The Latest Breaking News from Clarence Thomas

Overturning Roe v. Wade and affirmative action in higher education had been leading goals of the conservative legal movement for decades

The 6-3 majority was solidified in former President Donald Trump's term, but its roots go back to the Bushes and the political circumstances of 1991 and 2005.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's conservatives were solidly in control as they ended this year's term with major rulings against college affirmative action and President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan while upholding a Christian web designer's right to refuse work involving gay marriages.

The court’s two Black justices stand poles apart ideologically in their stinging, personal opinions on race-conscious admissions

There have always been impassioned dissents, but it's rare for the justices to argue the way regular people argue.

Seductions of wealth don’t necessitate a quid pro quo

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court’s two Black justices sparred over the meaning and impact of race in dueling opinions on the majority’s decision to curtail affirmative action programs at universities.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas disappoints —again.

In an anticipated but nonetheless stunning decision expected to have widespread implications on college campuses and workplaces across the country, the conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29, 2023, outlawed affirmative action programs that were designed to correct centuries of racist disenfranchisement in higher education.