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Clarence Thomas’s “Son” Breaks Silence From Jail

The man Clarence Thomas said he once considered like a “son” now says that Thomas doesn’t want much to do with him. Mark Martin, the grandson of Thomas’s sister Emma Mae Martin, spoke to Business Insider from a jail cell in South Carolina and said that the Supreme Court justice and his wife, Ginni, don’t […]

How Justice Thomas’s ‘Nearly Adopted Daughter’ Became His Law Clerk

The email went out to members of Justice Clarence Thomas’ law clerk network late last month celebrating his newest addition to an exclusive club. The justice’s selection needed no introduction. “Crystal Clanton’s clerkship for OT ’24 was announced by Scalia Law today!” wrote an assistant to Virginia Thomas, the justice’s wife, who is known as […]

Clarence Thomas’s salary complaints sparked rightwing fears he would resign

Clarence Thomas told a Republican congressman that US supreme court justices should get a pay raise or “one or more” would quit, prompting “a flurry of activity” among rightwingers because his “importance as a conservative was paramount”, ProPublica said in its latest hard-hitting report on questionable ethics at the high court. Related: Justice Neil Gorsuch […]