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Joe Biden Talks About Recognizing Private Space During ‘The View’ Interview

Joe Biden Talks About Recognizing Private Space During ‘The View’ Interview

The former vice president of the United States, Joe Biden, has frequently been the target of a few laughs due to his seemingly overly friendly interactions with near strangers. During the years that he and former President Barack Obama were in office, there were quite a few instances in which Biden was captured on video […]

5y ago

Supreme Court Rules States Cannot Restrict Funds From Planned Parenthood

Supreme Court Rules States Cannot Restrict Funds From Planned Parenthood

In a somewhat surprising turn of events, the United States Supreme Court refused to hear a case that would have had serious implications for a reproductive rights organization. A writ of certiorari — a decision to hear a case before the court, which requires at least four sitting justices to agree — was denied in […]

5y ago

Ugly Supreme Court Confirmation Clashes Aren’t So Rare

Ugly Supreme Court Confirmation Clashes Aren’t So Rare

There were several ugly back-and-forths between Kavanaugh and the Senate Judiciary Committee members Thursday, and both the media and social media coverage of the hearing has ranged from heated to vicious. But difficult Supreme Court confirmations really aren’t so rare…and they’re becoming more common all the time. There have been 163 nominations to the Supreme […]

5y ago

How Often Do False Accusations Of Sexual Assault Actually Happen?

How Often Do False Accusations Of Sexual Assault Actually Happen?

Do you believe Christine Blasey Ford? This question has been everywhere, and it’s a real problem. The simple fact is, the vast majority of people who say they were sexually assaulted are saying it because it’s the truth. Ford came to national attention two weeks ago when the contents of a letter she wrote were […]

5y ago

Anita Hill Says Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Kavanaugh Need ‘Fair And Neutral’ Investigation

Anita Hill Says Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Kavanaugh Need ‘Fair And Neutral’ Investigation

In the wake of rape allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Anita Hill has called on the government to develop a better methodology for investigating complaints against officials. Hill is well known for her landmark sexual harassment case against Justice Clarence Thomas, who was confirmed despite her complaint and still serves on the Supreme […]

5y ago

Supreme Court Says Government Can Ban Domestic Abusers From Owning Guns

Supreme Court Says Government Can Ban Domestic Abusers From Owning Guns

The United Sates Supreme Court has upheld a federal law that bans people convicted of domestic violence from owning guns in a decision issued Monday amid a flurry of other major decisions, Gawker is reporting. The justices ruled 6-2 in favor of upholding the ban; only Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor dissented. Federal law currently […]

7y ago

Clarence Thomas Back In The Spotlight Thanks To HBO’s ‘Confirmation’

Clarence Thomas Back In The Spotlight Thanks To HBO’s ‘Confirmation’

Clarence Thomas was confirmed to the United States Supreme Court, despite the fact Anita Hill came forward and accused him of repeatedly sexually harassing her. After spending the last few years since he was confirmed keeping a very low profile, Clarence Thomas is back in the spotlight. This time, all eyes are on the Supreme […]

8y ago

Kerry Washington Tells Oprah, ‘Anita Hill Wanted Nothing To Do With Me’

Kerry Washington Tells Oprah, ‘Anita Hill Wanted Nothing To Do With Me’

Kerry Washington will star in the highly buzzed about Confirmation as Anita Hill, airing this weekend, April 16, on HBO. The Scandal star revealed to Oprah during a Q&A for OWN’s new season of SuperSoul Sessions that Hill refused to have a conversation with the actress about portraying her. “In the beginning, Anita Hill wanted […]

8y ago

Kerry Washington Portrays Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court Hearing Revisited In ‘Confirmation’

Kerry Washington Portrays Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court Hearing Revisited In ‘Confirmation’

Anita Hill’s allegations of sexual harassment against then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas will be revisited in an HBO special, Confirmation, which will air on April 16. Many Americans aren’t young enough to remember the televised confirmation hearings, but it was the talk of the early 90s. Clarence Thomas was, eventually, confirmed and became a justice […]

8y ago

Anita Hill Talks Sexual Harassment And HBO’s ‘Confirmation’

Anita Hill Talks Sexual Harassment And HBO’s ‘Confirmation’

HBO’s Confirmation is a film dramatizing the events surrounding the senate hearings to confirm Clarence Thomas’ appointment to the United States Supreme Court, and in particular, the sexual harassment allegations against Thomas made by a former co-worker, Anita Hill. Receiving rave reviews from critics, Confirmation tells the story of Anita Hill’s role in the Clarence […]

8y ago

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Asks Question For First Time In 10 Years

