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Here's What the 9 Supreme Court Justices Said About Abortion During Their Confirmation Hearings
All of the Supreme Court justices were questioned about their judicial beliefs on the legal precedent of Roe v. Wade during their senate confirmation hearings. Here’s what they had to say.
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Thomas Wants the Supreme Court to Overturn Landmark Rulings That Legalized Contraception, Same-Sex Marriage
In a concurring opinion to the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, the conservative jurist called on the court to overrule a trio of watershed civil rights rulings, writing, “We have a duty to ‘correct the error’ established in those precedents.”
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Ginni Thomas' Emails Deepen Her Involvement in 2020 Election
Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and a conservative political activist, urged Republican lawmakers in Arizona after the 2020 presidential election to choose their own slate of electors, arguing that results giving Joe Biden a victory in the state were marred by fraud. The revelations first published by The Washington Post on Friday show that Thomas…
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Clarence Thomas Says Abortion Leak Has Changed Supreme Court
Justice Clarence Thomas says that the Supreme Court has been changed by the shocking leak of a draft opinion earlier this month. That opinion suggests the court is poised to overturn the right to an abortion recognized in Roe v. Wade. The conservative Thomas joined the court in 1991 and has long called for Roe v. Wade to be overturned....
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GOP Sen. Susan Collins Says She Will Vote for Biden Supreme Court Pick Ketanji Brown Jackson, Giving Her Likely Confirmation Bipartisan Support
With Collins’ vote, Jackson, Biden’s first nominee to the Supreme Court, is now all but guaranteed to become the first Black woman to serve on the high court.
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Clarence Thomas Faces Growing Pressure to Step Aside From Jan. 6 Cases
The Democratic-controlled Congress is turning up the heat on Justice Clarence Thomas with calls for him to step back from cases involving Jan. 6, after his wife was found to have actively pressured the Trump White House to change the result of the 2020 election based on false claims of fraud. At a closed-door meeting Tuesday, House Democrats raised questions about what they could do...
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Democrats Demand Supreme Court's Clarence Thomas Recuse Himself From Key 2020 Election, Capitol Riot Cases Over Wife's Push to Overturn Biden Win
The request followed news that the justice’s wife, Virginia Thomas, urged then-President Trump’s top aide Mark Meadows to try to overturn Biden’s election win.
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Jan. 6 Riot Probe Expected to Seek Interview With Wife of Supreme Court Justice Over Texts to Trump Aide
Texts reportedly showed Thomas urging then-President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, to try to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.
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Ginni Thomas Pressed for GOP Lawmakers to Protest 2020 Election Results
Shortly after the 2020 election, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sent an email to an aide to a prominent House conservative saying she would have nothing to do with his group until his members go “out in the streets,” a congressional source familiar with the exchange told NBC News. Thomas told an...
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Dems Call on Thomas to Recuse Himself From Jan. 6 Cases Due to Wife's Texts
Democrats on Friday called on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from Jan. 6 related cases after it was revealed that his wife had texted White House chief of staff Mark Meadows urging him to challenge Donald Trump’s election loss. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said in light of reports of text messages traded between Ginni Thomas and Meadows after...
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Senate Democrat Wyden Says Supreme Court Justice Thomas Should Recuse in Cases Involving Trump, Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, urged Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows to seek to overturn the election of Joe Biden.
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Released From Hospital
The Supreme Court said Friday morning that 73-year-old Justice Clarence Thomas had been released from a hospital stay.
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Discharged From Hospital
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was discharged from the hospital, a week after being admitted with an infection.
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Sen. Joe Manchin Will Vote for Supreme Court Pick Ketanji Brown Jackson, Boosting Her Confirmation Chances
Manchin said he would support Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination after he broke with President Biden and his party on some major issues.
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Wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Texted Trump Chief About Overturning 2020 Election
The texts were reportedly among the more than 2,000 messages Meadows gave to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump Capitol riot.
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Supreme Court Silent on Justice Clarence Thomas Hospitalization
News of Thomas’ hospitalization came before confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick to replace Justice Stephen Breyer.
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Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson's Confirmation Hearings Just Ended — Here's What Happens Next
Jackson, President Joe Biden’s first Supreme Court nominee, is one step closer to becoming the first Black woman to sit on the nation’s top court.
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High Court Won't Say Whether Thomas Remains Hospitalized
The Supreme Court is declining to say whether 73-year-old Justice Clarence Thomas remains in the hospital
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Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Wraps Tense Two Days of Senate Questioning as Confirmation Path Clears
Jackson, President Biden’s first Supreme Court nominee, already spent more than 13 hours before the Senate Judiciary Committee defending her judicial career.
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Supreme Court Pick Ketanji Brown Jackson Grilled on Sentencing Record, Social Issues in Senate Hearing
President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, answered senators’ questions during her confirmation hearings.