Category: Clarence Thomas

Justice Clarence Thomas Released From Hospital: Supreme Court

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been discharged from the hospital, the court said on March 25. Thomas, 73, was admitted on March 18 after experiencing flu-like symptoms, according to the court. He was diagnosed with an infection and treated with intravenous antibiotics. Thomas was expected to be released no later than March 23 but…


Clarence and Ginni Thomas, American Patriots

Commentary Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas is once again in the crosshairs of liberals. This has been going on since his confirmation hearings in 1991, when President George H.W. Bush had the temerity to nominate a black conservative to take the Supreme Court seat of Thurgood Marshall. Thomas’ confirmation hearings provided a laboratory showing…


Supreme Court Won’t Say Whether Justice Clarence Thomas Remains Hospitalized

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on March 23 missed his third consecutive day of oral arguments after being hospitalized earlier in the month as the court refuses to provide an update on his condition. Thomas, 73, “is unable to be present today,” Chief Justice John Roberts told the court, before continuing to repeat a line…


Justice Clarence Thomas Misses Oral Arguments Due to Illness

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas missed oral arguments in Washington on March 21 after being hospitalized. Thomas, 73, “is unable to be present today,” Chief Justice John Roberts said from the bench as proceedings opened. Thomas “will participate in consideration and decision of the cases on the basis of the briefs and the transcripts of…


Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Hospitalized

One of the oldest Supreme Court justices has been hospitalized since March 18, the court announced on Sunday. Justice Clarence Thomas, 73, was admitted to Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington on Friday evening after experiencing flu-like symptoms, the court said in a statement. Following testing, Thomas was diagnosed with an infection. Patricia McCabe, a court…


Conservative Activist Ginni Thomas, Wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Speaks out on Jan. 6

News analysis Responding to a recent wave of criticism and adverse mainstream media reports targeting her, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s conservative activist wife distanced herself from the civil unrest in the nation’s capital Jan. 6 last year and denied her activities undermine her husband’s work on and public trust in the nation’s highest…


Justice Thomas’s Moment Arrives, as Supreme Court Reviews Abortion Rights

It’s time to retire Charles Baudelaire’s famous aphorism that “the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was to convince you he doesn’t exist.” A century and more after the destruction of European Christian civilization during World War I, the world has had ample opportunity to admire his handiwork, from the killing fields of Flanders to…


Clarence Thomas and the Declaration of Independence

Commentary Last week, Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas arrived at the University of Notre Dame to speak about the Declaration of Independence. Speaking invitations like this that Thomas accepts are few and far between. Anyone who cares about our country and listens to this address will wish that he would agree to speak more….


Supreme Court Justice Thomas Suggests Facebook, Twitter Could Be Regulated Like Utilities

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas appeared to signal that Big Tech firms could be regulated after Facebook and Twitter suspended President Donald Trump earlier this year. Thomas, considered a conservative on the high court, made the point during a 12-page submission as the Supreme Court issued an order that rejected a lawsuit over Trump’s blocking…


Supreme Court Sides With Students Seeking $1 Nominal Damages in Campus Speech Case

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Georgia college should be held accountable for its now-rescinded policies that prevented two former students from speaking on campus about their Christian faith. In an 8-1 opinion (pdf) in which Chief Justice John Roberts was the sole dissenter, the high court said just one dollar in compensation,…