The Latest Breaking News from Clarence Thomas

Just Ketanji Brown Jackson Lands Major Book Deal for Her Memoir

It is becoming a pattern for Supreme Court justices to make significant amounts of money by publishing books.

Reason · Jan 7, 2023

Don't Underestimate Clarence Thomas

Justice Thomas' footprints are all over the Court's recently concluded term.

Reason · Jan 7, 2023

Ginni Thomas saw no evidence of fraud

"I was just hearing it from news reports and friends on the ground," Thomas admitted to the J6 committee

Salon · Dec 31, 2022

Journal of Free Speech Law: "Why Social Media Platforms Are Not Common Carriers," by Prof. Ash Bhagwat (UC Davis)

Just published at 2 J. Free Speech L. 127 (2022), as part of the "Non-Governmental Restrictions on Free Speech" symposium; here's the Abstract: In a recent opinion respecting denial of certiorari, Justice Clarence Thomas expressed concerns about the degree of control that a handful of social media platforms exercised over…

Reason · Dec 29, 2022

The Supreme Court Weighs the Future of Section 230

The famous internet law is headed for the High Court.

Reason · Dec 29, 2022

Editorial: America needs to love its children more than its guns

Mass shootings now average nearly two a week. They continue to happen faster than most people can keep track of how many times an anguished public cried out “Never again!” only to have it happen again and again and again.

Tribune News Service · Dec 29, 2022

Supreme Court asked to stop judges from considering ‘acquitted conduct’ during sentencing

Judges sometimes add prison time for crimes defendants were accused of — even if juries found them innocent. And the Supreme Court has turned down numerous appeals asking it to declare that the Constitution forbids it.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 28, 2022

Experts focus on accessibility, education on contraception in post-Roe America

The fall of Roe v. Wade over the summer did more than change the landscape on abortion. It also left questions over other Supreme Court precedents and elements of reproductive health care like contraceptives in Republican-controlled states.

Tribune News Service · Dec 28, 2022

Thomases "damaged" court's reputation

When it comes to conflicts of interest, is anyone on the Supreme Court worse than Justice Thomas?

Salon · Dec 25, 2022

2022: We were gaslit in goblin mode

Leading dictionaries pick "gaslighting" and "goblin mode" as the English words of the year. Well, how appropriate!

Salon · Dec 25, 2022