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Qualified Immunity

The Cops Who Sicced a Dog on a Surrendered Suspect Got Qualified Immunity. SCOTUS Won't Hear the Case.

"I have previously expressed my doubts about our qualified immunity jurisprudence," writes Associate Justice Clarence Thomas in a dissent.

Billy Binion | 6.15.2020 1:55 PM

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Guns

Clarence Thomas Upbraids SCOTUS for 'Prolonging Our Decade-Long Failure to Protect the Second Amendment'

"The fundamental protections set forth in our Constitution," Thomas writes, should be "applied equally to all citizens."

Damon Root | 6.15.2020 12:25 PM

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First Amendment

SCOTUS Won't Hear Defamation Case Against Bill Cosby; Clarence Thomas Has Issues with Landmark First Amendment Ruling [UPDATED]

Thomas thinks the Supreme Court may have erred in its 1964 NYT v. Sullivan ruling.

Joe Setyon | 2.19.2019 12:50 PM

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Crime

Did SCOTUS Just Rule That Pickpocketing Is a 'Violent Felony'?

Justice Sonia Sotomayor has some concerns.

Joe Setyon | 1.16.2019 1:35 PM

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Brett Kavanaugh

Brett Kavanaugh Joins With Liberal Justices; SCOTUS Won't Hear Planned Parenthood Defunding Cases

"If Kavanaugh was going to deal a major blow to health care rights during his first session on the court, this would have been the case to do it."

Joe Setyon | 12.10.2018 2:50 PM

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Cory Booker

Clarence Thomas Mocks Cory Booker's 'Spartacus' Grandstanding

"If you can't debate hard issues honestly, with honor, with integrity, how do we keep a civil society?" Thomas said.

Joe Setyon | 9.13.2018 12:30 PM

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Abortion

Abortion, Clarence Thomas, and the Commerce Clause

Cornell law professor Michael Dorf asks whether Clarence Thomas would vote to strike down federal laws restricting abortion, on federalism grounds. The answer might well be yes. But the issue would have to be presented to him in the right way.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 7.23.2018 11:34 AM

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Law

The Awful Supreme Court Precedent That Helped Create Today's Asset Forfeiture Nightmare

Damon Root | 3.1.2018 12:00 PM

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Gun Control

Supreme Court's Silence Clouds Gun Control Debate

The justices have passed up one opportunity after another to clarify the boundaries of the constitutional right to arms.

Jacob Sullum | 2.28.2018 12:01 AM

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Supreme Court

Clarence Thomas vs. Jeff Sessions on Civil Asset Forfeiture

Asset forfeiture has "led to egregious and well-chronicled abuses," Thomas writes.

Damon Root | 7.20.2017 10:45 AM

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Supreme Court

A History Lesson From Clarence Thomas

Correcting a liberal smear about the conservative Supreme Court justice.

Damon Root | 3.14.2013 1:30 PM

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