“What happened at the Court is tremendously bad,” remarked Justice Clarence Thomas about the recently-leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade. Justice Thomas elaborated,…
20,147 viewsJustice Clarence Thomas was interviewed as part of C-SPAN’s Supreme Court Week. He talked about the Supreme Court building and its symbolism, how his approach to oral argument differs from…
4,404 viewsJustice Clarence Thomas talked about his upbringing in the segregated South and his grandfather’s influence on his career. This interview was conducted by Julian Bond, co-director of the…
832 viewsU.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas talked about his career. He credited Justice Antonin Scalia with helping him adjust to being a Supreme Court justice, and called himself “beat up” after his confirmation hearing, saying he…
1,271 viewsJustices Breyer and Thomas testified about the proposed fiscal year 2011 budget for the U.S. Supreme Court. In his opening remarks Justice Thomas said major portions of the requested five percent…
2,130 viewsJustices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito were interviewed as part of C-SPAN’s Supreme Court Week. In her first television interview since joining the…
2,563 viewsSupreme Court justices testified about the proposed fiscal year 2009 budget for the Supreme Court. Topics included the improved Supreme Court website, the Court building project, and…
298 viewsFollowing introductory remarks by Justice Clarence Thomas, Professor Herbert Alan Johnson discussed his new book titled, The Chief Justiceship of John Marshall, 1801-1835. He discussed the…
439 viewsJustices Kennedy and Thomas testified about the fiscal year 2007 budget proposal for the U.S. Supreme Court for $76.4 million, a 16 percent increase from fiscal year 2006. Topics included…
219 viewsThe Appropriations Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, The Judiciary, District of Columbia Subcommittee held a hearing on fiscal year 2006 appropriations for the Supreme Court.…
105 viewsJustices heard arguments in the case of Bush v. Gore, docket number 00-949, regarding the manual recount of “undervote” ballots ordered by the Florida Supreme Court. Among the concerns of…
7,661 viewsJustices heard oral arguments in the case of George W. Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board, docket number 00-836, focusing on whether manual recounts of votes in the presidential…
495 viewsAs part of a C-SPAN and Comcast project to encourage dialog between students and national leaders, Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas, spoke to high school students about education,…
260 viewsJustices heard oral arguments in two cases involving the detention of foreign nationals captured abroad and incarcerated at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba. The cases are Rasul v. Bush and…
325 viewsAmerica and the Courts featured two commencement addresses: On May 16, 2004, Justice Clarence Thomas gave the 2004 commencement address for the Ave Maria School of Law in Ypsilanti, Michigan.…
136 viewsLawyers for the government, environmental groups, and watch dog organizations argued a case involving the disclosure of documents and information relating to Vice President Cheney’s energy…
552 viewsJustices Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas presented the U.S. Supreme Court budget with details of their requests such as more staff positions, improved Internet access and other items.…
90 viewsAll nine Supreme Court justices posed for a group photograph.
322 viewsAmerica and the Courts will feature recent clips of three Supreme Court justices. Justice Scalia talked about freedom at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on the Fourth of July. Chief Justice…
214 viewsSupreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Anthony Kennedy testified about Supreme Court funding requests for fiscal year 2004 in front of the House Appropriations Subcommittee. The two Justices…
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