Clarence Thomas News

Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan and the battle over who gets to rule

By theGrio

2:06 PM on 01/09/2012

From Color Lines: Justice Thomas claimed he wasn't even aware that he had to report his wife's income and corrected the form shortly after the matter was reported...
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Thomas, Kagan asked to sit out health care case

By theGrio

8:41 AM on 11/26/2011

WASHINGTON (AP) - Conservative interest groups and Republican lawmakers want Justice Elena Kagan off the health care case. Liberals and Democrats in Congress say it's Justice Clarence Thomas who should sit it out...
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Clarence Thomas assailed for alleged ethical lapses by more House Dems

By theGrio

5:05 PM on 11/18/2011

The Huffington Post - In late September, Slaughter had sent a letter to the Judicial Conference of the United States to request official action on Thomas' multiyear failure to disclose his wife's income from various conservative think tanks and activist organizations...
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Clarence Thomas: The elephant in the room on health care reform

By David A. Love

8:10 AM on 11/15/2011

TheGRIO REPORT - The Supreme Court, has decided to hear arguments next March on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care law...
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Herman Cain caught on video joking about Anita Hill

By Joy-Ann Reid

9:51 AM on 11/11/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Herman Cain isn't running away from his sexual harassment scandal: he's using it for fun and campaign profit...
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Cain and supporters attach themselves to Clarence Thomas

By theGrio

1:39 PM on 11/04/2011

Washington Post - Cain's campaign has brought Thomas into the conversation by sitting down with the U.S. Supreme Court justice's wife, Ginni , who happens to be a conservative activist and contributor for the Daily Caller...
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Group to make 1 million Iowa calls over 'lynching' of Cain

By Joy-Ann Reid

10:42 AM on 11/02/2011

theGRIIO REPORT - A Washington-based super-PAC says it will make 1 million calls in Iowa to stop what it calls the 'high tech lynching' of Herman Cain...
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Cain harassment scandal hits black conservatives hard

By Vanessa Jean-Louis

9:20 AM on 11/02/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Many black conservatives feel the assault on Cain is really a proxy battle for an ideological war for who can best articulate a case for the black community's interests...
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'High tech lynching'? Not so fast, Herman Cain

By Joy-Ann Reid

8:59 AM on 11/01/2011

OPINION - This story didn't emerge from some liberal island of doom that seeks to destroy all black conservatives...
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Anita Hill hailed as a heroine 20 years later

By Chelsea-Lyn Rudder

5:41 PM on 10/17/2011

theGRIO REPORT - It has been two decades since Anita Hill testified at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' Senate confirmation hearing...
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Herman Cain's 'Meet the Press' interview: 9 takeaways

By theGrio

8:00 AM on 10/17/2011

TheGRIO REPORT - Herman Cain made an appearance on 'Meet the Press' on Sunday, and he made news...
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Anita Hill returns to Washington without regrets

By Angelica Razack

4:42 PM on 10/07/2011

VIDEO - Twenty years since the hearings to confirm Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill has returned to Washington...
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Can the Supreme Court sabotage Obama's health reform?

By Camilo Smith

2:35 PM on 09/30/2011

theGRIO REPORT - African-Americans are one of the largest populations of uninsured and could be among the most affected if the high court strikes down the provision...
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Democrats seek investigation of Clarence Thomas

By theGrio

10:38 PM on 09/29/2011

Democratic lawmakers on Thursday called for a federal investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' failure to report hundreds of thousands of dollars on annual financial disclosure forms...
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Supreme Court doesn't explain Troy Davis delay

By theGrio

9:39 AM on 09/22/2011

The U.S. Supreme Court gave no explanation for its highly unusual, four-hour delay in acting on a last-minute stay of execution request from convicted killer Troy Davis...
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Clarence Thomas under fire for Troy Davis decision

By Zerlina Maxwell

8:48 AM on 09/22/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Justice Thomas is not to blame for the outcome, his history and the intense scrutiny surrounding his views on race and justice makes him an easy target...
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Rush Limbaugh's right hand man is black

By David A. Love

8:31 AM on 08/31/2011

OPINION - The racist humor expressed on the Rush Limbaugh show is done at the expense of black people, to denigrate and insult the community...
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Will Clarence and Virginia Thomas kill Obama's health care plan?

By theGrio

12:25 PM on 08/22/2011

In several of the most important areas of constitutional law, Thomas has emerged as an intellectual leader of the Supreme Court...
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Top 5 Republicans who are a threat to the Democratic Party

By News One

4:11 PM on 08/01/2011

NEWS ONE - According to News One writer Gerren Keith Gaynor, being black and Republican makes you part of an exclusive group in Washington...
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The Clarence Thomas pick 20 years later: Disorder in the court

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

9:44 AM on 07/05/2011

OPINION - He actually believes that race is a crutch, an impediment and even an archaic relic of the past in American life...
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