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Alex Pfeiffer The Daily Caller 6/26/2015 …Thomas’ dissent focused on the idea of negative rights, “As one later commentator observed, ‘[L]iberty in the eighteenth century was thought of much more in relation to ‘negative liberty’; that is, freedom from, not freedom to, freedom from a number of social and political evils, including arbitrary government power,’” […] June 28th, 2015 | Tags: "disparate impact claims", 1968 Fair Housing Act, due process, gay marriage, human dignity, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Justice Clarence Thomas, same sex marriage, slavery | Category: Civil rights, Racism, SCOTUS, States, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Jessica Chasmar The Washington Times 7/13/2014 Nevada’s largest daily newspaper is telling Sen. Harry Reid to “quit the race-baiting already” after he embarrassingly referred to Clarence Thomas as a white man. “Harry Reid is the da Vinci of distraction,” the Las Vegas Review-Journal wrote Friday. “The moment any scandal, policy failure or political defeat crashes […] July 14th, 2014 | Tags: ‘Protect Women’s Health from Corporate Interference Act’, distraction, Justice Clarence Thomas, Las Vegas Review Journal, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), race-baiting, S.2578, Sen. Harry Reid | Category: Congress, journalism, legislation, Nevada, Politics, Racism, SCOTUS | Comments are closed
CNN.com 4/30/2014 In an exclusive interview with CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash, Rep. Bennie Thompson doubled down on controversial remarks he made about race over the weekend. The Mississippi Democrat had argued Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, a black conservative, is an “Uncle Tom” who doesn’t stand up for African Americans. In his interview […] May 1st, 2014 | Tags: Dana Bash, Jake Tapper, Justice Clarence Thomas, Rep. Bennie Thompson, Sen. Mitch McConnell | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Racism, SCOTUS | Comments are closed
Chris Moody Yahoo! News 2/11/2014 Americans today are too sensitive about race, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told a gathering of college students in Florida on Tuesday. Speaking at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Fla., Thomas, the second black justice to serve on the court, lamented what he considers a society that […] February 11th, 2014 | Tags: Catholics, Justice Clarence Thomas, Ku Klux Klan, Shirley Temple Black | Category: Georgia, Racism, SCOTUS | Comments are closed
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David Lat Above the Law 15 Nov 2013 …People who have read Justice Thomas’s extraordinary memoir, My Grandfather’s Son (affiliate link), are familiar with his journey from being a supporter of the Black Panthers to a rock-ribbed conservative. If […] November 16th, 2013 | Tags: 1960s, Black Panthers, Gettysburg, Judge Diane Sykes, Justice Clarence Thomas | Category: US Constitution | Comments are closed
Joe Saunders BizPac Review 6/24/2013 A 7-1 majority of the Supreme Court on Monday punted on the affirmative action case of Fisher v. University of Texas Austin. But conservative champion Justice Clarence Thomas made no bones about where he stood in his opinion, even though he concurred with the court’s decision to send the case […] June 26th, 2013 | Tags: affirmative action, discrimination, Fisher v. University of Texas Austin, JIm Crow, Justice Clarence Thomas, segregation | Category: 14th Amendment, Racism, SCOTUS | Comments are closed
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