The Latest Breaking News from Clarence Thomas

After Roe v Wade's fall, a Supreme Court justice indicates that same-sex marriage and contraception could be next

Millions of Americans woke up on June 25 with fewer rights than they had the morning before. But one of the justices on the US Supreme Court has indicated abortion could be just the start.

ABC News · Jun 26, 2022

‘They set a torch to it’: Warren says court lost legitimacy with Roe reversal

Top Democrats again call for appointing additional justices to blunt conservative super-majority which made ruling possible

The Guardian - US · Jun 26, 2022

On Justice Thomas, Dobbs, Precedent, and Substantive Due Process

In his Dobbs concurrence, the senior associate justice reiterates his outlying views on precedent and his belief that all substantive due process decisions were "demonstrably erroneous."

Reason · Jun 26, 2022

Supreme Court conservatives flex muscle in sweeping rulings

Sweeping Supreme Court rulings on guns and abortion this past week have sent an unmistakable message

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2022

Abortion ruling highlights the war against women in America. Time to fight back

The post-Roe US will be a nightmare of digital authoritarianism where even Googling ‘abortion pill’ could be used against you

The Guardian - US · Jun 25, 2022

Guns and abortion: Contradictory decisions, or consistent?

They are the most fiercely polarizing issues in American life: abortion and guns

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2022

Protests spread, state abortion bans begin after US justices strike down Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court on Friday stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion, a fundamental and deeply personal change for Americans’ lives after nearly a half-century under Roe v. Wade. The court’s overturning of the landmark court ruling is likely to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.

France 24 · Jun 25, 2022

Supreme Court takes us backwards as a nation by overturning Roe v. Wade

Women don’t matter and they shouldn’t have agency over their own bodies, the conservative justices might as well have said in their support for Justice Samuel Alito’s abhorrent opinion overturning Roe v. Wade.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 25, 2022

In Roe decision, Justice Clarence Thomas invites new legal challenges to contraception and same-sex marriage rights

Experts told The Texas Tribune that Thomas’ opinion signals an openness from the court to reconsidering other settled legal precedents related to rights the court has ruled are protected by the constitution.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 24, 2022

The Supreme Court's majority and dissent opinions on Dobbs reveal a massive schism

"The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion," Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority. The court's liberals warn that other rights could now be vulnerable.

WEKU · Jun 24, 2022