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Justice Samuel Alito (bottom row, second from right) issued an extraordinary dissent, joined by fellow conservative Justice Clarence Thomas (bottom row, second from left), slamming the seven-member majority decision

High-ranking justice turns against SCOTUS move to halt Trump’s deportations

One of the nation’s top legal authorities has turned against his Supreme…
‘Leaving substantial confusion’: Thomas, Kavanaugh chide court for ‘advisory opinion’ in truck driver lawsuit against CBD company

‘Leaving substantial confusion’: Thomas, Kavanaugh chide court for ‘advisory opinion’ in truck driver lawsuit against CBD company

Left: Associate Justice Clarence Thomas sits during a group photo at the…
‘Denied’: Clarence Thomas puts final nail in coffin of death row inmate who murdered 8-year-old girl and her grandma

‘Denied’: Clarence Thomas puts final nail in coffin of death row inmate who murdered 8-year-old girl and her grandma

Main: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (Drew Angerer/Getty Images). Inset: Edward T.…
Thomas scolds SCOTUS for failing to take up case that could have challenged discrimination standard created ‘out of whole cloth’

Thomas scolds SCOTUS for failing to take up case that could have challenged discrimination standard created ‘out of whole cloth’

Background: Ronald Hittle (First Liberty Institute). Inset: Members of the Supreme Court…
‘Stretches the law at every turn’: Thomas scolds justices for ‘incoherent’ decision to grant death row inmate a new trial

‘Stretches the law at every turn’: Thomas scolds justices for ‘incoherent’ decision to grant death row inmate a new trial

Left: Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite). Right:…
‘The Executive lacks the power to unilaterally create’: Lawsuit takes aim at Elon Musk’s DOGE using the same Justice Thomas argument that ended Jack Smith’s special counsel career

‘The Executive lacks the power to unilaterally create’: Lawsuit takes aim at Elon Musk’s DOGE using the same Justice Thomas argument that ended Jack Smith’s special counsel career

Left: Elon Musk on September 25, 2020 in Los Angeles, California (zz/Wil…
‘Particularly egregious’: Justice Thomas seems annoyed — again — over due process ruling, dissenting from majority decision allowing new trial for man convicted after ‘coercive’ identification

‘Particularly egregious’: Justice Thomas seems annoyed — again — over due process ruling, dissenting from majority decision allowing new trial for man convicted after ‘coercive’ identification

Background: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (Drew Angerer/Getty Images). Inset: David M.…
Justice Thomas unbothered by trial of only woman on Oklahoma death row, says she wasn’t really called a ‘slut puppy’

Justice Thomas unbothered by trial of only woman on Oklahoma death row, says she wasn’t really called a ‘slut puppy’

Left: Brenda Evers Andrew (image via Oklahoma Dept. of Corrections); Right: U.S.…
Supreme Court punts on fixing ‘state of disarray’ over gun statute in case of man who shipped firearms hidden in deep fryers

Supreme Court punts on fixing ‘state of disarray’ over gun statute in case of man who shipped firearms hidden in deep fryers

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 07: United States Supreme Court (front row L-R)…
Thomas and Gorsuch signal willingness to rethink SCOTUS rulings about executing low-IQ inmates

Thomas and Gorsuch signal willingness to rethink SCOTUS rulings about executing low-IQ inmates

Left: Justice Clarence Thomas (Photo by Erin Schaff/Pool/Getty Images); Center: Joseph Clifton…