Clarence Thomas
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991
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I have concerns there may have been here or will in the future be a copycat element,
- Thomas saidGuardiantheguardian.com/uk/news…
You are much bigger and stronger than she is and you knew that.”... You could have killed her.”
- Thomas added... He told the boyGuardiantheguardian.com/uk/news…
We had this saying [that there are] only two things I have to do: stay Black and die,
- Thomas saidFox Newsfoxnews.com/media/jim…
When I came to this town, one of the greatest difficulties, if you think about it, was that there were those who thought that I should think a certain way,
- Thomas said on "Verdict With Ted Cruz."Newsmaxnewsmax.com/politics/clarence…
[I] walked in front of the chapel because I was exhausted but couldn't sleep,
- Thomas recalled after the riotNewsmaxnewsmax.com/politics/clarence…
Then my question is, why is it then that you have a problem with me embracing certain ideas in certain books? What's the difference?
- Thomas went onFox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/clarence…
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Supreme Court pushes back against Trump and GOP ahead of the midterm elections
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/politics/supreme…During his first term in office, the president appointed three conservative justices to the High Court—Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett
Newsweeknewsweek.com/a/timeline…Trump Slams His Supreme Court Appointees Over Mail-In Voting Decision
Newsweeknewsweek.com/trump/slams…His social media missive was just the latest in a long history of Trump assailing justices, particularly those he had nominated, who ruled against him on his administration's most prominent initiatives
ABC 7 Newsabc7news.com/story/trump…Pupil who stabbed teacher in head given four-year detention order
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…The boy, who was 15 at the time of the attack, approached the history teacher Vicki Williams when she was alone in a classroom at Milford Haven comprehensive school in Pembrokeshire, and asked her to check his work
Guardiantheguardian.com/uk/news…Jim Clyburn regrets supporting Clarence Thomas' SCOTUS appointment, calling it a 'mistake'
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/media/jim…James Clyburn called for Congress to expand it to 13 justices during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press."
Newsmaxnewsmax.com/politics/supreme…Clarence Thomas thanks Cruz for defending him against ethics complaints
The Hillthehill.com/regulation/court…Conservative Supreme Court justice thanks Texas Republican for ‘standing up’ for him after he was ‘under attack’
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Trump's orders limit birthright citizenship
China Dailychinadaily.com.cn/a/202608…Trump takes aim at ‘birth tourism’, setting up court battle
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Justices Barrett and Kagan to face lawmakers after divisive Supreme Court term
CTV Newsctvnews.ca/world/article…They will appear before House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…Trump to ask Supreme Court to rehear birthright citizenship case after 'insane decision'
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/trump…The civil liberties group took legal action over 430 times in his first administration, challenging his policies on deportations and travel bans, among others
Politicopolitico.com/newsletters/west…The Supreme Court still hasn’t finished the job of protecting women’s sports
The Hillthehill.com/opinion/education…That directive withdraws funding from “educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities, which results in the endangerment, humiliation, and silencing of women and girls and deprives them of privacy”
Guardiantheguardian.com/commentisfree/…Johnson: House GOP ‘looking at all angles’ after Supreme Court birthright citizenship ruling
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/house…The Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship, but American Jews can't declare victory — opinion
The Jerusalem Postjpost.com/international/articl…The Supreme Court term that ended Tuesday left almost everybody at least a little unhappy
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/07…In Tumultuous Term, Chief Justice Roberts Took Charge of Unruly Supreme Court
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/07…The Supreme Court just wrapped up a term that yielded significant rulings in cases involving race and discrimination that could have lasting effects on U.S. politics and society
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/supreme…The Supreme Court tackled race, history and the law in fraught and reflective major rulings
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/supreme…The Justices ruled 6-3 to uphold birthright citizenship, striking down President Trumps executive order that declared that children born to people who are in the US illegally or temporarily are not American citizens
CNNcnn.com/2026/07…Trump’s Executive Order On US Birthright Citizenship Gets Quashed
Free Press Journalfreepressjournal.in/analysis/t…After berating the Supreme Court for much of the year — while simultaneously inviting some of the justices over to the White House for dinner — President Donald Trump’s final assessment of the court’s momentous term this week felt something like a ceasefire
CNNcnn.com/2026/07…Trump attorney general plots crackdown on ‘birth tourism’ after supreme court ruling
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…Mike Johnson learns SCOTUS denied Trump efforts to end birthright citizenship
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in major blow to Trump
Saudi Gazettesaudigazette.com.sa/article/66…This comes after Trump had signed an executive order on the first day of his presidency decreeing those born to parents in the US illegally or on temporary visas could not automatically become Americans
