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Three Former Presidents Showed Up at Jesse Jackson Funeral to Blast MAGA, Only Two Brought Their Wives
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/03/06/three-former-preside…funeral-to-blast-maga-only-two-brought-their-wives-n2199940
– funeral.Fact check: The first black Supreme Court justice was Thurgood Marshall in 1967.Biden is famous for trying to remove Justice ClarenceThomas from being approved to… pic.twitter.com/2kzdQxvL2I— J (@JayTC53) March 6, 2026Fact check: The first black Supreme Court justice … was Thurgood Marshall in 1967.Biden is famous for trying to remove Justice Clarence Thomas from being approved to SCOTUS.Come on,…
Read It: Kavanaugh Goes Off on Fellow Justices in Blazing Dissent, Calls Tariff Decision 'Illogical'
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/02/20/read-it-kavanaugh-go…in-blazing-dissent-calls-tariff-decision-illogical-n2199394
Thomas, and Brett Kavanaugh, dissented, and Kavanaugh came out swinging in his opinion:Kavanaugh, a Trump appointee, said the 6-3 … In the SCOTUS 6-3 tariff ruling, Kavanaugh (joined by Thomas and Alito) wrote the lead dissent blasting the majority: "The tariffs… … Alito and Thomas joined Kavanaugh’s dissent, and Thomas also wrote his own.…
Now It's Official: Trump Reveals the Administration's Path Forward After SCOTUS Scraps Tariffs
https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/02/20/now-its-official…istrations-path-forward-after-scotus-scraps-tariffs-n2199395
– Chief Justice John Roberts authored the 6-3 decision, with Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Brett Kavanaugh dissenting (…
Could New Clues Signal Justice Alito's Pre-Midterm Departure?
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/02/17/could-new-clues-signal-justice-alitos-pre-midterm-departure-n2199270
–  While we're on the subject, we might note as well that conservative stalwart Justice Clarence Thomas is older, at 77, and has … There are fewer indications of Justice Thomas considering retirement.…
Breaking: Supreme Court Says No to Tariffs by Emergency Decree
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/02/20/breaking-tariffs-n2198317
– Chief Justice John Roberts authored the 6-3 decision, with Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Brett Kavanaugh dissenting (…
UCLA DEI Chief Finds Out the Hard Way That Celebrating Charlie Kirk's Murder Was a Sick Thing to Do
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/02/06/ucla-dei-chief-finds…brating-charlie-kirks-murder-was-a-sick-thing-to-do-n2198914
– He recently celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination and had also wished death upon Justice Clarence Thomas. … ashamed to be a UCLA alumnus.UCLA Director of Race and Equity, Jonathan Perkins, is under fire for expressing his hope that Justice ClarenceThomas would die.…
The Absolute Absurdity of Ketanji Brown Jackson
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2026/01/14/the-absolute-absurdity-of-ketanji-brown-jackson-n2198115
– school and being a public defender were overwhelming points of distinction, placing her above such incredible minds as Justices ClarenceThomas and Samuel Alito.…
Justice Alito Lets Loose, Calls SCOTUS Decision on Nat'l Guard in Chicago 'Unwise' and 'Imprudent'
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/12/25/justice-alito-lets-l…ision-on-natl-guard-in-chicago-unwise-and-imprudent-n2197470
– in Chicago, there was no way to exhaust that option before using the National Guard.Alito was joined in his dissent by Justice ClarenceThomas, while Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote his own dissent. … Alito and Thomas dissent is spot on.…
Supreme Court Blocks Immediate National Guard Deployment in Illinois, Leaves Future Deployment Open
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2025/12/23/supreme-court-bloc…eployment-in-illinois-leaves-future-deployment-open-n2197426
– that “unable” was ever properly determined, which would itself be enough to deny the stay.Justice Samuel Alito, joined by Justice ClarenceThomas, dissented, arguing that the Court unnecessarily restricted presidential authority and should have allowed the deployment to…
Why the Supreme Court May Reject Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2025/12/06/supreme-court-vs-trump-birthright-citizenship-n2196875
– In fact, the justices most hostile to broad federal authority—Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch—are the same ones who…
Breaking: Supreme Court Allows Texas Redistricting Plan to Stand
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/12/04/breaking-supreme-court-allows-texas-redistricting-plan-to-stand-n2196824
– upsetting the delicate federal-state balance in elections.Justice Samuel Alito issued a brief concurring statement in which Justices ClarenceThomas and Neil Gorsuch joined, in which he notes: First, the dissent does not dispute—because it is indisputable—that the impetus…
SCOTUS Justice Thomas Makes State Attorney Reveal 'Fishing Expedition' Against Pro-Life Organization