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Asks Question For First Time In 10 Years

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas broke his silence for the first time in 10 years today, asking a question and shocking the assembled audience in the Supreme Court chambers. The case before the eight-justice court – still down a justice since Antonin Scalia’s death – would determine whether or not individuals convicted of domestic […]

8y ago

U.S. Supreme Court: Clarence Thomas’ Death Wished For After Antonin Scalia Died [Video]

U.S. Supreme Court: Clarence Thomas’ Death Wished For After Antonin Scalia Died [Video]

Antonin Scalia’s funeral has yet to pass, and already some people are hoping U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ death will be next. Out of the nine justices, Scalia was known as being one of the most conservatives voices, and his dissenting opinions were often celebrated by supporters. With so many important decision coming up […]

8y ago

Young Black Woman Fed Up With ‘Leftist Racists’ Like George Takei [Video]

Young Black Woman Fed Up With ‘Leftist Racists’ Like George Takei [Video]

A young black woman from the Detroit area responded forcefully to the George Takei-Clarence Thomas controversy in a video that has collected about 100,000 hits on YouTube as of this writing. “George Takei, you are a racist. It doesn’t matter what you say; it doesn’t matter how you try to cut it. You’re a racist. […]

8y ago

George Takei Apologizes For ‘Clown In Blackface’ Comment Directed At Black Supreme Court Justice

George Takei Apologizes For ‘Clown In Blackface’ Comment Directed At Black Supreme Court Justice

George Takei found himself walking back previous comments directed at African-American Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in the wake of a disagreement over Thomas’ dissenting opinion in the landmark Marriage Equality decision last week. As previously reported by the Inquisitr, Clarence Thomas released a dissent of the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize gay marriage, and […]

8y ago

Same-Sex Marriage In Florida: Supreme Court Won’t Intervene, SSM Licenses To Begin January 6

Same-Sex Marriage In Florida: Supreme Court Won’t Intervene, SSM Licenses To Begin January 6

The United States Supreme Court issued a ruling on Friday that compels the State of Florida to begin issuing same-sex marriage licenses beginning as early as January 6, the Miami Herald is reporting. In 2008, Florida voters approved — with 62 percent of voters in favor — an amendment to the state’s constitution banning same-sex […]

9y ago

Rep. Bennie Thompson Calls Clarence Thomas ‘Uncle Tom,’ Stands Behind It

Rep. Bennie Thompson Calls Clarence Thomas ‘Uncle Tom,’ Stands Behind It

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) is under fire for calling Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas an “Uncle Tom” during a New Nation of Islam radio broadcast last weekend. Bennie Thompson also ignited controversy by opining that much of the opposition to the Affordable Healthcare Act, colloquially known as “Obamacare,” is rooted in race and racism in […]

10y ago

Clarence Thomas A ‘Symbolic Jew’ Collaborating With Hitler: MSNBC Analyst [Video]

Clarence Thomas A ‘Symbolic Jew’ Collaborating With Hitler: MSNBC Analyst [Video]

There has been some incredibly overheated, hyperbolic rhetoric from the left after the Supreme Court’s 5-4 Voting Rights Act decision, particularly directed at Justice Clarence Thomas. Thomas has been branded some sort of race traitor by those who disagree with his judicial and/or political philosophy even though we live in a country that celebrates diversity […]

10y ago

Rep. Winkler Tweet Calls Clarence Thomas ‘Uncle Tom’ Then Backtracks

Rep. Winkler Tweet Calls Clarence Thomas ‘Uncle Tom’ Then Backtracks

COMMENTARY — Rep. Winkler tweeted a not-too-thickly veiled insult in the general direction of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday. With emotions running high in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 vote against a key provision of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), Ryan Winkler (D-MN) blasted out the angry tweet that I’ve posted […]

10y ago

Clarence Thomas: Affirmative Action Policies Like Slavery

Clarence Thomas: Affirmative Action Policies Like Slavery

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spoke on Monday comparing the affirmative action program at the University of Texas to Slavery. Justice Thomas said regarding Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin that the Universities admissions policy causes more harm to blacks, hispanics, and other minority groups than it does good: “Although cloaked in good intentions, […]

11y ago

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Breaks 7-Year Silence To Crack Wise

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Breaks 7-Year Silence To Crack Wise

Washington, D.C. – Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has broken his 7-year silence to make a joke during court proceedings. Reuters reports that Justice Thomas broke his 7-year silence Monday while speaking to a lawyer presenting a case during oral arguments before the US Supreme Court. The case that broke Thomas’s silence was Boyer v. […]

11y ago

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