Results for: clarence thomas

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 Clarence … Thomas, 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 Clarence … Thomas, dissented, arguing that the Court unnecessarily restricted presidential authority and should have allowed the deployment to…
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…
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 Clarence … Thomas and Neil Gorsuch joined, in which he notes: First, the dissent does not dispute—because it is indisputable—that the impetus…
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 Clarence … Thomas, 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 Clarence … Thomas, reads:The power to require age verification is within a State’s authority to prevent children from accessing sexually explicit…
Hot Takes: Amy Coney Barrett's Stinging Rebuke of Ketanji Brown Jackson in Injuctions Ruling Lights Up X
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2025/06/27/hot-takes-amy…tanji-brown-jackson-in-injuction-ruling-lights-up-x-n2190971
– FLASHBACK -->> READ: Clarence Thomas' Straight-Fire Response to Ketanji Brown Jackson in Affirmative Action Case Concurrence…
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 Clarence … Thomas, 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.…
Breaking: Supreme Court Again Blocks Trump Admin From Deporting TdA Members Without 'Proper' Notice
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/05/16/breaking-supreme-co…in-from-deporting-tda-members-without-proper-notice-n2189193
– Nevertheless, Justice Samuel Alito has authored a dissent (in which Justice Clarence Thomas has joined).…
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…
Trump Declares War on the Racist 'Disparate Impact' Legal Theory in His Drive to Encourage Meritocracy
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/04/26/trump-declares-war-o…parate-impact-in-his-drive-to-encourage-meritocracy-n2188346
– Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) and the Fair Housing Act of 1968 (FHA), contained similar language.As Justice Clarence … Thomas has observed, “The author of disparate-impact liability under Title VII was not Congress, but the Equal Employment Opportunity … theory under Title VII in 1971, and later to engraft it upon the ADEA and the FHA, the latter in a 5–4 decision in 2015 from which Thomas…
After 4 Decades in Congress, Dick Durbin Finally Following Joe Biden Off Into the Sunset
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/04/23/after-4-decades-in-c…bin-finally-following-joe-biden-off-into-the-sunset-n2188203
– Full 'Thug Life' on CNN's Manu Raju Over Congressional Pay Raises in Must-Watch MomentSmear Merchant Dick Durbin Is Back Smearing Clarence … Thomas Through His WifeSome are happy to see him go:Dick Durbin has been a toxic presence in the Senate, representing the failed politics…
The Evening Docket (April 22, 2025)
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/04/22/the-evening-docket-april-22-2025-n2188142
– This has to do with efforts by Whitehouse and Johnson to pursue ethics charges against Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito and…
Skinny on SCOTUS - The March Decisions
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/04/23/skinny-on-scotus-the-march-decisions-n2187869
– (The other has Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito in the minority.) … like to keep tabs on this sort of thing, there are zero (out of six) party-line decisions in this batch — unless you consider the Thomas-Alito … VanderstockDate: March 26, 2025Author: GorsuchSplit: 7-2Dissent: Thomas, AlitoAppeal From: 5th CircuitBasic Facts:The Gun Control Act…
Justice Alito Uses Scorching Dissent to Remind Colleagues They Have an Obligation 'to Follow the Law'
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/04/20/justice-alito-uses-s…olleagues-they-have-an-obligation-to-follow-the-law-n2188072
– In a dissent joined only by Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Alito castigated his colleagues for their decision in the early hours…
Message to Republican Appointed Justices: Follow Clarence Thomas' Lead
https://redstate.com/chase-jennings/2025/04/08/message-to-re…ican-appointed-justices-follow-clarence-thomas-lead-n2187630
– I cannot say enough good things about Justice Clarence Thomas, so let me state my bias up front. … Imagine being a justice nominated by a Republican and voting opposite of Clarence Thomas? … Thomas.…
Jasmine Crockett Fiercely Defends Judiciary, Only to Get Immediately Slapped Back to Reality by Rep. Issa
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2025/04/01/jasmine-crockett…ry-gets-slapped-back-to-reality-by-her-past-actions-n2187385
–  @DarrellIssa that she cosponsored legislation to impeaches Justices Thomas & Alito!" … AOC filed articles of impeachment on Justice Thomas & Alito.… pic.twitter.com/WNfmVREB9P— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 1, … And I'm going to note that when Miss Ocasio-Cortez, or AOC as we know her, filed articles of impeachment on Justice (Clarence) Thomas…
Watch: Cory ‘Spartacus’ Booker Holds a Fake Hours-Long Anti-Trump Filibuster and ‘Nobody Cares’
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2025/04/01/watch-cory-spart…e-hours-long-anti-trump-filibuster-and-nobody-cares-n2187361
– Musk.Watch live: https://t.co/Zi8OhJXJej pic.twitter.com/CXT92L6V5P— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) April 1, 2025RELATED: Clarence … Thomas Zings Cory Booker's "Spartacus Moment" Before Dropping Some Serious WisdomKaroline Leavitt Chides Clueless Dems for Inciting…
Skinny on SCOTUS - The January Decisions
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/03/30/skinny-on-scotus-2024-term-january-decisions-n2187295
– The fourth case was a 7-2 decision, with Justice Samuel Alito concurring and Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch dissenting.Again … WhiteDate: January 21, 2025Author: Per CuriamSplit: 7-2Dissent: Thomas, GorsuchAppeal From: 10th CircuitBasic Facts:An Oklahoma jury…
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