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Clarence Thomas
June 8, 2023
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Stuns Everyone by Doing Something Good on Voting Rights
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined with the court’s liberals, but would they do it again?
June 5, 2023
Michael Tomasky
The Supreme Court Is Corrupt
Because
It’s Conservative
It isn’t a coincidence. The court is corrupt, both judicially and ethically, because of the extreme ideology six of its justices serve.
May 23, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Ron DeSantis Is Plotting a 7–2 Supreme Court
And it’s entirely possible if he becomes president.
May 18, 2023
Matt Ford
Why Does the Second Amendment Only Apply to “Law-Abiding” Gun Owners?
A recent lower court ruling has neatly exposed the Supreme Court’s conservative majority’s funny ideas about the Bill of Rights.
May 16, 2023
Matt Ford
Who Gets to Own a Gun in America?
A recent Supreme Court ruling on gun rights is leading to interesting results in the lower courts.
May 15, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Why Clarence Thomas’s Troubles Have Just Begun
Two of the more aggressive Senate Democrats are asking Thomas and Harlan Crow questions. And they have a lot of ways to get answers.
May 10, 2023
Matt Ford
The Right’s Stupefying Defense of the Supreme Court
Conservatives are up in arms that the high court has become embroiled in a legitimacy crisis.
May 8, 2023
Matt Ford
How Clarence Thomas Keeps the Influence Machine Running
The justice has consistently ruled in ways that favor political favor-traders.
May 5, 2023
Tori Otten
How Clarence Thomas Smeared His Own Sister to Gain Right-Wing Cool Points
Lying about money is apparently nothing new for the Supreme Court justice.
May 5, 2023
Prem Thakker
Washington Post
Levels Another “Racist,” “Baseless” Attack on Clarence Thomas!
If you’re to believe the right’s defense of the Supreme Court justice’s latest financial scandal, anyway
May 4, 2023
Prem Thakker
The Growing Number of Lawmakers Calling on Clarence Thomas to Resign—or Be Impeached
Here’s a list of every member of Congress calling for Clarence Thomas’s removal from the court.
May 4, 2023
Prem Thakker
Dick Durbin Says Someone Should Do Something on Clarence Thomas (but Not Him)
The Senate Judiciary chair is acting like he can’t do anything about the Supreme Court.
May 4, 2023
Tori Otten
Clarence Thomas’s Friend Basically Confirms the Harlan Crow Tuition Story
Mark Paoletta seemed to be trying to defend the Supreme Court justice.
May 4, 2023
Prem Thakker
You Suspected the Clarence Thomas-Harlan Crow Story Wasn’t Over? You Were Right!
A new report reveals how the billionaire megadonor paid the tuition of the Supreme Court justice’s grandnephew.
May 4, 2023
Tori Otten
Mike Lee’s Defense of Clarence Thomas Will Make You Lose Your Mind
The Republican senator is trying to support the Supreme Court justice amid mounting financial scandals. And, well, words do this post no justice.
May 2, 2023
Michael Tomasky
The Supreme Court Is Out of Control
Join us in an urgent project to track the dangerous ideas and decisions of this activist court.
April 25, 2023
Prem Thakker
Democratic Senator Calls for Clarence Thomas to Resign: “He Cannot Judge Right From Wrong”
The calls for the Supreme Court justice to step down are growing.
April 20, 2023
Pablo Manríquez
What Is the Senate Judiciary Committee Going to Do About Clarence Thomas, and When?
Mazie Hirono says there will be a hearing on the Supreme Court not following a code of ethics. Mmmm, OK. But what else, Democrats?
April 19, 2023
Daniel Strauss
No Labels Took More Than $100,000 From Clarence Thomas Buddy Harlan Crow
The “nonpartisan” group also relied on Crow—whom it dubbed one of its “whales”—to reel in nearly two dozen other donors from 2019 to 2021.
April 14, 2023
Alex Shephard
Conservatives Have Some Very Creative, Very Dumb Excuses for Clarence Thomas’s Corruption
Don’t let their friends distract you: The Supreme Court justice and his megadonor pal have had a malign influence on the judicial system.
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