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Trump allies saw Clarence Thomas as key to efforts to challenge 2020 election

Emails show ex-president’s attorney saying justice was ‘our only chance to get a favorable judicial opinion’ by 6 January

The Guardian - US

Trump lawyers pinned hopes on Justice Clarence Thomas to overturn 2020 election, emails show

Former President Donald Trump’s legal team pinned its hopes on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to give them a long shot victory in their scheme to overturn the 2020 election, new emails have reportedly revealed.

Tribune News Service

Trump lawyers who fought election results saw Thomas as key

Lawyers who aided former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election regarded an appeal to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as a “key” to their success

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Trump lawyers' Clarence Thomas plot

"We want to frame things so that Thomas could be the one to issue some sort of stay," wrote attorney Ken Chesebro

Salon

Trump lawyers saw Thomas as "key" to disrupting 2020 election count

"We want to frame things so that Thomas could be the one to issue some sort of stay or other circuit justice opinion."

Axios

Editorial: Don’t worry, children of privilege. Supreme Court won’t end affirmative action for you

It’s not true that the U.S. Supreme Court is about to end affirmative action in college admissions.

Tribune News Service

SCOTUS rejects Graham's subpoena appeal

The "appeal presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is denied," the order said

Salon

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Supreme Court won’t shield Lindsey Graham from Georgia grand jury

Mr Graham has been fighting Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ push for his testimony

The Independent UK

Conservative US Supreme Court reconsidering affirmative action, leaving the use of race in college admissions on the brink of extinction

The U.S. military learned a valuable lesson about race during the Vietnam War: Diversity does not happen without affirmative action.

The Conversation

Supreme Court justices battle over race as a factor in college admissions

Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court showed deep divides over race-conscious university admissions while questioning lawyers in cases that could transform college campuses and overturn decades-old precedents.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court sounds skeptical of race in college admissions - Roll Call

The conservative-controlled Supreme Court appeared ready to curtail the use of race in college admissions during oral arguments Monday.

Roll Call

The Big Lie: Yep, both sides do it

MAGA faithful have taken election denial to the extreme, but both parties have nurtured the problem for decades

Salon

Ivy-educated Thomas and Sotomayor divide on affirmative action

Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas overcame humble beginnings and racial discrimination before earning elite educations, but they bring very different views about race-conscious college admissions to the Supreme Court as it weighs affirmative action challenges.

Tribune News Service

Appellate ruling may force another Supreme Court look at CFPB

WASHINGTON — An appeals court ruling that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding structure is unconstitutional raises the stakes in a long battle over the agency, potentially setting the stage for a test the Supreme Court sidestepped only two years ago when it declined to find the entire agency unconstitutional.

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Appellate ruling may force another Supreme Court look at CFPB - Roll Call

An appeals court ruling that the consumer bureau's funding structure is unconstitutional raises the stakes in a long battle over the agency.

Reuters

Behind U.S. Supreme Court race cases, a contested push for 'color blindness'

The U.S. Supreme Court's first Black woman justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, wasted no time making clear her views on race. On her second day of hearing arguments on the court, Jackson said the U.S. Constitution is not "race blind" and that governments may consider race to ensure that people are…

Tribune News Service

Prosecutor urges Supreme Court not to delay Graham testimony

WASHINGTON — A Georgia prosecutor urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to force Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify before a grand jury investigating the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state.

The Independent UK

Georgia DA urges Supreme Court to allow Graham testimony

The Georgia prosecutor investigating possible illegal election interference in the 2020 election has urged the Supreme Court not to stand in the way of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s testimony to a grand jury

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Prosecutor urges Supreme Court not to delay Graham testimony - Roll Call

A prosecutor urged the Supreme Court to compel Sen. Lindsey Graham's testimony before a grand jury probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Once again, America is reminded that the Supreme Court is a broken institution

Two minor but telling developments this week provide dismal reminders that the U.S. Supreme Court is mired in a crisis of legitimacy because of what certainly looks like overt partisanship by its conservative majority. Chief Justice John Roberts should add these to the multiple other examples of broken trust by…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Justice Thomas’ refusal to recuse himself is thumbing his nose at the law

There’s a sad lesson for the law and the country in Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ Oct. 24 stay of a federal appeals court’s order that Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., comply with a subpoena to testify before a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia. The district attorney there is conducting…

Al Jazeera

Georgia probe: US judge orders ex-Trump chief of staff to testify

US state of Georgia is investigating alleged efforts by Donald Trump and his aides to overturn 2020 election results.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: How Congress could rein in the rogue Supreme Court

If the Supreme Court's decisions in 2022 made your skin crawl, what with its eviscerating abortion rights, hobbling gun restrictions and undermining the government's ability to address global warming, strap yourself in: The 2022-23 session could be as bad, or worse.

Salon

Experts slam Thomas for shielding Graham

"Even granting a brief administrative stay showed his contempt for the law," says Harvard Law Prof. Laurence Tribe

The Independent UK

Trump news - live: Hope Hicks meets with Jan 6 panel as Trump hits out at Bob Woodward for sharing recordings

Former president’s one-time closest White House adviser meeting with select committee today

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