https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2025/12/02/justice-thomas-g…it-states-fishing-expedition-against-pro-life-group-n2196747
– Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas might not be the most boisterous or outspoken member of the United States Supreme Court, but when … No one needs to wonder what's on Thomas' mind or what he thinks about a case before the high court, once he's said his piece.Such was … the case on Tuesday, when Thomas didn't mince words when all but forcing a lawyer representing the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office…
Morning Minute: The Trump Justices Are Coming Into Their Own
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/09/09/morning-minute-n2193731
–  Certainly, I would contend that having the three of them in addition to Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito — and even…
Trump Chalks Up Another Victory at the Supreme Court Over Ending DEI
https://redstate.com/katie-jerkovich/2025/08/21/trump-chalks…n-the-supreme-court-over-ending-dei-gender-insanity-n2193084
– Kagan, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the majority along with Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Justice ClarenceThomas, Justice Samuel Alito, and Justice Neil Gorsuch.The concurring decision from Barrett read that "NIH issued internal guidance…
Justice Thomas May Get His Chance - SCOTUS Asked to Overturn the Obergefell Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
https://redstate.com/matthew-holloway/2025/08/12/justice-tho…to-overturn-the-obergefell-same-sex-marriage-ruling-n2192710
– Wade decision, Justice Clarence Thomas stunned the left when he wrote that the court “should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive … and then terminated from her role after she refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples because it violated her faith, Thomas … In the petition Davis’ attorneys directly quote Thomas who opined, “historical evidence indicates that ‘due process of law’ merely…
Supreme Court Punts on Louisiana Racial Gerrymander Case, Setting Up Possible 2026 Midterm Chaos
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2025/06/27/supreme-court-punt…ymander-case-setting-up-possible-2026-midterm-chaos-n2190974
– The move prompted a sharp dissent from Justice Clarence Thomas, who argued the Court was avoiding a necessary constitutional confrontation.The … the Voting Rights Act (VRA), but was later challenged as unconstitutional racial gerrymandering.Louisiana found itself in what Thomas … in its brief, highlighting the legal bind facing redistricting authorities nationwide.In his dissent from the reargument order, Thomas
1st Amendment: Supreme Court Rules on Free Speech Coalition vs. Paxton
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/06/27/1st-amendment-supreme-court-rules-on-free-speech-coalition-vs-paxton-n2190946
– , in a 6-3 ruling, with Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, and Jackson dissenting.The heart of the Court's decision, penned by Justice ClarenceThomas, reads:The power to require age verification is within a State’s authority to prevent children from accessing sexually explicit…
JD Vance Signed Up for Bluesky With Trump-Level Troll and Hilarity Ensued
https://redstate.com/katie-jerkovich/2025/06/18/jd-vance-sig…bluesky-with-trump-level-troll-and-hilarity-ensued-n2190647
THOMAS, J., filed a concurring opinion. BARRETT, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which THOMAS, J., joined. … To that end, I found Justice [Clarence] Thomas's concurrence on medical care for transgender youth quite illuminating," Vance wrote…
The Supreme Court Sided with Equality Over Equity in Landmark Ames Decision
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2025/06/05/the-supreme-court…with-equality-over-equity-in-landmark-ames-decision-n2190098
– plaintiffs to the same, highly specific evidentiary standard in every case”—a standard that didn’t apply to anyone else.Justice ClarenceThomas, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, filed a separate concurring opinion that went even further, calling out the root cause: judge-made … “Such a rule is undoubtedly contrary to Title VII, and likely violates the Constitution,” Thomas wrote.…
My One Definitive Takeaway From SCOTUS Argument on Birthright Citizenship
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/05/15/my-one-definitive-t…away-from-scotus-argument-on-birthright-citizenship-n2189131
Thomas clearly is, and Samuel Alito (who was somewhat quiet for this argument) can be presumed to be based on prior indications. … It is also fairly clear that at least two of the court's conservatives (i.e., Thomas and Alito) will not. … (Maybe second favorite — I do adore Justice Thomas, too.)…
New: Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter Has Passed Away at the Age of 85
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/05/09/new-former-supreme…stice-david-souter-has-passed-away-at-the-age-of-85-n2188875
– Frankly, I don't recall much about that process or early impressions of Souter himself — the Clarence Thomas nomination and hearings…
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