The Supreme Court justices deciding whether to axe Biden's student loan relief program paid an average of $42,539 to go to college. Today, they'd have to pay around $320,531.
Four of the nine justices graduated throughout the 1970s, a time when the average student loan debt was around $1,000.
news.yahoo.comClarence Thomas was still making student loan payments when he joined the Supreme Court — and a fellow Yale law student suggested he declare bankruptcy to avoid the 'crushing weight' of payments: book
The Supreme Court will hear two challenges to President Biden's student loan debt relief plan on Tuesday.
news.yahoo.comJustice Thomas wrote of 'crushing weight' of student loans
The Supreme Court won't have far to look if it wants a personal take on the “crushing weight” of student debt that underlies the Biden administration’s college loan forgiveness plan. Justice Clarence Thomas was in his mid-40s and in his third year on the nation's highest court when he paid off the last of his debt from his time at Yale Law School. Thomas, the court's longest-serving justice and staunchest conservative, has been skeptical of other Biden administration initiatives.
news.yahoo.comClarence Thomas statue backed by Republicans in Georgia
Republican Georgia lawmakers are again trying to erect a statue of U.S. Supreme Court Justice and Georgia native Clarence Thomas on the state Capitol grounds in Atlanta, in what many Democrats, particularly Black ones, see as an insensitive display of partisan power. The Georgia state Senate voted 32-20 along party lines on Tuesday to mandate a statue of the Pin Point, Georgia, native. Minority Democrats had proposed amending the measure to also mandate a statue of the late Georgia congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis, but then pulled back the amendment.
news.yahoo.comGinni Thomas told the January 6 committee it was 'laughable' for anyone who knew Clarence Thomas to believe she'd be able to 'influence his jurisprudence'
"I am certain I never spoke with him about any of the legal challenges to the 2020 election," Ginni Thomas said of interactions with her husband.
news.yahoo.comGinni Thomas: ‘I regret all of these texts’ about 2020 election
Virginia Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told the House Jan. 6 committee that she regretted text messages and emails that she sent in the aftermath of the 2020 election to Mark Meadows, former President Trump’s then-chief of staff, and others.
news.yahoo.comFor John Eastman and Clarence Thomas, an intellectual kinship stretching back decades
The Supreme Court justice and the lawyer who worked to help Trump try to overturn the 2020 election have a remarkable relationship that began years before Eastman served as Thomas’s clerk, a Post examination found.
washingtonpost.comCongresswoman Wilson Votes to Protect Marriage Equality Under Federal Law
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) voted to send the Respect for Marriage Act to President Biden’s desk. The Respect for Marriage Act repeals the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act, protects marriage equality for federal purposes, and provides additional protections at the state level. Together, we are sending a clear message: we stand united in upholding marriage equality for all Americans,” stated Congresswoman Wilson. In his concurring opinion, Clarence Thomas attacked marriage equality by calling on the Court to reconsider its Obergefell decision which upheld marriage equality. Enshrining Marriage Equality Into Federal Law: This legislation will uphold married couples ’ right to equal protection in all areas covered under federal law, such as Social Security, tax filings and veterans’ benefits.
sflcn.comAffirmative action on the line with U.S. Supreme Court (includes video story) Miami's Community News
The U.S Supreme Court recently heard arguments involving affirmative action at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Both universities are defending their race-conscious admissions process against opponents who argue affirmative action is discriminatory. California banned affirmative action in 1996, and students from The New York Times show minority enrollment dropped significantly, from 7% to 3.43% after the proposition was adopted. “I am 100% all for affirmative action,” said Marian Balceiro, an FIU Hamiliton Scholar. She expressed concerns over the elimination of affirmative action.
communitynewspapers.comWhat the Same-Sex Marriage Bill in Congress Would and Wouldn’t Do
The US Congress has moved a step closer to approving proposed legislation codifying the federal government’s embrace of same-sex marriage. The right to such unions is the law of the land throughout the US today but only because of a 2015 Supreme Court decision. And civil rights advocates fear that ruling is in danger of being reversed by today’s more conservative panel of justices. Should that happen, the proposed new law in Congress would maintain some of the rights of same-sex couples but woul
washingtonpost.comAffirmative action on the line with U.S. Supreme Court (includes video story) Miami's Community News
The U.S Supreme Court recently heard arguments involving affirmative action at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Both universities are defending their race-conscious admissions process against opponents who argue affirmative action is discriminatory. California banned affirmative action in 1996, and students from The New York Times show minority enrollment dropped significantly, from 7% to 3.43% after the proposition was adopted. “I am 100% all for affirmative action,” said Marian Balceiro, an FIU Hamiliton Scholar. She expressed concerns over the elimination of affirmative action.
communitynewspapers.comMitch McConnell Votes Against Protections for Interracial Marriages, Despite Being in One
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is a man who contains multitudes, apparently. McConnell voted to block the Respect for Marriage Act on Wednesday—a bill that protects some rights for same-sex and interracial married couples—despite being in an interracial marriage, himself. McConnell is married to former President Trump’s Secretary of Transportation, Elaine Chao, the first Asian American woman ever to serve in a presidential cabinet.
news.yahoo.comWhat the Same-Sex Marriage Bill in Congress Would and Wouldn’t Do
The US Congress has moved a step closer to approving proposed legislation codifying the federal government’s embrace of same-sex marriage. The right to such unions is the law of the land throughout the US today but only because of a 2015 Supreme Court decision. And civil rights advocates fear that ruling is in danger of being reversed by today’s more conservative panel of justices. Should that happen, the proposed new law in Congress would maintain some of the rights of same-sex couples but woul
washingtonpost.comGinni Thomas joins conservatives pressing to delay House, Senate GOP elections
Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is among a group of 59 influential conservative power brokers who signed an open letter pressing Republican leaders in the House and Senate to delay their internal conference leadership elections. “The Republican Party needs leaders who will confidently and skillfully present a persuasive coherent vision…
news.yahoo.comTrump lawyers saw Clarence Thomas as key to stop Biden electoral count, emails show
An email sent on Dec. 31, 2020, one lawyer argued that the Supreme Court justice would “end up being key" to asking the high court to overturn then-President-elect Joe Biden’s win in contested states.
washingtonpost.comSupreme Court clears way for Graham testimony in Georgia
The Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a temporary hold on Sen. Lindsey Graham's testimony in a Georgia investigation of possible illegal interference in the 2020 election by then-President Donald Trump and his allies in the state. The court left no legal impediments in the way of Graham's appearance before a special grand jury, now scheduled for Nov. 17. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had told the justices that “the delay resulting from a stay would be unavoidably harmful” to the grand jury investigation.
news.yahoo.comJustice Jackson Recused Herself From a Supreme Court Case. Your Move, Clarence Thomas!
Today, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments that will likely result in its overturning of affirmative action in education. The plaintiffs allege that race-conscious school admissions are a form of discrimination against White and Asian students. It’s bad! But there are actually two separate arguments today about the constitutionality about affirmative action, because Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson recused herself from one due to a potential conflict of interest. Justice Clarence Thomas is seein
news.yahoo.comGraham asks Supreme Court to intervene after election ruling
Sen. Lindsey Graham has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after a lower court ordered him to testify before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in the state.
Democrats punt same-sex marriage vote until after election
Democrats are punting a vote to protect same-sex and interracial marriages until after the November midterm elections, a blow for the legislation that comes days after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed to put the Senate on the record on the issue “in the coming weeks.”.