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Threat of abrupt Alito and Thomas retirements has conservatives panicked over backlashRepublicans are weighing whether elderly Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito could announce their retirements right after next month’s midterm election, according to Politico, and whether that would help or hurt the party.On one hand, a departure could let President Donald Trump ...

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US Circuit Judge, 99, gets fitness dispute moved to new courtUS Chief Justice John Roberts has transferred a dispute between the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and its longest-serving judge ‌Pauline Newman to a new federal appeals court, according to an order published on Tuesday.

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John Roberts' Maine home targeted again by liberal kayak protestersLiberal protesters formed kayak flotillas outside Chief Justice John Roberts' Maine vacation home. The protests targeting conservative justices are condemned as reckless and wrong.

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New term sees high court poised to push US to rightWASHINGTON -- The new U.S. Supreme Court term that begins on Monday presents opportunities for its two eldest and most conservative justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, to help push U.S. law further rightward on contentious issues such as gun rights, religion in public schools and voting restrictions.

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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and his Maine islandAfter decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.

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Chief Justice’s Island Escape Turns Into a NightmareJohn Roberts’ presence at a peaceful coastal retreat is becoming increasingly fraught.

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Chief Justice John Roberts shunned by his neighbors as backlash over Trump rulings growsChief Justice John Roberts has spent more than 20 summers at his home on a small island off the coast of Maine, but now many of his neighbors there have backed away from him or even demonstrate against him.The New York Times interviewed more than two dozen residents over the summer about Hupper Isla...

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A rebuttal to Juan Williams malicious attack on Justice Clarence ThomasThe following is an editorial by Armstrong Williams.Juan Williams calls Justice Clarence Thomas’s place in history tragic. His argument rests on two sweeping cl

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2A 'Assumes the Right, It Doesn't Grant a Right'Justice Clarence Thomas maintains that the Second Amendment "assumes the right, it doesn't grant a right."

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US Senate confirms former Thomas law clerk to serve as judge in TexasA corporate litigator who clerked for US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas won Senate confirmation on Thursday to serve as a federal judge in a Texas court that has become a favorite for conservative litigants challenging Democratic policies.

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Sitting Federal Judge Sounds Bombshell Alarm on TrumpA judge who keeps photos of Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito in his chambers had harsh words for the Trump administration.

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John Roberts’ role model shows everything wrong with the Supreme Court.If the court is curling up anywhere, it is at the feet of a presidency increasingly unchecked by law.

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Joe Scarborough Calls Out ‘Bulls**t Conservative’ Justices After Mail-In Ballot RulingThe MS NOW host slammed Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas as complicit in Trump’s bid to “destroy democracy.”

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Alito and Thomas slam Supreme Court upholding 'Hail Mary' block in dissent on Trump's mail-in ballot ruleClarence Thomas and Samuel Alito said they would have lifted a block on Trump's mail-in ballot rule and rejected a "Hail Mary" injunction.

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MAGA Justices Rage at Court for Stopping Trump’s Ballot PlotSamuel Alito and Clarence Thomas came out on the losing end of the court’s deliberations.

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Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions for now ahead of midtermsThe decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they’ve used for years. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas publicly dissented from the brief order.

Chicago Sun-Times25d agoWhole story →

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Ted Cruz defends Clarence Thomas' affirmative action stance on The ViewTed Cruz defended Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' affirmative action stance on "The View" while facing questions about his new book on the justice.

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Will the real William Howard Taft please stand up?Chief Justice John Roberts penned an incomplete, but revealing, tribute to former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft.

The Philadelphia Inquirer1mo agoWhole story →

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Clarence Thomas just stripped Pentagon contractors of their battlefield alibiThe Supreme Court ruled that private defense contractors cannot claim blanket wartime immunity for their own negligence in combat.

Washington Examiner1mo agoWhole story →

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Supreme Court lets Trump's White House ballroom construction continue for nowWASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling on Monday let Donald Trump's administration continue construction of his White House ballroom complex while the president challenges a judicial order that would halt much of the development, with Chief Justice John Roberts in a dissent calling the project "likely unlawful."

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