France 24france24.com/en/trump…Supreme Court financial disclosures reveal concert tickets from Bad Bunny's label, millions in book payments
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/supreme…The paperwork does not identify the performer, but Puerto Rican star Bad Bunny is known to have performed a series of shows on the island that month and the $4,333 gift she disclosed was provided by Rimas Entertainment, Bad Bunny's record label
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/sonia…Gorsuch suggests Supreme Court's Trump ruling is opening move against administrative state
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/gorsuch…US Supreme Court blocks firing of Fed governor
Financial Timesft.com/content/ea739335…Alan Dershowitz loses Supreme Court appeal over CNN defamation claim
The News Internationalthenews.com.pk/latest/1407615…Former national security advisor John Bolton loomed large in Democrats’ questions in the Senate impeachment trial, but the GOP may yet block his testimony
Los Angeles Timeslatimes.com/politics/story…How the Supreme Court became a power that is reshaping America
CNNcnn.com/2026/06…The decision could reshape more than 150 years of legal precedent and determine whether children born on U.S. soil automatically become American citizens
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…US Supreme Court Ruling Could Make Travel Riskier For Green Card Holders
ABP Livenews.abplive.com/business/us…Trump administration has increasingly targeted legal immigration pathways in a government-wide mass deportation campaign
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Cops could be forced into race-based guessing game after Supreme Court move, Thomas joins dissent
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/cops…The Supreme Court cleared the way for an excessive force lawsuit to proceed against former LAPD Officer Toni McBride
Los Angeles Timeslatimes.com/politics/story…Amy Coney Barrett Writes SCOTUS Opinion to Directly Counter Clarence Thomas
Newsweeknewsweek.com/hunter/supreme…Samuel Alito Urges Supreme Court to Clarify Precedent Set 38 Years Ago
Newsweeknewsweek.com/samuel/alito…Alabama seeks to execute man by lethal injection after court ruled against nitrogen method
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/alabama…The United States’ newest execution method, nitrogen gas, appears headed toward a legal showdown amid a widening controversy over whether it constitutes cruel and unusual punishment
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…US Supreme Court backs federal regulators in wins for FCC and SEC
Reutersreuters.com/business/media…American Airlines is temporarily suspending some of its routes this summer, as steep jet fuel costs continue to strain carriers’ budgets amid the war with Iran
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…A Supreme Court skeptical of death row appeals has recently sided with three inmates
CNNcnn.com/2026/06…He pointed to cases involving race, free speech and military families that the justices declined to hear as examples of disputes he believed were more deserving of the Court's attention
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/thomas…Supreme Court sides with Trump in fight tied to speech curbs on immigration judges
Reutersreuters.com/world/supreme…Justice Clarence Thomas issued a dissenting opinion joined by fellow Justice Samuel Alito as the Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a Florida lawsuit against California over allegedly issuing commercial truck driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants
Newsweeknewsweek.com/thomas/alito…Trump May Not Have the Votes to Replace Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito
Newsweeknewsweek.com/trump/may…Massie lost to congressional candidate Ed Gallrein in Kentucky’s Republican primary last week after months of escalating attacks from Trump, who publicly criticized the Kentucky Republican over repeated breaks with the president and opposition to parts of the GOP agenda
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/watch…Supreme Court backs US company over seized Cuban assets
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…The Supreme Court on Thursday issued an 8–1 ruling authored by Justice Clarence Thomas clarifying when companies can face liability for using property confiscated by Cuba after the 1959 revolution, a decision that could shape a wave of litigation tied to long-standing U.S. claims
Newsweeknewsweek.com/supreme/court…United States: The US in Brief: Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pills
The Economisteconomist.com/in/brief…The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved nationwide access to the abortion pill mifepristone, rejecting lower-court limits even as a legal challenge continues, with conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito sharply dissenting
Newsweeknewsweek.com/supreme/court…U.S. Supreme Court allows telehealth & mail access to mifepristone
CNNcnn.com/2026/05…That decision will now remain blocked, perhaps for months, while litigation continues in the lower courts
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/05…Justice Thomas hails US Constitution as common bedrock in divided America
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/clarenc…The observation, which he repeatedly returned to as he spoke to a group of lawyers and judges gathered outside Miami, came as the court has sought millions of dollars in additional security funding from Congress amid increasing physical and cyber threats aimed at the judiciary
CNNcnn.com/2026/05…Democrat lawmaker calls Clarence Thomas an 'Uncle Tom' and 'lynchman' after Supreme Court redistricting ruling
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/democrat…Clarence Thomas Is Closing In on a SCOTUS Record. Timing Is Everything.
