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  1. Women Ponder How They Became a Campaign Issue

    Sat, 12 May 2012

    male Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Anita Hill about sexual harassment claims against then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas . Political consultant Mary Hughes sees parallels between then and now. "There were a number of things percolating in

  2. Obama warns against 'judicial activism' on health care law

    Mon, 2 Apr 2012

    four conservative justices about its requirement that most Americans buy insurance or pay a penalty. A fifth justice , Clarence Thomas , is widely expected to vote against the "individual mandate." Conservatives quickly shot back at Obama

  3. Supreme Court likely to vote on health care law Friday

    Thu, 29 Mar 2012

    huge, and the way it's written will have a lot of implications," says Carrie Severino, who clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas four years ago. There will be multiple opinions. Not only are the justices likely to split into groups, but

  4. Analysis: Day 3 of arguments in health care case

    Wed, 28 Mar 2012

    days of feisty court debate didn't doom the health care law. Three justices, including the ever-silent Justice Clarence Thomas , appear likely to oppose the law. But with Kennedy and, to a lesser extent, Roberts straddling the middle

  5. Courtroom spectators glimpse history in the making

    Wed, 28 Mar 2012

    of them — seemed irritated at the government for presenting cases irrelevant to the issue at hand. Lee said Justice Clarence Thomas leaned back in his chair with his arms and legs sprawled, while other justices held their faces in their hands

  6. Supreme Court bores into health care law's mandate

    Tue, 27 Mar 2012

    uninsured from passing off the costs to others. Three of the court's conservative justices seemed more skeptical. Justice Clarence Thomas was silent, though he has consistently opposed an expansive view of Congress' powers. "Once you're into

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  1. Supreme Court: Reading the Tea Leaves (In the Weeds)

    Tue, 27 Mar 2012

    principles as succinctly as possible?" Bad sign made worse when the government's answer was not succinct. As for Justice Clarence Thomas , he is the only Justice on the bench who has so far not participated in oral arguments by asking a question

  2. Six Years of Silence for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

    Tue, 27 Mar 2012

    predictably - silent. So far every Justice on the bench has spoken up on the health care law except for one: Justice Clarence Thomas . Indeed, if you search today's 126-page transcript of arguments, you won't find Thomas' name a single

  3. Justice Kennedy Seen as Key to Obamacare Decision

    Tue, 27 Mar 2012

    questions on the "unprecedented encroachment" of the government purportedly allowed by the health law. Abbott included Clarence Thomas , who has not asked a question in oral arguments in more than six years, in with those five who seemed view the mandate

  4. Conservative justices criticize individual mandate

    Tue, 27 Mar 2012

    Justice Anthony Kennedy, often the court's swing vote, also expressed skepticism. The fifth conservative justice , Clarence Thomas , was silent. The court's four liberal justices appeared more convinced that the government has the authority

  5. Cameras in the Supreme Court: Why the Justices Are Skeptical

    Fri, 16 Mar 2012

    We are judged by what we write. We are judged over a much longer term. We are not judged by what we say." Justice Clarence Thomas told Congress in 2008 that his primary concern is that "regular appearances on TV would mean significant changes

  6. Health Care: Liberals Eye Scalia and Roberts Vote

    Wed, 14 Mar 2012

    Likewise, Laurence H. Silberman, of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, a long-time friend of Justice Clarence Thomas , wrote, "The right to be free from federal regulation is not absolute, and yields to the imperative that

  7. RSVPeeved: Bruins Goalie Tim Thomas, Colorado Rep. Snub President Obama

    Tue, 24 Jan 2012

    State of the Union, three front-row seats where empty after Supreme Court justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas refused to attend. Their absence was likely inspired by an uncomfortable exchange during Obama's 2010 address, when

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  1. Justice Clarence Thomas

    Mon, 1 Oct 2007

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  2. Clarence Thomas' Wife Asks Anita Hill for Apology

    Wed, 20 Oct 2010

    all argued about the questions it raised. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas was in his confirmation hearing. A formidable the lurid details about her time working for Clarence Thomas he's. Involving such matters as women having

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    Oklahoma law professor. -- the lurid details about her time working for Clarence Thomas he's. Involving such matters as women having sex with animals. A cringe worthy moment in American politics and Thomas tell me graphically
  3. Clarence Thomas' Wife Asks Anita Hill for Apology

    Wed, 20 Oct 2010

    all argued about the questions it raised. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas was in his confirmation hearing. A formidable the lurid details about her time working for Clarence Thomas he's. Involving such matters as women having

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    Oklahoma law professor. Alleging the lurid details about her time working for Clarence Thomas he's. Involving such matters as women having sex with animals a cringe worthy moment in American politics and Thomas tell me graphically
  4. Anita Hill Fights Back

    Tue, 2 Oct 2007

    The new book by Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas has not just given us a window person was sixteen years later Clarence Thomas still says Anita Hill as a truth. She had no work with Clarence Thomas and eight years and yet hill

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    And it's just not that person was sixteen years later Clarence Thomas still says Anita Hill as a -- In his new book he calls -- my most trader is adversary.
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    testimony was completely truthful after the -- you passed. A polygraph -- Clarence Thomas refused to take when you passed one -- or anything that you looking -- would have done differently.
  5. Webcast: Myanmar Monks; Clarence Thomas ; Fighting Meth

    Mon, 1 Oct 2007

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  6. World News: Manhunt; SCHIP Battle; Clarence Thomas Book; Mets Collapse

    Sat, 29 Sep 2007

    leaves the plan now on the table is too costly and shifts too much insurance burden onto the government. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas is finally breaking his silence and attacking the media and those who opposed his nomination more than

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    is too costly and shifts too much insurance burden onto the government. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas is finally breaking his silence and attacking the media and those who opposed his nomination more than fifteen years ago. In his
  7. Supreme Court Reviews Affirmative Action

    Tue, 21 Feb 2012

    is gone now replaced by conservative justice Samuel Alito who's a lot more skeptical of racial preferences justice Clarence Thomas . Who has long believed those preferences do more harm than good. Stigma times people like him telling ABC news

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