Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

Did Justice Thomas Take Personal Leave During the Healthcare Arguments?

David Coleman | Posted 04.05.2012

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How can a sentient judge, responsible for casting a deciding vote in a 5-4 case -- that is widely said to be the most important of the decade -- sit through the proceedings mute for six hours?

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Supreme Court Justices Asked To Sit Out Health Care Case

AP | By MARK SHERMAN | Posted 11.26.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Conservative interest groups and Republican lawmakers want Justice Elena Kagan off the health care case. Liberals and Democrats in Congr...

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Comparing Sexual Harassment Then And Now

Posted 11.16.2011

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This fall marks the 20th anniversary of Anita Hill's testimony against Justice Clarence Thomas, which brought the issue of sexual harassment in the wo...

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Greg Reyes, Former CEO of Brocade, Was Betrayed

Michael Santos | Posted 12.27.2011

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It was a time when markets were falling and there was a backlash against the titans of wealth. As an executive who the market rewarded with $500 million for his role in building Brocade, Greg Reyes became a perfect scapegoat.

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Supreme Court Justice Failed To Disclose His Wife's $700,000 Income

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 11.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Democratic lawmakers on Thursday called for a federal investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' failure to report hundre...

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It's Time for High Standards at the High Court

Bob Edgar | Posted 09.07.2011

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Without anyone paying much attention, our nation's highest court has moved beyond the kind of scrutiny Americans give the rest of our government.

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Justice Thomas and Judicial Ethics

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even if he is mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers... They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they, and a ...

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Clarence Thomas' Legal Challenges Continue to Build -- Will the Next Come From Congress?

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 05.25.2011

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A group of Congressional Democrats are said to be drafting demands that Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas be disbarred in Missouri for perjury, and investigated by the Department of Justice for bribery.

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Colbert: 'You Want to Interrupt and Belittle People? Get Your Own Show on Fox'

Rep. Anthony Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Clarence Thomas must recuse himself from any deliberations related to health care reform. The facts are simple: the Thomas household has profited from opposition to health care reform.

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Watchdog: Justice Thomas Failed To Report Wife's Income

latimes.com | Kim Geiger, Washington Bureau | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reporting from Washington -- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to report his wife's income from a conservative think tank on financial d...

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'Sexually Driven' Memoir

ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lillian McEwen, who dated Thomas in the 1980s, has signed with TitleTown Publishing, a Green Bay, Wis.-based publisher specializing in true crime and ...

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What Anita Hill did for America

Marcia D. Greenberger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Before Anita Hill's testimony, sexual harassment was viewed as a problem for victims, predominantly women, to solve on their own. Most women suffered in silence rather than jeopardize their careers by complaining.

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Justice Thomas' Reasoning -- Dangerous for Democracy

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Let's not allow the Justices' dangerous logic to undermine democratic decision making America needs now more than ever. We can commit to choosing elected leaders who grasp what we've lost.

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The Ledbetter Lesson

Jessica Arons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many hoped the Court would abandon its quest to place its own ideology ahead of settled law. Yet it is clear that these justices still have not learned their lesson.

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The Biggest Loser

Gregory Allen Howard | Posted 05.25.2011

If a white man with Clarence Thomas's meager background of minor government bureaucrat had been put up for the Supreme Court, there would have been outrage. Except that he was Black.

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Justice Thomas: "My Colleagues Should Shut Up!"

US News | Posted 05.25.2011

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There's a reason why Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas doesn't talk much from the bench: He thinks judges should be seen and not heard. "My collea...

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