by John Floyd | Jul 5, 2024 | SCOTUS
Clarence Thomas became an associate justice of the Supreme Court in October 1991. Former President George H.W. Bush appointed him to the Court to replace retiring Justice Thurgood Marshall, one of the most revered justices to ever sit on the Court. Thomas knew (or...
by John Floyd | Jun 15, 2024 | Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice Reform, SCOTUS
The American Bar Association list Gideon V. Wainwright (1963) as one of the U.S. Supreme Court’s “landmark“ decisions. Gideon held that States must provide criminal defendants charged with serious crimes with an attorney if they cannot afford one. A serious crime, the...
by John Floyd | Dec 27, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, SCOTUS
Billionaires buy justice, just as they buy everything else. They live by the business creed that everything and everyone has a price—even presidents, legislators, and Supreme Court justices. Many have argued that Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas is such...
by John Floyd | Apr 21, 2023 | Corruption, SCOTUS
Earl Warren, a Republican, became U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice in October 1953 during President Dwight Eisenhower’s administration. John Roberts, a Republican, became U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice in September 2005 during President George W. Bush’s...
by John Floyd | Apr 21, 2023 | Corruption, SCOTUS
In a May 5, 2015 UCLA Law Review article, the late conservative Republican Utah senator, Orin G. Hatch, made this constitutional observation in an argument against the Affordable Care Act: “From the early days of the Republic, a core component of our constitutional...
by John Floyd | Apr 16, 2023 | Constitutional Law, SCOTUS
The Chief Justice John Roberts-led U.S. Supreme Court will have another opportunity to modify or overrule a longstanding precedent issued by the Court before his tenure as Chief Justice. The case before the Court, Samia v. United States, involves a fundamental Sixth...
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