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 ...Raw Story1d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentClarence ThomasSamuel Alitosupreme court retirement speculation
Jasmine Crockett stumps in Virginia for Democrats while spurning TalaricoCrockett has campaigned for down-ballot U.S. House candidates in Texas and recently stumped at out-of-state marginal districts.Washington Examiner2d agoWhole story →GovernmentJasmine Crockettvirginia congressional campaign
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.Arkansas Online6d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentsupreme court term begins
Clarence Thomas is in the hot seat for Supreme Court’s biggest climate case in yearsBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — As one of the Supreme Court’s most stalwart conservative and prolific justices, Clarence Thomas’ views on the biggest cases of the day — from guns to race to religion — are rarely in doubt. Yet when it comes to perhaps the most significant climate change-related case to reach theABC17News.com6d agoWhole story →PlanetClarence Thomassupreme court climate case
