Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas Steve Petteway, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, Public domain

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991

Clarence Thomas is an American lawyer and jurist who has served since 1991 as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. President George H. W. Bush nominated him to succeed Thurgood Marshall. After Marshall, Thomas is the second African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and has been its longest-serving justice since Anthony Kennedy's retirement in 2018.

Supreme Court Shadow Docket Memos

Supreme Court Shadow Docket Memos Leaked memos reveal the inner workings and internal tensions of the U.S. Supreme Court’s secretive 'shadow docket' rulings.