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Georgia Senate approves putting Clarence Thomas statue on Capitol grounds

ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate on Monday approved on a party-line vote a measure to place a monument honoring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on the Capitol grounds.

Tribune News Service

Thomas Calls for Reconsidering New York Times v. Sullivan

Well, it's Judge Bradford Thomas of the Florida Court of Appeal, but still an interesting synthesis of recent criticisms, with some extra analysis added.

Reason

The Supreme Court Fight We Should Be Having

There are more productive things to argue about than identify politics.

Reason

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Commentary: Reagan believed in Supreme Court diversity too

On July 1, 1991, I was a junior staffer at the Republican National Committee. At midday, a number of us gathered in an office staring at a small TV as the first President George Bush walked out of the family compound at Kennebunkport, Maine, to address reporters. He was accompanied…

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Ketanji Jackson is a favorite for Biden's historic Supreme Court pick

WASHINGTON — U.S. Appeals Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the front-runner for a historic Supreme Court nomination, graduated with high honors from Harvard College, was an editor of the Harvard Law Review and a law clerk for Justice Stephen G. Breyer.

Los Angeles Times

Who has more influence on supreme court: Clarence Thomas or his activist wife?

Justice’s wife, Ginni Thomas, sits on the board of conservative group that backs lawsuit seeking to end affirmative action, raising concerns it could present potential conflict of interest

The Guardian - US

Jay Ambrose: Identity politics and the Supreme Court

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, at the age of 83 and after three decades of demonstrating his brilliance and knowledge, is retiring. Past comments tell us what he wants as a replacement: someone of high legal skill to serve not as a politician seeking popularity or ideological objectives but as…

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The political leanings of the Supreme Court justices

The most conservative: Samuel Alito. The most liberal: Sonia Sotomayor.

Axios

‘You can’t make that make sense’: Supreme Court expert rails against Justice Clarence Thomas for potential conflict of interest

‘The appearance here is that the reason he dissented is because his wife Ginni Thomas is all up in January 6’

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 and Justice Clarence Thomas' wife

On Jan. 6, Ginni Thomas was supporting the Capitol riot violence as it unfolded on her social media

Salon

Wife of Supreme Court justice who praised Capitol rioters wants Cheney and Kinzinger out of GOP for investigating it

Virginia ‘Ginny’ Thomas is a veteran conservative activist whose political activities have often concerned matters before the Supreme Court

The Independent UK

David Lat on the Crystal Clanton Matter

As usual, Lat puts it very well in his "Original Jurisdiction" Substack newsletter (I've paid for a subscription, and highly recommend it): Last fall, [Chief Judge Pryor] was widely criticized for hiring an allegedly racist law clerk—specifically, Crystal Clanton, now a 3L at George Mason aka Scalia Law. According to…

Reason

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