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Clarence Thomas
September 17, 2018
Matt Ford
Why This Time Is Different
There are many parallels between Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh's circumstances, but a lot has changed in American politics, too.
September 12, 2018
Matt Ford
Should Cops Be Immune From Lawsuits?
A legal revolt is brewing against a Supreme Court doctrine that shields some public officials from civil litigation.
September 6, 2018
Jeet Heer
Clarence Thomas’s wife hires a staffer who once wrote “I hate blacks.”
June 27, 2018
Andrew Cohen
Anthony Kennedy Was No Moderate
The Supreme Court's swing vote ended his career the way he began it: as a true-blue conservative.
June 26, 2018
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Upholds Presidential Bigotry
The justices signed off on Trump's travel ban at the cost of their own credibility—and perhaps emboldening him further.
April 17, 2018
Matt Ford
Will the Supreme Court Rein in Civil Forfeiture?
A case from Indiana gives the justices an opportunity to protect Americans from abusive fines and property seizures.
May 23, 2017
Scott Lemieux
Why Clarence Thomas’s Rulings on Race Are so Idiosyncratic
The conservative justice this week joined the court’s four liberals in striking down two gerrymandered districts in North Carolina. How come?
April 4, 2017
Graham Vyse
Democrats Won’t Pay for Opposing Neil Gorsuch
History suggests that voters don't punish senators for their votes on Supreme Court nominees.
March 20, 2017
David H. Gans
Does Neil Gorsuch Believe in Liberty and Equality for All?
The judge's selective approach to constitutional originalism raises serious questions about his respect for the Second Founding after the Civil War.
April 16, 2016
Esther Breger
The Washington That Failed Anita Hill
'Confirmation' is a political procedural that traces the injustice done to Anita Hill at Clarence Thomas's 1991 Senate hearing.
April 4, 2016
Scott Lemieux
Equal Representation Won a Qualified Victory at the Supreme Court
The justices ruled unanimously that Texas’s “one person, one vote” reapportionment is constitutional. But the war is far from over.
February 29, 2016
Adam Peck
Justice Thomas just asked a question during oral arguments for the first time in a decade.
February 24, 2016
Scott Lemieux
Antonin Scalia and the Death of Originalism
Will Scalia’s grand constitutional theory have a lasting legacy on the Supreme Court?
July 6, 2015
Jeet Heer
Clarence Thomas Deserves Criticism. Just Leave His Race Out of It.
George Takei's “blackface” remark reflects a broader problem with liberal attacks on the reactionary justice
June 30, 2015
Brian Beutler
Liberals, Don’t Get Complacent About the Supreme Court
June 25, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Clarence Thomas Says Black NBA Players Give SCOTUS a Reason to Gut Anti-Discrimination Law
February 9, 2015
Cristian Farias
The Supreme Court Refused to Stop Gay Marriage in Alabama. But the State's Governor and Chief Justice Are Refusing to Listen.
November 11, 2014
Brian Beutler
Eight Reasons to Stop Freaking Out About the Supreme Court's Next Obamacare Case
April 23, 2014
Jeffrey Rosen
Liberals Should Be Happy About the Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decision
October 11, 2013
Jeffrey Rosen
Clarence Thomas Does Not Share the Founding Fathers' View of Corruption
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