Justice Clarence Thomas once told a member of Congress that “one or more justices will leave [the court] soon” if lawmakers did not raise their salaries, ProPublica reports. At the time, Thomas was taking on large amounts of debt to finance his lifestyle, and would soon begin cultivating financially beneficial — and ethically dubious — relationships with some of the nation’s most prominent wealthy conservatives.
According to documents obtained by ProPublica, Thomas spoke to Republican Florida Rep. Cliff Stearns while on a return flight from a conservative conference in Sea Island, Georgia, in...
According to documents obtained by ProPublica, Thomas spoke to Republican Florida Rep. Cliff Stearns while on a return flight from a conservative conference in Sea Island, Georgia, in...
- 12/18/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
According to a statement from the U.S. Supreme Court, retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor passed away “of complications related to advanced dementia, probably Alzheimer’s, and a respiratory illness.” O’Connor, whose husband suffered from Alzheimer’s, first announced her diagnosis in 2018 in a letter explaining that as her condition progressed, she was “no longer able to participate in public life.”
The nation’s first female justice ascended to the court in 1981, nominated by President Ronald Reagan, who, in a bid to attract support from female voters, made a...
The nation’s first female justice ascended to the court in 1981, nominated by President Ronald Reagan, who, in a bid to attract support from female voters, made a...
- 12/1/2023
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
“It’s the ’80s, do a lot of coke and vote for Ronald Regan!” That song may be an all-time classic Mystery Science Theater 3000 riff from the Gremlins rip-off Hobgoblins, but one might find themselves also singing that ditty more and more often when watching TV and movies.
Stranger Things, Totally Killer, It, and even parts of Loki’s second season take us back to the 1980s, filling the screen with neon clothes, Dungeons & Dragons references, and so much punk and synth-pop.
It’s easy to see why the ’80s would get attention in the past decade, as kids of that era have grown to be the adults with buying power (such as it is) and control over media franchises. However, ’80s nostalgia has become bankrupt even quicker than previous versions, precisely because of its thin and disinterested look at the target decade.
The 1980s are the New 1950s...
Stranger Things, Totally Killer, It, and even parts of Loki’s second season take us back to the 1980s, filling the screen with neon clothes, Dungeons & Dragons references, and so much punk and synth-pop.
It’s easy to see why the ’80s would get attention in the past decade, as kids of that era have grown to be the adults with buying power (such as it is) and control over media franchises. However, ’80s nostalgia has become bankrupt even quicker than previous versions, precisely because of its thin and disinterested look at the target decade.
The 1980s are the New 1950s...
- 11/15/2023
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Maga had its day in court Tuesday — and thankfully, it lost.
By a vote of 6-2, the Supreme Court rejected one of the most bizarre theories to make it to its hallowed halls: that in setting the terms of elections — maps, polling places, voting rules, even review of election results — state legislatures can’t be reviewed by state courts.
But the fact that it even got this far, and that two justices voted in favor of it (with one more voting that the case was moot), should keep you awake at night.
By a vote of 6-2, the Supreme Court rejected one of the most bizarre theories to make it to its hallowed halls: that in setting the terms of elections — maps, polling places, voting rules, even review of election results — state legislatures can’t be reviewed by state courts.
But the fact that it even got this far, and that two justices voted in favor of it (with one more voting that the case was moot), should keep you awake at night.
- 6/27/2023
- by Jay Michaelson
- Rollingstone.com
Washington — In the fall of 1981, a young conservative lawyer named John Roberts, fresh off a Supreme Court clerkship, arrived at the Justice Department at the start of Ronald Reagan’s presidency. Hired as a special assistant to the attorney general, Roberts focused on voting rights, and in particular the battle underway in Congress over the reauthorization of parts of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. That included Section 2 of the law, which gave voters a tool to fight discriminatory voting laws and rules in the states.
As Roberts settled in at DOJ,...
As Roberts settled in at DOJ,...
- 7/9/2021
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
Marijuana legalization has an interesting advocate at the Supreme Court: Justice Clarence Thomas. Today, once again, Justice Thomas indicated his support for cutting back federal laws that criminalize pot. You might think this is good news since Justice Thomas is one of the most conservative Justices on the Court, therefore surely more liberal Justices would agree. But, unfortunately for the movement, his zeal to rethink how this country criminalizes weed has, so far, no other supporters on the Court.
The case today involved a medical marijuana dispensary in Colorado that,...
The case today involved a medical marijuana dispensary in Colorado that,...
