Clarence Thomas
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Bankruptcy, Clarence Thomas, Morning Docket
Morning Docket 06.03.09
* Justice Clarence Thomas cut SCOTUS to go speak to a high school’s graduating class. [NBC Washington] * The Second Circuit puts the brake on the Chrysler bankruptcy proceedings. [Washington Post] * Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: New York judges get a vote ruling of confidence in their request for a salary increase. [New York Law […]
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Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court Clerks
Is Justice Thomas 'A Little Tired' of His Job?(He has hired his clerks. Who are they?)
In today’s Morning Docket, we linked to an interesting article, by Adam Liptak of the New York Times, concerning a recent public appearance by Justice Clarence Thomas before a group of high school essay contest winners. The WSJ Law Blog collects a number of fun tidbits — such as Justice Thomas’s declaration that “the dishwasher […] - Sponsored
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Clarence Thomas, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Weirdness
Clearly He Is Trying To Set An Unbreakable Record
For his yearbook page, one of our most quiet high school classmates selected this quotation, by Martin Fraquhar Tupper: “Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.” Justice Clarence Thomas concurs. As reported by the AP, “[t]wo years and 142 cases have passed since Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas last spoke up at oral arguments.” So […]
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Antonin Scalia, Books, Celebrities, Clarence Thomas, Eyes of the Law, Pictures
The Eyes of the Law: Justice Scalia at Georgetown
Our latest legal celebrity sighting: Justice Antonin Scalia, spotted at Georgetown University Law Center. He is believed to have been at GULC to speak to a con law class. Of the current justices on the Supreme Court, Justice Scalia clearly inspires the greatest amount of fanatical devotion. How many other justices have their own fansite? […] -
11th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Clarence Thomas, Department of Justice, Eugene Volokh, Fabulosity, Federalist Society, Judicial Nominations, Kevin Newsom, Parties, Pictures, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Ted Olson, William Pryor
A Night at the Federalist Society Birthday Bash
We now yield the floor to Laurie Lin. Who better to report on one of the year’s biggest social events than the writer of Legal Eagle Wedding Watch? Over to you, Laurie. **************** Ambition and Old Spice wafted sweetly through the air last night at the Federalist Society’s 25th Anniversary Gala at Union Station — […] -
Alex Kozinski, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Clerkships, David Sentelle, Harvard Law Review, Job Searches, John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: OT 2008 (Update #7)
In October 2006, when LEWW reviewed her wedding, we wrote of Aileen McGrath (at right, with handsome hubby Jason Gillenwater): Aileen is the President of the Harvard Law Review. HELLO!!! And this isn’t mentioned in the announcement, but we’ve learned that she’ll be clerking next year for Chief Judge Michael Boudin, of the First Circuit […] -
Books, Clarence Thomas, Death Penalty, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, State Judges, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 10.18.07
* Clarence Darrow? How cliche. Anywho, this guy is now a New Mexico Supreme Court justice. [Albuquerque Journal (free trial pass required) and New Mexico Business Weekly, via How Appealing] * Step 1: Stop killing monks. [Jurist] * Death for the death penalty? [New York Times] * Latham lawyer DQ’ed in KPMG trial. [WSJ Law […]
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Antonin Scalia, Arlen Specter, Books, Clarence Thomas, David Souter, Dick Cheney, Fabulosity, John Roberts, Michael Chertoff, Parties, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court, Television
Liveblogging the Clarence Thomas Book Party
Welcome. If you’re at home, tune in to C-SPAN, which is rebroadcasting the recent book party for Justice Clarence Thomas. Justice Thomas’s eagerly anticipated memoir, My Grandfather’s Son, is now in bookstores — and topping the bestseller charts (to the relief of his publisher, HarperCollins, which reportedly paid him a $1.5 million advance). 7:05: The […] - Sponsored
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Boalt Hall, Britney Spears, Clarence Thomas, Judge of the Day, Non-Sequiturs, Peter Lattman, Television
Non-Sequiturs: 10.12.07
* U.C. Berkeley has settled on a new name for its law school. Check it out, it’s quite brilliant. [Blogonaut] (But we’ll probably still conduct the reader poll mentioned here, just for the heck of it.) * Strained attorney-client relations between Britney Spears and Anne Kiley? Apparently Brit has “trust issues” (in addition to that […] -
Clarence Thomas, Law Schools, Supreme Court Clerks
Co-Non-Top-Tier Law Graduate of the Day
We have another recipient of this week’s award, a graduate of Tier 3 Creighton: Name: Patrick Strawbridge Law School: Creighton University Current Position: Associate, Preti Flaherty Why He’s Our Winner: Will clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas in OT 2008. Our tipster had this to say about Strawbridge: Your next non-top-tier law grad story should be […] -
