http://dir.salon.com/topics/clarence_thomas/?source=rss&aim=clarence_thomas en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT By Gene Lyons Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/04/sotomayor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/04/sotomayor/index.html?source=rss The elected wing of the GOP knows better. The entertainment wing -- Rush, Coulter et al. -- has a different agenda. By Frances Kissling Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/31/supreme_court/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/31/supreme_court/index.html?source=rss Not if one is a divorced Latina. Sotomayor would be a positive influence on the court's five male Catholics. By Joe Conason Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/05/29/clarence_thomas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/05/29/clarence_thomas/index.html?source=rss Why do Republicans think Sotomayor is a mediocre beneficiary of affirmative action? Because they had their own. By James Hannaham Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/01/21/randall_kennedy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/01/21/randall_kennedy/index.html?source=rss Blacks who challenge affirmative action and other "black orthodoxies" are not betraying their race. Or so argues author Randall Kennedy. By Alan Berlow Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/02/lethal_injection/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/02/lethal_injection/index.html?source=rss Next week, when the Supreme Court hears a case challenging the use of lethal injections, we may learn more about the legal limits to state-sanctioned pain. By Tim Grieve Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/10/01/thomas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/10/01/thomas/index.html?source=rss How can a justice with such a keen sense of his own persecution be so blind to others'? By Garrett Epps Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/09/13/toobin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/09/13/toobin/index.html?source=rss Jeffrey Toobin's new book peeks inside the sheltered world of the Supreme Court justices. Are the unpredictable personal dynamics among the justices more important than the agenda they brought with them? By Joe Conason Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/05/04/condi_rice/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/05/04/condi_rice/index.html?source=rss That attitude, says Marcus Mabry in his new biography of the secretary of state, has seriously harmed the United States. By Tim Grieve Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/06/30/thomas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/06/30/thomas/index.html?source=rss Clarence Thomas says his colleagues aren't familiar with the ways of war. Tell it to John Paul Stevens. By Tim Grieve Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/05/22/quote/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/05/22/quote/index.html?source=rss Clarence Thomas says we need to pray for George W. Bush. By Tim Grieve Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/01/17/oregon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/01/17/oregon/index.html?source=rss In his first dissent, the chief justice aligns himself with the far right. By Amy Sullivan Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/10/06/evangelicals/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/10/06/evangelicals/index.html?source=rss Born-again Christians say they're unrepresented. But Clarence Thomas was an evangelical when he joined the court. By Tim Grieve Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/10/04/bushmiers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/10/04/bushmiers/index.html?source=rss Echoing his father's comments about Clarence Thomas, the president says that his Supreme Court nominee is "plenty bright" and the most qualified person for the job. By J.J. Helland Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2005/09/12/sunstein/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2005/09/12/sunstein/index.html?source=rss Legal scholar Cass Sunstein explains the dangers of "fundamentalist" judges on the Supreme Court, why conservatives should fear right-wing radicals as much as liberals, and what went wrong with Roe v. Wade. By Tim Grieve Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/07/21/roberts2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/07/21/roberts2/index.html?source=rss Unless senators discover a skeleton in his closet, the nomination fight is over before it even begins. By Eric Boehlert Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/05/03/filibuster_showdown/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/05/03/filibuster_showdown/index.html?source=rss The looming filibuster showdown is likely to be triggered by Priscilla Owen, who was accused of judicial activism by an unlikely foe -- Alberto Gonzales. By Tim Grieve Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/27/supremes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/27/supremes/index.html?source=rss With William Rehnquist and Sandra Day O'Connor considering retirement, activists on all sides are preparing for a firefight over Bush's next high-court nominee. By Louise Witt Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/01/03/christian/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/01/03/christian/index.html?source=rss With its allies now controlling Congress and the White House, the religious right launches a crusade to cleanse America of sin. The first battlefield: Women's bodies. By Dan Shapiro Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/05/15/weed_love/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/05/15/weed_love/index.html?source=rss Clarence Thomas says marijuana has no medical use. Maybe he'd like to try my cancer By Bruce Shapiro Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/16/hearings/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/16/hearings/index.html?source=rss If the Clarence Thomas hearings are any guide, disorganized Democrats could be the Republican nominee's best friends. By Amy Reiter Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/05/01/np_mon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/05/01/np_mon/index.html?source=rss Betsey Johnson's left breast disappears under veil of secrecy, NP leaks the story. Plus: Real-life Erin Brockovich extorted by scumbag exes; and Amy Irving ponders significance of oyster predilection By Virginia Vitzthum Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/col/vitz/2000/04/04/nude_dancing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/col/vitz/2000/04/04/nude_dancing/index.html?source=rss The recent Supreme Court decision on nude dancing had Justice O'Connor ruling on G-strings and pasties. By Jock O'Connell Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/1999/11/18/clarence_thomas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/1999/11/18/clarence_thomas/index.html?source=rss Long ago His Honor paid 10 bucks for a Bolshevik broadsheet. I wonder where it's hanging now. By Susan Crabtree Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/09/18/baucus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/09/18/baucus/index.html?source=rss The former chief of staff to Sen. Max Baucus claims he sexually harassed her, then fired her, but the senator tells an entirely different story -- that she was relentlessly abusing his staff. By Joyce Millman Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/mill/1999/08/23/justice/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/mill/1999/08/23/justice/index.html?source=rss Of course there are blacks on TV. You just have to pay to see them.