Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas slammed a circuit court of appeals for not adhering to legal precedent in a dissent released on Monday. Thomas dissented from a denial by the court to review a lower court's decision.
The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a plea to reinstate an Ohio man’s conviction for attempted murder. Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from the court’s announcement that it would not intervene in the case,
The Supreme Court declined Monday to review a lower court ruling that overturned the conviction of David M. Smith, an Ohio man sentenced to 22 years for a brutal hammer attack, prompting a stern rebuke from Justice Clarence Thomas.
The New York City Bar Association recently issued a lengthy report calling for a mandatory and enforceable code of ethics for the Supreme Court, which we helped co-author. But one need look no further than the perversely disparate treatment of two federal judges to appreciate the urgent need for reform.
Justice Clarence Thomas decried the denial, which leaves in place a Sixth Circuit decision that the victim’s testimony should have been suppressed because a police investigator was “impermissibly suggestive.
Death row inmate Brenda Andrew argued that Oklahoma prosecutors “exploited sex-based stereotypes and presented concededly irrelevant evidence about her sexual history.”
The U.S. Supreme Court has stayed the preliminary injunction in the Texas Top Cop Shop case, allowing FINCEN Beneficial Ownership Interest Reporting to proceed.
Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito, left, and Clarence Thomas look on during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Chip
Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas harshly criticized the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday for declining to review a lower court decision that reversed the conviction of David M. Smith, an Ohio man who was given a 22-year term for a vicious hammer attack.