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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: U.S. Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas looks on inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.     Chip Somodevilla/Pool via REUTERS
DOUBTING THOMAS

Clarence Thomas, 78, Busted on Mystery Medical Visit

“Oh, nobody,” the oldest sitting Supreme Court justice said after being asked who he was meeting at the Capitol.

Erkki Forster

Ketanji Brown Jackson  speaks on stage during the "Ketanji Brown Jackson on Lovely One: A Memoir" panel for The Atlantic Festival 2024 on September 20, 2024 in Washington, DC.
A STAR IS BORN

SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes Broadway Debut

In 2022, Jackson became the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Two years later, her lifelong show-biz fantasy came true.

Lily Mae Lazarus

Elon Musk
EXPENSIVE TROLL

Musk Revealed as $20M Donor Behind Bizarre Pro-Trump RBG PAC

The PAC funded ads repeating Trump’s claim that he would not support a federal ban on abortion.

Zachary Folk

Justice Samuel Alito will not retire from the Supreme Court.
NOT GOING ANYWHERE

Alito Won’t Be Pushed Off Supreme Court for MAGA Replacement

Power-hungry Republicans are looking to consolidate their domination of the nation’s highest court.

David Gardner

King Felipe VI of Spain receives Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of The Supreme Court of the United States at Zarzuela Palace on March 04, 2024 in Madrid, Spain.
I'M STAYING

Sotomayor Not Expected to Cave to Liberals’ Retirement Pleas

Driving the calls for retirement, is the memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death which allowed Trump to secure a conservative majority in the Supreme Court.

Lily Mae Lazarus

Justice Sonia Sotomayor may face pressure to resign.
NOT AGAIN!

Dems at War Over Secret SCOTUS Plot to Oust Sotomayor

Having spectacularly failed to get one woman elected to a top job, the Democratic Party is at odds over whether to push another woman out.

David Gardner

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Kamala Harris, May 01, 2024 in Jacksonville, Florida.
opinion
HEARTS AND MINDS

How The Daily Beast’s Keli Goff Called the Election—In July

If Kamala Harris and her supporters, driven by ego and their own desire to see history made, help elect Trump, Goff argued shortly after Harris' candidacy was announced, then her legacy will end up just as damaged as Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s.

Keli Goff

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a campaign event sponsored by conservative group Turning Point USA, in Duluth, Georgia, U.S., October 23, 2024.
'Great Minds'

Mysterious New RBG PAC Starts Donating Millions—to Trump

The PAC spent $20 million on Trump Friday.

Grace Harrington

Photo illustration of Sonia Sotomayor playing golf
opinion
THIS ISN’T THAT

Sonia Sotomayor Shouldn’t Be Bullied Into Early Retirement

Democrats are still traumatized by the memory of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death before the 2016 election, which helped pave the way for three Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices.

Eleanor Clift

A ceremony to give Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, and others an award named after the late Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will no longer take place, the Dwight D. Opperman Foundation announced.
ON SECOND THOUGHT...

Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch’s RBG Awards Ceremony Scrapped

The late Supreme Court justice’s family had called the proposed recipients list an “affront” to her memory.

Dan Ladden-Hall

Ruth Bader Ginsburg
TALK ABOUT NOTORIOUS

RBG’s Family Furious That Her Award Went to Musk, Murdoch

The late Supreme Court justice said the honor was meant for women who exemplified humity and empathy.

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