Clarence Thomas

The GOP's White Supremacy

Paul Jenkins | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics

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Like a restricted country club that would rather die than change, the Republican Party is marginalizing itself for the sake of the white men who run it.

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Method to Thomas Madness on Obama Birth Certificate

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Citizenship, Birth Certificate Controversy, Clarence Thomas, Barack Obama, Lawsuits, Supreme Court, Presidential Election, Constitution, Home News

The harebrained lawsuit demanding disclosure whether President elect Barack Obama is a U.S. citizen or not was laughed out of New Jersey courts in...

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Race, Gender and the Media in the 2008 Elections

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, John McCain, Asian-American Voters, Latino Voters, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Sexism, 2008 Election and Race, Racism, Joe Biden, Saraha Palin, Thurgood Marshall, Clarence Thomas, 2008 Election and Gender, Barack Obama, Politics News

Like everyone else in America, I was waiting to see how the match up between Palin and Biden would transpire. Beyond the giddy atmosphere that was bu...

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Exclusive! Tapes Of Palin Debate Cram Session!

Martin Lewis | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Mccain Palin Ticket, Sarah Palin Vp Pick, Sarah Palin Speech, Cynical Politics, McCain Vice President, Palin Vice President, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Vice President, Special Needs Children, Presidential Debates, Hard-of-Thinking, Clarence Thomas, Sarah Palin Reaction, Vice Presidential Debate, Politics News

I KNEW we'd heard that voice somewhere before! And I knew we'd heard this ANSWER somewhere before! "Something doesn't smell right..." - David Lett...

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Biden Blowing in Winds of Women's History

Jamie Stiehm | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jeffrey Rosen, Biden and Anita Hill, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman, Sexual Harrassment, Joseph Biden, Anita Hill, George W. Bush, Vice-Presidential Debate, Sarah Palin, Hill and Thomas, Supreme Court Justice, Senate Confirmation, Joe Biden, Violence Against Women Act, Clarence Thomas, Politics News

History has put Sen. Biden right in the ring with two of the most galvanizing women of our time.

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Deja Vu All Over Again for Biden

Ferentz LaFargue | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Joe Biden, George H.W. Bush, Barack Obama, Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Through her GOP affiliation Palin like Thomas has been rendered untouchable, and also like in Thomas' case, the person at the forefront of the opposition's strategy is Joe Biden.

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McCain Wimps Out, Country Shrugs

Paul Jenkins | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Latino Issues, Alaska, Democratic Convention, Christian Right, Economy, Cindy McCain, Mitt Romney, GOP Convention, Hispanic Issues, Media, Black Issues, Democratic Party, 2008 Election, Clarence Thomas, Recession, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Dick Cheney, Iraq War, Religion, Iran, Unemployment, Martin Luther King, Hillary Clinton, National Enquirer, Republican Party, Wassila, Politics News

Far from the eccentric rebel he likes to portray, McCain is a sad pawn in the religious right's attempt to maintain power in the GOP and over the country.

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The Trojan Horses of Sarah Palin and Clarence Thomas

Justin Frank | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mockery, Cruel, Dan Quayle, George H.W. Bush, Jon Stewart, Judgment, Sarah Palin, Obama, Sarah Palin Vice President, Mccain, Biden, Sarah Palin Reaction, Clarence Thomas, Politics News

Since Governor Sarah Palin arrived on the national stage, people have been comparing her to others. Some say Dan Quayle (who actually DID become Vice...

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She's Not Quayle; She's Thomas

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 08.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Phyllis Schlafly, Clarence Thomas, Pete Townshend, Margaret Thatcher, George H. W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Ray Charles, Jesus Thieves, Mccain-Palin, Sarah Palin Reaction, Sr, Politics News

A second X-chromosome is no more a sufficient qualification for being women's choice for the vice presidency than dark pigmentation was for being African-Americans' choice for a seat on the Supreme Court.

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John McCain's Choice of Sarah Palin Telegraphs His Misogyny

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Thurgood Marshall, McCain's VP Choice, Clarence Thomas, George Herbert Walker Bush, Sarah Palin, Politics News

I've always believed that George Herbert Walker Bush's appointment of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court was an example of white supremacy. Here's ...

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Michelle Obama's Speech: A High-Tech Groveling

Adam Hanft | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Michelle Obama Speech, High Tech Lynching, Michelle Obama, Clarence Thomas, Politics News

The one thing I haven't read in all the praise and accolades is the simple fact that this was a speech Michelle should never have had to make.

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Hey, There, Pay Attention -- The Supreme Court May Be Up For Grabs

Martin Garbus | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, John McCain, Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade, Obama Supreme Court, John McCain Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Election 2008 Supreme Court, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Politics News

For the first time in decades, the makeup on the Court is direct and center in the election. McCain and Obama have staked out totally different positions -- and whoever wins will have two nominations.

