Clarence Thomas
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Age | 76 |
| Date of birth | June 23,1948 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Pin Point |
| Montgomery | |
| Georgia | |
| United States | |
| Spouse | Virginia Thomas |
| Kathy Ambush | |
| Children | Jamal Adeen Thomas |
| Appointed by | George H. W. Bush |
| Height | 174 (cm) |
| Job | Judge |
| Lawyer | |
| Education | Yale Law School |
| Books | Clarence Thomas--confronting the Future: Selections from the Senate Confirmation Hearings and Prior Speeches |
| General Turner Ashby: The Centaur of the South | |
| General Turner Ashby, the Centaur of the South; - Scholar's Choice Edition | |
| The Centaur of the South, a Military Sketch of Turner Ashby, Annotated Edition | |
| My Grandfather's Son | |
| Movies/Shows | Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election |
| Sex & Justice | |
| Nominations | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Biography / Auto-biography |
| Parents | Leola Williams |
| M.C. Thomas | |
| Marriage location | Omaha, Nebraska, United States |
| Awards | Francis Boyer Award |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 402471 |
Clarence Thomas Life story
Clarence Thomas is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Thurgood Marshall and has served since 1991.
Sandra Day O'Connor: A ranch girl who became 'queen of the court'
... Only when the court shifted rightwards, following the appointments of conservative justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter and Clarence Thomas, did O Connor start to break ranks more frequently...
US Supreme Court takes on ethics row with first-ever code of conduct
... Earlier this year, the media organisation ProPublica published an investigative report on the relationship between Justice Clarence Thomas and wealthy conservative activist Harlan Crow...
Clarence Thomas under fresh scrutiny over school fees
...By Nadine YousifBBC NewsA billionaire Republican donor paid private school tuition fees for the grandnephew of US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, a new report says...
Supreme Court's Clarence Thomas defends luxury trips
...US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has said he believed luxury trips taken with a billionaire Republican donor were " not reportable"...
US Supreme Court justice's wife disavows her texts
... One of them, Virginia " Ginni" Thomas, a conservative operative and wife of US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, came under intense scrutiny after the Washington Post and CBS News reported that she had texted White House chief of staff Mark Meadows urging them to continue challenging the election results...
Republicans help pass House gay marriage bill
... Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his concurring opinion last month that other rulings on matters such as same-sex marriage and contraception should be reconsidered...
Glastonbury 2022: 11 weird and wonderful moments
... After huge applause from the audience, Rodrigo singles out the justices by name, saying: " This song goes out to the justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, and Brett Kavanaugh...
Roe v Wade: Abortion clinics start to close after Supreme Court ruling
... Five justices were firmly in favour: Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett...
Supreme Court's Clarence Thomas defends luxury trips
US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has said he believed luxury trips taken with a billionaire Republican donor were " not reportable".
A ProPublica report Mr Thomas had accepted vacations from Real Estate mogul Harlan Crow nearly every year for two decades.
Supreme Court justices are required to file annual disclosures of gifts.
Mr Thomas said that he had been led To Believe that " this sort of personal hospitality" did not apply.
According to ProPublica, the trips included several on Mr Crow's luxury yacht and private plane, as well as a week spent every summer in the Adirondack Mountains .
One trip, to Indonesia in 2019, may have cost as much as $500,000 (£402,725), according to the non-profit news website.
In a statement on Friday, Mr Thomas said that he had sought " guidance from my colleagues and others in the judiciary" and was told that " that this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends, who did not have business before The Court , was not reportable".
" I have endeavoured to follow that counsel throughout my tenure, and have always sought to comply with the disclosure guidelines, " The Statement added.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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