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Clarence Thomas in 2012: Time for Another 'Silent Cal' in the White House?
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyTwo bright law bloggers with evidently way too much time on their hands suggested in The Washington Post recently that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas resign his lifetime seat on the bench to run for president as a Republican in 2012. Although I first thought the piece was a spoof on Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal," I now concede it may not be such a bad idea after all. Maybe the country needs a president who has the strength to relentlessly press his own mute button. Justice Thomas has not asked a single question from the bench during oral arguments in four years. That's nearly ...
'Dangerous' Sex Offenders Can Be Imprisoned Indefinitely, Supreme Court Rules
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal officials can indefinitely hold inmates considered "sexually dangerous," even after they have completed their prison sentences, the Associated Press reports. The court overturned the 4th District Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia, which said Congress overstepped its legal authority in allowing extended detention of certain sex offenders. In the case of United States v. Comstock, the justices voted 7-2 to overturn the lower court's opinion. "The statute is a 'necessary and proper' means of exercising the federal authority that permits Congress to ...
In a Harvard E-Mail, White Privilege on Full Display
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyI've heard the words, or ones like it, for a long time. Sometimes they are couched in qualifiers, sometimes accompanied with "I'm only kidding" nervous laughter. Sometimes no words are necessary, as intent is conveyed in a sideways glance or eye roll. Stephanie Grace just came right out and said them, then wrote them in an e-mail. The Princeton graduate and Harvard law school student, educated within an inch of her life, revealed she had not learned very much when she wrote: "I absolutely do not rule out the possibility that African-Americans are, on average, genetically predisposed to be ...
C-SPAN Supreme Court Book: Conservative Justices Suggest Caseload Increase
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyC-SPAN, the treasured chronicler of American public affairs, has yet again provided a valuable service with a new documentary book about the Supreme Court. As is the case when it televises political proceedings, the sheer relentlessness of its pursuit of governmental monotony has ginned up some truly insightful nuggets from the justices. It's as if the sound of Brian Lamb's voice has lulled the otherwise un-lullable into actually revealing some pertinent off-the-bench thoughts. The most significant news item in the book, intentionally or unintentionally revealed, is that it is the Court's ...
Obama and Clarence Thomas: More Alike Than You Think?
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyWhen a high-profile panel of professors, journalists and civil rights leaders gathered in Louisville, Ky., recently to discuss the Obama presidency and race, one of the academics, law professor James Chen, offered a unique perspective on the subject. Chen, dean of the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, has worked for both Barack Obama and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, though not at the same time. What's surprising, Chen said, given conventional thought about both men's politics, is that they have one important thing in common -- they are deeply religious. Chen, ...
Clarence Thomas' Wife Cranks Up Nonprofit for Conservative Activists
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyVirginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has jumped aggressively into the political fray, founding a nonprofit lobbying and organizing group for "citizen activists," such as members of the budding Tea Party movement. Justice Thomas would not comment on whether his wife's direct involvement in a political organization would prompt him to recuse himself from certain cases, the Washington Post reported. But a spokeswoman for the new group said Ginni Thomas met with federal court ethics officials and was informed that her work did not constitute a conflict of interest. The ...
Which Justice Loves Egg McMuffins?
By David Knowles - AOL News(March 11) -- Apparently, sitting on the nation's highest court doesn't mean you give up cravings for fast food. Author Bill Geerhart reveals the guilty culinary pleasures of America's Supreme Court justices in a satirical new book titled "Little Billy's Letters." Posing as a 10-year-old boy, Geerhart wrote letters to several members of the court beginning in the early 1990s, routinely asking a series of silly questions of the justices, including "What is your favorite McDonald's food?" "I like the Egg McMuffin," responded Justice Clarence Thomas. "Actually, I like almost everything ...
Clarence Thomas Is Mystified By Dishwashers, Thinks 'Rights' Are Overrated
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyIt must be comforting to attorneys, plaintiffs and defendants presenting arguments to the Supreme Court that the robed men frowning down on them from the bench spend their time out of court absolutely bewildered by the magic of dishwashers.Well at least that's true of one of them, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas.Speaking in front of what the New York Times called "a fancy hot-pink lectern that glowed from the inside," Thomas told a group at the Bill of Rights Institute that he was much more interested in the inner workings of dishwashers than in the fundamental rights of man..."I have to ...
Peanut CEO Gives Worst Congressional Testimony Since Mark McGwire
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyCongress has heard its share of pathetic testimonies over the years. Recent lowlights included pubic hairs in Clarence Thomas's Coke, Sammy Sosa forgetting how to speak English, and Mark McGwire acting like the biggest dweeb to ever hit 70 home runs in a season.And then there was Terri Schiavo, who despite being subpoenaed to testify before the Senate, had the nerve to not even show up!Well this crowd has some competition for the worst testimony in the history of Congress. That's because yesterday Stewart Parnell, CEO of the Peanut Corporation of America came before the House Committee on ...
Clarence Thomas Slept Through Obama's Inaugural Address
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyIn a post-Patriot Act world, you can't get away with anything.Although it probably wouldn't take government-sanctioned domestic spying to catch a guy sleeping on the balcony of the Capitol in the middle of a presidential inauguration.Doubly true if the guy happens to be a Supreme Court Justice.Yes, folks. That is definitely Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the United States, sleeping through Barack Obama's inaugural address. Even his pal Antonin Scalia had the decency to frown through the speech with his eyes open.These shots are excerpted from a remarkable 1474-megapixel composite ...
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