Books, Charlie Savage, Clarence Thomas, Federal Judges, Non-Sequiturs, Samuel Kent, Tax Law, Television
More Non-Sequiturs: 10.01.07
* Humor for tax lawyers. [TaxProf Blog] * Additional thoughts on the Judge Samuel Kent case, from Ilya Somin. [Volokh Conspiracy] * Best magistrate judgeship ever? [San Jose Mercury News] * Charlie Savage, whose book party we recently attended, is on the Colbert Report tonight. [Comedy Central] * Also on television tonight (opposite the Colbert […] -
Civil Rights, Clarence Thomas, Election Law, John Edwards, Morning Docket, Politics, Racism, Television, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 09.28.07
Ed. notes: First, B. Clerker is unavailable this morning, so we’re doing Morning Docket ourselves. Second, by the time you read this, we’ll be attending this event. But we’ve arranged for previously written posts (like this one) to be published in our absence. * John Edwards tries to put a noble spin on the financial […]
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Clarence Thomas, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Justice Thomas To Be Played By Holly Hunter in SCOTUS Motion Picture
If you’ve done any significant amount of appellate work, surely you’ve argued before one of THOSE judges. A judge who asks questions at oral argument just for the sake of asking questions. A jurist in love with the sound of his or her own voice. They can be entertaining or exasperating, depending upon whether you’re […]
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Books, Celebrities, Clarence Thomas, Morning Docket, Politics, Ridiculousness, Tort Reform
Morning Docket: 04.27.07
* Texas legislature blocks mandatory HPV vaccine that fights cervical cancer. [MSNBC] * Indian court issues warrant for Richard Gere due to public kiss. [CNN] * Secretary Rice may assert executive privilege to avoid House subpoena. [MSNBC] * Review of new Justice Thomas biography. [Newsweek] * ALJ seeking $65 million in damages from his dry […]
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Clarence Thomas, Kids, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Justice Thomas and Wachovia: Recusal Mystery Solved
No one has been quite sure why Justice Clarence Thomas has been recusing himself from Wachovia cases. The mystery is apparently solved; Thomas’s son works at Wachovia Securities. From The Blog of Legal Times: For the last two years, Justice Clarence Thomas has consistently recused himself in cases in which Wachovia Bank is a party […] -
Alberto Gonzales, Camille Paglia, Clarence Thomas, Department of Justice, Politics, Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Alberto Gonzales: The Morning After
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales made a make-or-break appearance yesterday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. We covered his SJC testimony extensively. See here, here, and here. If the Gonzales testimony were a Broadway show, today would be the morning after opening night, when the all-powerful Ben Brantley theatre critics weigh in. And based on the reviews […] -
Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Old People, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
'I Tawt I Taw... A Judicial Conservative!'
We’ve been learning all sorts of things about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lately. Like her history as a high school cheerleader (which is, by the way, a perilous pursuit). And now we learn her secret nickname at One First Street. From the Washington Examiner: Anyone who has seen Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg knows […] -
Clarence Thomas, Reader Polls, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
ATL Poll Results: Justice Thomas Provokes Strong Feelings
Yeah, we know — quelle surprise. Or, less delicately, “No s**t, Sherlock.” Anyway, here’s the data, from a poll in which almost 1500 votes were tallied: As one of you noted, the results basically form an inverted bell curve. Over 56 percent of respondents clustered at the extremes: “Very Unfavorable” (30.6 percent) was the most […] -
Clarence Thomas, Education / Schools, Media and Journalism, Reader Polls, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Justice Thomas: The Sphinx Breaks His Silence
Justice Clarence Thomas is one of the quieter Supreme Court justices, at least at oral argument and in terms of media appearances. (He can be quite gregarious and charming in smaller settings.) But Justice Thomas recently sat down for a chat with Business Week, which you can read here. The interview focuses on Justice Thomas’s […] -
Clarence Thomas, Federal Judges, John Roberts, Judicial Divas, Money, S.D.N.Y., SCOTUS, Shira Scheindlin, Supreme Court, Television
Two New Arguments in Favor of Higher Pay for Supreme Court Justices
Listen up, Chief Justice Roberts! Here are two new arguments you can use to make the case for higher judicial pay. 1. From the Drudge Report: According to Forbes, Judge Judy has a net worth of $95 million. She earns $25 million a year — over 100 times the Chief Justice’s salary. Random aside: Contrary […]