Is it OK for a Supreme Court justice to accept bagels and lox from her high school friends?
Elena Kagan had concerns about a Russ & Daughters gift basket. Meanwhile, Clarence Thomas accepted favors reportedly worth millions
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Opinion Clarence Thomas’ close friend Harlan Crow collects Nazi artifacts. The reason why could be even darker than it seems
The justice's friendship with the billionaire Republican donor raises ethical questions about Nazi memorabilia
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Fast Forward Billionaire’s Nazi memorabilia and connection to Justice Thomas raises questions
Under fire for his ties to Clarence Thomas, many people want to know why Texas real estate mogul Harlan Crow has a signed copy of ‘Mein Kampf’
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Fast Forward Ginni Thomas, activist and Supreme Court justice’s wife, says George Soros’ family ‘is really running the Democrat Party’
(JTA) — The latest prominent American to advance conspiracy theories about Jewish philanthropist George Soros: Ginni Thomas, a conservative activist and the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Ginni Thomas shared a meme on Facebook Wednesday claiming that Soros’ family is “evil” and “really running” the Democratic party. The meme, first posted by a…
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Fast Forward Clarence Thomas’ Wife Shares Post Blaming Holocaust On Gun Control
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas shared a Facebook post blaming the Holocaust in part on gun control and attacking survivors of the high school shooting in Parkland, Florida. The post was one of several identified by The Hill on Monday as posted by Virginia Thomas and registering strong disagreement…
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Culture The Inconvenient Truths of Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas
In 1996, David Irving sued Deborah Lipstadt and her publisher, Penguin Books, for libel. This was in response to her having termed him a Holocaust denier in her book “Denying the Holocaust.” As the case was coming to trial, perhaps the most dumbfounding reactions came from those members of the clubby British history and journalism…
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Life Jewish Women Organize Conference on Anita Hill
Who remembers where they were during Anita Hill’s testimony in Senate confirmation hearings for her former boss, Justice Clarence Thomas? I recall being riveted by her 1991 testimony and thinking that surely it would jettison Thomas’ nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Hill testified that when Thomas was her boss at the U.S. Equal Employment…
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Life Why I Believe Anita Hill — Now More Than Ever
Like Hinda Mandell, I experienced the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings at a formative moment of my childhood. The entire spectacle of the trial made a really strong impression on me and the ensuing “Year of the Woman” helped turn me into a budding self-identified feminist — walking around my Jewish day school with Barbara Boxer…
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