News | Politics & Elections New Filings Reveal More Luxury Trips and Payments to Ginni Thomas The amended disclosures reveal that Thomas was paid nearly $700,000 between 2003 and 2007 by the Heritage Foundation. By Anna Massoglia , OpenSecrets September 4, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Group Defending Clarence Thomas’s “Ethics” Includes Trump Attorney John Eastman Eastman, an apparent Thomas devotee, was a central figure in Trump’s 2020 coup plot. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout September 1, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Thomas Reports Billionaire-Funded Jet Trips He Said Didn’t Need to Be Disclosed The justice cited a clarification of disclosure rules made earlier this year. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 31, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections DC Officials Are Probing Leonard Leo and His Dark Money Network The investigation may be focused on Leo’s alleged efforts to enrich himself using his nonprofits. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 24, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections How the US Supreme Court Became an Arm of the Republican Party The court is making decisions based on the GOP platform, not the Constitution, says legal scholar Khiara M. Bridges. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout August 18, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Supreme Court Rebuffed Democrats’ Call for Thomas Probe With Just One Sentence Chief Justice Roberts's legal counsel waved off Democrats’ call for a probe. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 17, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Judges Express Doubt That Alabama’s New Maps Are Less Gerrymandered Than Before Lawyers representing Black voters in the state predict federal courts will ultimately have to redraw the maps. By Chris Walker , Truthout August 16, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections AOC Calls on DOJ to Investigate Thomas for “Blatant Disregard” for the Law “Refusing to hold him accountable would set a dangerous precedent,” Representative Ocasio-Cortez and lawmakers said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 15, 2023 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Supreme Court Has an Originalist Roadmap to Disqualify Trump From the Presidency A new article written by two conservative law professors is an urgent call to action to disqualify Trump from office. By Marjorie Cohn , Truthout August 15, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Wisconsin GOP Threatens to Impeach Justice Who May Reject Gerrymandered Maps State Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz was critical of the maps during her campaign, calling them “rigged.” By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams August 14, 2023 Truthout