Brentford boss Thomas Frank told Nathan Collins he will never have a worse match after his horror show in the 4-1 defeat against the defender’s former club Wolves. Collins arguably had his best game for Wolves – but unfortunately the centre-half left Molineux to join Brentford in June. The Bees’ record signing endured a nightmare […]
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Clarence Thomas’ former clerks have brought him a taxidermy lobster and batteries for his RV to express their loyalty over the years, report says
US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images A New York Times report detailed the close relationship Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas maintains with former clerks. These relationships have sometimes led to some gifts from former clerks. The gifts have included, according to the Times, batteries for the justice’s RV. A New York Times […]
Clarence Thomas was deep in debt when he hinted to a GOP lawmaker that he’d quit if he didn’t get a pay raise: report
Justice Clarence Thomas pushed a House Republican in 2000 to get justices a pay rise, a report says. ProPublica quoted Thomas telling the lawmaker that “one or more justices will leave soon” if there was no raise. Thomas’ reported concerns were later relayed to Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas alarmed a then-House […]
Justice Thomas complained about salary to GOP lawmaker, new ProPublica report says
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas complained about his salary to a Republican lawmaker almost a decade into his tenure, telling him that at least one justice could resign if they didn’t get a raise, according to a ProPublica report published Monday. On a flight home from a conservative conference in January 2000, Thomas spoke with […]
US House Democrats press Justice Thomas to recuse from Trump cases
By Susan Heavey and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House Democrats are calling on Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from the U.S. Supreme Court’s handling of Donald Trump‘s bid for immunity in the federal case accusing the former Republican president of seeking to overturn his 2020 election loss. In a Dec. 15 letter to […]
Opinion: Why isn’t the House Judiciary Committee looking into red flags about Clarence Thomas?
Editor’s Note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show.” Follow him @DeanObeidallah@masto.ai. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN. CNN — On Monday, the GOP-controlled House Judiciary Committee — chaired by Donald Trump ally Rep. Jim Jordan — […]
Did Thomas Jefferson invent the swivel chair?
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during the GOP presidential primary debate hosted by NewsNation on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, at the Moody Music Hall at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. | Gerald Herbert/AP Vivek Ramaswamy said that Thomas Jefferson invented the swivel chair. Did he? The candidates were asked at Wednesday’s Republican […]
Democrats bash Justice Clarence Thomas but their plan to investigate ethics allegations is unclear
CNN — Senate Democrats railed against Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday amid reports that the Supreme Court conservative failed to disclose luxury travel, gifts and a real estate transaction involving a GOP megadonor, but their plan to investigate the conservative jurist remains unclear. Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin has promised that his committee will hold […]