Newsweeknewsweek.com/clarence/thomas…A lot has changed at the Supreme Court since Justice CLARENCE THOMAS took the bench there nearly 35 years ago — and that transformation helps explain why Thomas has now become the second-longest-serving justice in American history
Politicopolitico.com/newsletters/west…As Clarence Thomas hits a milestone, his conservative stamp on US Supreme Court endures
Reutersreuters.com/legal/government…Thomas, who is 77, has served since October 1991, having been appointed at age 43 by Republican President George H.W. Bush to replace liberal luminary and civil-rights pioneer Thurgood Marshall on the top U.S. judicial body
Newsmaxnewsmax.com/newsfront/clarence…Supreme Court Faces New Decision in Major Voting Rights Case
Newsweeknewsweek.com/supreme/court…Padilla has more bona fides than most of his Democratic colleagues when it comes to election law — he served six years as California’s secretary of state and is now the highest-ranking Democrat on the Senate Rules committee which oversees federal elections
Politicopolitico.com/newsletters/calif…What to know about the Voting Rights Act after historic Supreme Court decision
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/5858597…Two days later, Martin Luther King Jr. led a smaller march to the bridge, where the demonstrators prayed and turned back to avoid further violence
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/media/why…Media outrage over Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision collides with reality
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/opinion/media…Ex-AG Eric Holder reacts to SCOTUS ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act: Republicans 'want to hold onto power at all costs'
CNNcnn.com/2026/04…Supreme Court Finds Soldier Injured in Suicide Bombing Can Sue
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/04…The lawsuit was filed by former Army specialist Winston T. Hencely, who suffered a fractured skull and brain injuries in a suicide-bomb attack at a U.S. base in Afghanistan in 2016
Newsweeknewsweek.com/alito/breaks…Supreme Court leak shakes institution’s secrecy
The Hillthehill.com/newsletters/the…The Supreme Court has long presented itself as a uniform group of justices, all sheathed in long black robes
CNNcnn.com/2026/04…Senate hopeful Graham Platner calls to investigate Trump and impeach two Supreme Court justices
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/politics/2026…Among those he claimed were committing crimes or acting unconstitutionally were officials involved in deploying U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to U.S. cities and those involved in bombing campaigns in the Caribbean against alleged narcoterrorists, operations he referred to as "murder."
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/dem…Justices Thomas, Alito Have No Plans to Step Down
Newsmaxnewsmax.com/newsfront/supreme…Justices tend to hire their clerks two to three years in advance, although that process is not necessarily indicative of a justice's retirement plans
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/alito…Clarence Thomas praised after rare televised address warning of progressivism goes viral
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/media/clarence…Supreme Court sides with Chevron, oil companies in Louisiana environmental lawsuits
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/supreme…The 8-0 procedural decision gives the companies a new day in federal court after a state jury ordered Chevron to pay upward of $740m to clean up damage to the state’s coastline, one of multiple similar lawsuits
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…Thomas warns intolerance among younger generations will ‘infect’ courts
The Hillthehill.com/regulation/court…Speaking to a packed auditorium of students and faculty at the University of Texas at Austin to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas, the Supreme Court's longest-serving justice, urged the nation to revisit the philosophical foundations of U.S. governance
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/justice…Trump leans in on a major 2026 issue: possibly replacing Justices Alito and Thomas
CNNcnn.com/2026/04…Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley named two conservative senators as preferred replacements for a potential Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Samuel Alito's retirement, as Republicans race to lock in a younger conservative before control of the chamber potentially shifts hands
Newsweeknewsweek.com/chuck/grassley…Supreme Court Justice Alito Was Taken to the Hospital Last Month
The Wall Street Journalwsj.com/politics/policy…The 76-year-old justice became unwell on March 20 while attending a dinner hosted by the Federalist Society
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Supreme Court Decides Copyright Fight Over Music Downloads
Newsweeknewsweek.com/supreme/court…Supreme Court Limits Liability for Internet Service Providers
The Wall Street Journalwsj.com/us/news…Thomas criticizes Supreme Court majority for 'needlessly' expanding precedent in unanimous decision
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/thomas…The case centered on whether a private company performing work under a federal contract can immediately appeal a lower court’s rejection of its claim to “derivative sovereign immunity,” which can shield contractors from liability when acting under government authority
Newsweeknewsweek.com/how/a…5 Supreme Court justices skip Trump State of the Union after key tariff ruling
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/supreme…President Trump greeting Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. at last year’s address to Congress
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/02…Trump slams Supreme Court justices over tariff ruling in State of the Union speech
Saudi Gazettesaudigazette.com.sa/article/65…Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade and Harold Ford Jr. urged the president to avoid harping on the conservative-leaning high court’s Friday ruling, which determined that his sweeping tariffs on both enemies and allies were unlawfully imposed under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Clarence Thomas Wants to Reconsider 105-Year-Old Rule
Newsweeknewsweek.com/clarence/thomas…Supreme Court bars suits against the Postal Service, even for intentional failure to deliver mail
Los Angeles Timeslatimes.com/politics/story…By a 5-4 vote, the justices ruled against a Texas landlord, Lebene Konan, who alleges her mail was intentionally withheld for two years
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/supreme…Trump warns trading partners: Countries 'playing games' after court ruling will face even higher tariffs
The News Internationalthenews.com.pk/latest/1393488…Trump's 15% replacement tariffs took effect on Tuesday for 150 days
Reutersreuters.com/legal/litigation…Donald Trump: Supreme Court Gave Me Power to Do Absolutely Terrible Things
Newsweeknewsweek.com/donald/trump…Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ripped the court's decision blocking President Donald Trump’ s use of an emergency law to impose sweeping tariffs on trading partners, calling it a fundamental misread of both the governing statute and the Constitution’s separation of powers
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/thomas…Thomas rips Supreme Court tariffs ruling, says majority 'errs' on Constitution
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/thomas…Supreme Court Draws a Line With Trump by Curbing Tariff Powers
Bloomberg Newsbloomberg.com/news/articles…He further announced plans to impose an additional 10 percent tariff through alternative legal channels, signaling a renewed push for aggressive trade enforcement
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