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Jonathan Turley reports  that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is outraged at the hospital tasing of his epileptic nephew, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is reportedly outraged and maybe heading down to New Orleans after his nephew, Derek Thomas, was punched and tasered at a Louisiana hospital after refusing to put on a gown. Derek Thomas... 

“Torture memos resemble Clarence Thomas’ way of thinking; The Supreme Court justice has a history of dismissing prisoner brutality; And it’s his former law clerk who was investigated for authorizing harsh interrogation tactics as a Justice Department lawyer”: David G. Savage will have this article Sunday in The Los Angeles Times.  Read More →

“Court: Crosses along Utah highways unconstitutional.” The Salt Lake Tribune has a news update that begins, “The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that 14 crosses placed along Utah highways to honor fallen Utah Highway Patrol troopers violate the U.S. Constitution.” The Deseret News has an update headlined ”... 

Our recent suggestion that Justice Clarence Thomas consider a presidential run in 2012 has caused some chatter in the legal and political blogosphere (as well as the ATL comments section, where the commenter “President Obama” took all comers). Despite this healthy buzz, CT has not yet indicated any plans to slap a campaign poster on... 

(Ilya Somin) Kashmir Hill and David Lat of Above the Law have an interesting Washington Post column urging Justice Clarence Thomas to run for president. I know Lat because he was a year ahead of me in law school. He’s a very smart guy, and I have great respect for all the success he has achieved as a legal blogger. But I think he and Hill are barking... 

Perhaps to avoid the snowpocalypse in D.C., Justice Clarence Thomas went down to the Sunshine State this week, where he spent time speaking with law students at Stetson University and the University of Florida. Though he’s the sphinx of the High Court, Justice Thomas is loquacious when not in oral arguments. He’s an engaging speaker:... 

Writing in the Washington Post, Above the Law’s David Lat and Kashmir Hill make the case that Justice Clarence Thomas should run for president in 2012.  Read More →

In his speaking tours around the country, Clarence Thomas has a lot to say — sometimes critical things to say, about his fellow justices’ approach to oral argument and the lack of alma mater diversity among the Court’s clerks, for example. But when Thomas is back at One First Street, sitting on the bench, he gets quiet. Very quiet.... 

Saturday, Justice Clarence Thomas took the podium in Sun Valley, Idaho, at the Utah State Bar’s 2010 summer convention, talking for nearly an hour about life on the nation’s highest court.  Read More →

“Utah Supreme Court to hear dad’s bid for his baby”: Brooke Adams has this article today in The Salt Lake Tribune.  Read More →

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