Tag: Clarence Thomas

A Simple Fix for Texas’s Right-Wing Courts: More Judges

His defenses of forum shopping on the actual merits are also unpersuasive. Most of his speech focused on forum shopping in bankruptcy and patent cases, which is a legitimate problem. Ho claimed, however, that the Fifth Circuit’s critics are disingenuous because they don’t want to reform these problems as well. Jay Willis, a legal columnist […]

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How to Fix the Right-Wing Racket in the Texas Courts

His defenses of forum shopping on the actual merits are also unpersuasive. Most of his speech focused on forum shopping in bankruptcy and patent cases, which is a legitimate problem. Ho claimed, however, that the Fifth Circuit’s critics are disingenuous because they don’t want to reform these problems as well. Jay Willis, a legal columnist […]

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Black Woman Behind Trump’s Silly Chick-fil-A Stunt, What’s Up With Clarence Thomas? Tim Scott Now Needs the Black Support

Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) After being absent from hearing oral arguments on Monday, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas returned to the bench on Tuesday. No explanation was given for why he was missing; Chief Justice John Roberts shared that Thomas would not take part shortly after the court sat for arguments in a public […]

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Black Woman Behind Trump’s Silly Chick-fil-A Stunt, What’s Up With Clarence Thomas? Tim Scott Now Needs the Black Support and More Annoying Political News

Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) After being absent from hearing oral arguments on Monday, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas returned to the bench on Tuesday. No explanation was given for why he was missing; Chief Justice John Roberts shared that Thomas would not take part shortly after the court sat for arguments in a public […]

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So, What’s Going on With Clarence Thomas These Days?

But as they put themselves to this task, the court continued to quietly snitch out the GOP for their misrule. At one point, the court warns in its unsigned opinion of an “evolving electoral map” that could “dramatically change the behavior of voters, parties, and states across the country, in different ways and at different […]

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The Shocking Reason Some Democrats Won’t Repeal a Zombie Abortion Ban

Omar, on the other hand, asked Shafik about protests specifically, pointing out several attacks against antiwar as well as Palestinian solidarity protests, including an alleged chemical attack against pro-Palestinian protesters in January that is still under police investigation, according to Shafik. Columbia has also been sued by five Jewish students and two student organizations after […]

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You’ll Never Guess Who Doesn’t Want to Repeal a Zombie Abortion Ban

Omar, on the other hand, asked Shafik about protests specifically, pointing out several attacks against antiwar as well as Palestinian solidarity protests, including an alleged chemical attack against pro-Palestinian protesters in January that is still under police investigation, according to Shafik. Columbia has also been sued by five Jewish students and two student organizations after […]

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Clarence Thomas Pulled a No-Call, No-Show At His Job, But Where Did He Go?

Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) After being absent from hearing oral arguments on Monday, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas returned to the bench on Tuesday. No explanation was given for why he was missing; Chief Justice John Roberts shared that Thomas would not take part shortly after the court sat for arguments in a public […]

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Where Has Clarence Thomas Been?

Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) After being absent from hearing oral arguments on Monday, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas returned to the bench on Tuesday. No explanation was given for why he was missing; Chief Justice John Roberts shared that Thomas would not take part shortly after the court sat for arguments in a public […]

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How Hobby Lobby Could Be Trump’s Reproductive Rights Wrecking Ball

If the Supreme Court reanimates Comstock, it could effectively green-light a ban on some methods of contraception, all without overturning Griswold. “To the extent that the court would literally have a huge shitstorm on his hands were it to overrule yet another precedent, and one as high-profile as Griswold, yeah, this is a great interim […]

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