Clarence Thomas Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/clarence-thomas/ A platform for change Mon, 04 May 2026 12:02:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Harlan Crow proves, once again, that the system is broken https://flux.community/joan-mccarter/2023/05/harlan-crow-proves-once-again-that-the-system-is-broken/ Tue, 23 May 2023 22:47:09 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13535 Harlan Crow, Texas real estate magnate and very dear friend of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has instructed his lawyer to tell yet another Senate committee to pound sand. Congress doesn’t have the authority to oversee the Supreme Court, the lawyer asserted in a response to the Judiciary Committee’s request for details of the millions of […]

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]]> House passes bill to protect marriage equality, angering anti-equality activists https://flux.community/peter-montgomery/2022/07/house-passes-bill-to-protect-marriage-equality-angering-anti-equality-activists/ Thu, 21 Jul 2022 13:00:22 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11782 In the wake of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ call for the Supreme Court to review its “demonstrably erroneous” marriage equality ruling, the U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to enshrine marriage rights for same-sex and interracial couples in federal law. Anti-equality activists and leaders fumed that 47 Republicans joined House Democrats to support the Respect for Marriage Act. […]

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]]> Only one Republican Texas congress member voted to protect marriage equality https://flux.community/eric-neugeboren/2022/07/only-one-republican-texas-congress-member-voted-to-protect-marriage-equality/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 13:00:21 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11773 Almost all U.S. House Republicans from Texas on Tuesday opposed formally codifying the right to same-sex marriage into federal law. Rep. Tony Gonzales of San Antonio was the only Texas Republican to vote for the legislation. Rep. Brian Babin of Woodville did not vote. The final vote was 267-157, with 47 Republicans joining all 220 Democrats in a rare […]

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]]> Clarence Thomas says Supreme Court should roll back all privacy rights https://flux.community/julia-conley/2022/06/clarence-thomas-says-supreme-court-should-roll-back-all-privacy-rights/ Sat, 25 Jun 2022 14:37:30 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11378 Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas made clear in his concurring opinion regarding the overturning of Roe v. Wade that the high court has no intention of stopping its rollback of Americans’ rights, naming cases that centered on marriage equality and the right to obtain contraception as previous rulings that should be revisited. “It does not end at abortion. […]

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