A report by Democrats on the Judiciary Committee found additional travel taken in 2021 by Thomas but not reported on his annual financial disclosure, including trips on private jets and a yacht trip.
The Supreme Court's decision regarding Idaho's abortion ban may hinge on whether federal spending power can protect doctors against a state's criminal code. Justices questioning this power could look to the launch of Medicare. Two years after passage of the Civil Rights Act, health care remained segregated by race across the South, and Black patients were denied treatment at many hospitals.
Justice Clarence Thomas' disclosure form had been eagerly awaited in the wake of news reports that he accepted luxury trips worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.
A Republican donor paid two years of private school tuition for a child raised by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and Thomas didn't disclose the payments. That confirmation of a published report comes from a lawyer who's represented Thomas and his wife, Virginia.
Ethics watchdogs are raising alarms after a report showed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted lavish gifts without disclosing them as required.
The transaction is the first known instance of money flowing from Crow to the Supreme Court justice. The sale netted the GOP megadonor two vacant lots and the house where Thomas’ mother was living.
Wednesday onPolitical Rewind: The 2024 Democratic National Convention will take place in Chicago, snubbing Georgia Democrats who wanted the convention in Atlanta.
And as Americans react to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' vacations with key donors, we ask our panel about the politicization of the court.
Monday on Political Rewind: A Texas federal court judge has ruled the FDA improperly vetted mifepristone 20 years ago. Plus, the expulsion of two young Black Democrats from the Tennessee Legislature has caused an uproar. Meanwhile, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas didn't disclose luxury vacations hosted by a key donor.
The Georgia Senate passed a controversial bill to create a monument to Georgia native and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Day 18. Thomas was born in Savannah.
The Supreme Court has lifted a temporary hold on Sen. Lindsey Graham's testimony in a Georgia investigation of possible illegal interference in the 2020 election by then-President Donald Trump and his allies in the state. The high court on Tuesday left no legal impediments in the way of Graham's appearance before a special grand jury, now scheduled for Nov. 17.
Tuesday on Political Rewind: Fulton County Judge Robert McBurney won't rule on today's arguments against Georgia's abortion law until after the election. Meanwhile, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas put a temporary hold on Lindsey Graham's testimony in the grand jury investigating the 2020 election.
Following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the George Washington University law school received calls to drop Thomas and cancel the seminar he taught.
Ginni Thomas said she would "look forward" to talking to the committee after reports surfaced that she communicated with a lawyer who pressured Mike Pence to reject the election results.