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HBO's Recount: Hanging Chads, the Price of Oil and Understanding the Past When It Happens

Ray Hanania | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kevein Spacey, Al Gore, Jim Baker, HBO the Recount, Katherine Harris, Clarence Thomas, George W. Bush, Antonin Scalia, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oil, Politics News

I realize now George W. Bush didn't steal the election from Al Gore. It was stolen for him by Jim Baker III and his team of legal snakes that included the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Toobin: A McCain Court Could Overturn Roe In "Maybe A Year"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Supreme Court, John McCain, Roe v. Wade, Antonin Scalia, David Souter, Samuel Alito, John Paul Stevens, Anthony Kennedy, John Roberts, Jeffrey Toobin, Ruth Bader-Ginsburg, Clarence Thomas, The Nine, Media News

You know what they say: You can pick your nose, you can pick your friends, and you can also pick the next three justices to sit on the Supreme Court. ...

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Code Words and McCain's Speech on Judges

Doug Kendall | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, Supreme Court, John McCain, Clarence Thomas, Judges, John Roberts, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, Constitution, Mccain-Feingold, Politics News

If the proper role of the judiciary is going to be one of "the defining issues of this presidential election," as John McCain asserted today, he shoul...

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Thomas: No Questions in 2 Years

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Conservative Supreme Court Justices, Clarence Thomas Silence, Clarence Thomas, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Two years and 144 cases have passed since Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas last spoke up at oral arguments. It is a period of ...

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Barack Obama is the Foil to Wedge Politics

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Condoleezza Rice, Clarence Thomas, George Herbert Walker Bush, Barack Obama, Politics News

Obama's impressive win tonight in the South Carolina Democratic primary, where huge numbers of white people of all ages voted for him, shows that he is the true candidate of multicultural America.

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Clarence Thomas: "I Wouldn't Say I Like" Being Supreme Court Judge

Think Progress | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas and Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas, Clarence Thomas Job Supreme Court Justice, Politics News

Clarence Thomas hates his job. Earlier this week, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spoke at Chapman University, revealing that he doesn't even r...

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Giuliani To Conservatives: I'll Pick Your Kind Of Judges

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics

Read More: Rudy Giuliani, Conservatives, Antonin Scalia, Federalist Society, Conservative Supreme Court Justices, Samuel Alito, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Politics News

Rudy Giuliani assured a conservative legal group Friday that if elected president he would appoint federal judges who adhere to their principles. He a...

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Thomas: My Yale Law Degree Is Worth '15 Cents'

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 10.21.2007 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Yale Law, Clarence Thomas, Politics News

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has a 15-cent price tag stuck to his Yale law degree, blaming the school's affirmative action policies in ...

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Other Supreme Court Justices Find Thomas' Biography "Unseemly"

Think Progress | Posted 10.15.2007 | Media

Read More: Clarence Thomas Book, Supreme Court Justices, Clarence Thomas, Media News

Supreme Court justices reportedly are aren't thrilled with Clarence Thomas's new biography. The NY Posts's Cindy Adams writes, "Phrases swatted about ...

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Beware! The GOP Space Aliens from Xandur have Arrived

Sherman Yellen | Posted 10.10.2007 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, George H. W. Bush, 60 Minutes, Clarence Thomas, Politics News

This past week felt like a bad sci-fi movie released by the moguls of Washington. Many of the Republican notables have finally broken out of their p...

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Thomas-2 Says Sexism is Alive and Well in the Workplace

Peggy Drexler | Posted 10.09.2007 | Politics

Read More: Isiah Thomas, Isiah Thomas Sexual Harassment, Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, Anucha Browne Sanders, Sexual Harassment, Politics News

After all this time, after all those women rising to positions of power, after all those hours of sensitivity training, could women still be battling the unwanted attentions of men on the job?

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Power In Washington DC, Stripped Naked

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 10.06.2007 | Media

Read More: Clarence Thomas Book, Armstrong Williams, Lynne Cheney, Clarence Thomas, Dick Cheney, Media News

Armstrong Williams is the talk show host who was paid cash by the Bush administration to broadcast propaganda. That's an interesting choice to host Clarence Thomas' book party.

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The More Things Change

Eric Alterman | Posted 10.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Racism Vocabulary, Race in Politics, Clarence Thomas, Hispanic Americans, George W. Bush, Racism, Miguel Estrada, Playing the Race Card, Politics News

One of the most interesting -- and perhaps bedeviling -- linguistic transformations in American politics is conservatives' recent adoption of anti-racism vocabulary.

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