- 6/28/2021
- by David S. Cohen
- Rollingstone.com
In the 1980s, few figures loomed larger – or exerted greater influence – on the national stage than televangelist Jerry Falwell. Under Falwell’s stewardship, the Moral Majority political organization counterpunched the previous decade’s progressive strides, mobilizing various evangelical and rightwing Christian groups into a potent, unified conservative political force.
The Moral Majority’s agenda included opposition to homosexuality, abortion and the Equal Rights Amendment, which would have guaranteed equal rights for all citizens regardless of sex. Advocating for “traditional” family values, Falwell and his powerful organization are credited with delivering the crucial white,...
The Moral Majority’s agenda included opposition to homosexuality, abortion and the Equal Rights Amendment, which would have guaranteed equal rights for all citizens regardless of sex. Advocating for “traditional” family values, Falwell and his powerful organization are credited with delivering the crucial white,...
- 2/11/2021
- by Andy Hoglund
- Rollingstone.com
Here’s a startling statistic for you. In Mississippi, at the height of the Reconstruction era (which lasted until 1877), African-American voter registration stood at 67 percent. A century later, after America had defeated the Nazis and was being held up as a beacon of freedom, African-American voter registration in Mississippi stood at just three percent.
How could that have happened? Many factors, but a key one was domestic racial terrorism. In “All In: The Fight for Democracy,” a powerfully timely and absorbing documentary about voter suppression and the ongoing battle against it, the author and professor Carol Anderson tells the story of Maceo Snipes, who fought the fascists during World War II and felt like he’d earned some democracy for himself. He wasn’t intimidated by threats against the lives of African-Americans in his native Georgia; he had just come back from a war. So in 1946, he voted — and was...
How could that have happened? Many factors, but a key one was domestic racial terrorism. In “All In: The Fight for Democracy,” a powerfully timely and absorbing documentary about voter suppression and the ongoing battle against it, the author and professor Carol Anderson tells the story of Maceo Snipes, who fought the fascists during World War II and felt like he’d earned some democracy for himself. He wasn’t intimidated by threats against the lives of African-Americans in his native Georgia; he had just come back from a war. So in 1946, he voted — and was...
- 9/3/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Stephon Clark lived and died in Sacramento. When the 22-year-old father of two was shot and killed by local cops after a foot chase in the spring of 2018, it provoked the largest national uproar over a police killing of an unarmed black man since the groundswell of protests that began with the death of Michael Brown and the Ferguson uprising five years ago this week. The Sacramento officers who took Clark’s life were not charged with any crime.
It didn’t happen in Rep. Ro Khanna’s district, but it was close enough.
It didn’t happen in Rep. Ro Khanna’s district, but it was close enough.
- 8/12/2019
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist reportedly proposed marriage to fellow Justice Sandra Day O’Connor when the two were law students in the early 1950s. Though it was well known that the two had previously dated while attending Stanford, it appears they underplayed it. After Rehnquist left California to take up a Supreme Court clerkship, O’Connor received a […]...
- 11/3/2018
- by Bill Piersa
- Uinterview
Washington — Betsy West and Julie Cohen, the directors of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary, “Rbg,” listened to hours of recordings of oral arguments from Supreme Court hearings in the 1970s, and one moment of blatant sexism really surprised them.
That was the way that she reacted in 1978 when, as she was arguing a gender bias case, Justice William Rehnquist asked her, “You won’t settle for putting Susan B. Anthony on the new dollar?”
West said that in their interview with Ginsburg, they asked her how she coped with those kind of remarks.
“She said, ‘Well, I didn’t get angry. That would be self defeating.’ She understood that the way to make her case was not to get angry but to be smarter than they were, and she was,” West says.
The movie, which opens on May 4, takes a look at Ginsburg’s life and career, telling great stories...
That was the way that she reacted in 1978 when, as she was arguing a gender bias case, Justice William Rehnquist asked her, “You won’t settle for putting Susan B. Anthony on the new dollar?”
West said that in their interview with Ginsburg, they asked her how she coped with those kind of remarks.
“She said, ‘Well, I didn’t get angry. That would be self defeating.’ She understood that the way to make her case was not to get angry but to be smarter than they were, and she was,” West says.
The movie, which opens on May 4, takes a look at Ginsburg’s life and career, telling great stories...
- 5/1/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
Sen. Ted Cruz perused Internet porn for work once -- which might sound cool .... except for the fact he had to do it with freakin' U.S. Supreme Court Justices like Sandra Day O'Connor. Back in the 1990s ... Cruz was a clerk for Chief Justice William Rehnquist and the Internet was still in its early, early days -- and when Scotus had to rule on Internet porn, they naturally did their research. Check out Ted's memory...
- 7/15/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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