often the court's swing vote, also expressed skepticism. The fifth conservative justice, Clarence Thomas, was silent. The court's four liberal justices appeared more convinced that the government has the authority to ...  

Justice Anthony Kennedy, often the court’s swing vote, also expressed skepticism. The fifth conservative justice, Clarence Thomas, was silent. The court’s four liberal justices appeared more convinced that the government has the authority to ...  

How did two of America’s most accomplished African Americans — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Edward P. Jones — end up in the same class at Holy Cross, a small, Catholic liberal arts college in uber ...  

The national rate is even lower, at 11.8 percent. "Let's not just talk about organized labor," said Clarence Thomas, an International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10 member for 26 years and a Port of Oakland worker. "The overwhelming ...  

In that light, it’s worth noting how The Chronicle sets forth the views of one of those students, Northwestern University’s La TaSha Levy: Ms. Levy’s dissertation argues that conservatives like Thomas Sowell, Clarence Thomas, John McWhorter ...  

What about Clarence Thomas? Surely, he’s political. Nothing could be further from the truth. You might disagree with Thomas’ originalism but it is impossible to document that Thomas cares one iota about what political position is supported ...  

22, 1916, in Union County, New Mexico the daughter of James Thomas and Nora Elizabeth (Ferguson ... Lena is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clarence Crick; one son, Clarence Crick, Jr., and two sisters; Lottie Snyder and Lola Hayes.  

it is probable that the female Thurgood Marshall will be replaced by a female Clarence Thomas.” I would be surprised if Ginsburg retires at the end of this term. At 79, she remains a vital voice on the court. And the “good job” (as she ...  

Rev. Jeremiah Wright delivered three fiery sermons about faith, race and politics at Metropolitan Baptist Church in S.C. • Wright said Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas worships “some other God” outside of “Allah and Yahweh” (who ...  

If the ruling is 5 to 4, it will be self-evident. Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas should have recused themselves, as they also should have done on the Citizens United case. They are too close to the Koch brothers. However ...  

Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito appeared likely to join with Justice Clarence Thomas to vote to strike down the key provision. The four Democratic appointees seemed ready to vote to uphold it.  

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