Clarence Thomas

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Roman Catholic human jurist lawyer

Clarence Thomas is an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, known for his conservative judicial philosophy and originalist interpretation of the Constitution.

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Label	Occurrences
Clarence Thomas canonical	131
Justice Clarence Thomas	21
Clarence Thomas (in part and in the judgment only on some issues)	1
Clarence Thomas (in part)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ Roman Catholic ⓘ human ⓘ jurist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
almaMater	College of the Holy Cross ⓘ Yale Law School ⓘ
appointedBy	George H. W. Bush ⓘ
appointedToDCCircuitBy	George H. W. Bush ⓘ
barAdmission	Missouri ⓘ
child	Jamal Adeen Thomas ⓘ
confirmationVoteSenate	52-48 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1948-06-23 ⓘ
degree	Bachelor of Arts ⓘ Juris Doctor ⓘ
education	College of the Holy Cross ⓘ Yale Law School ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	Thomas ⓘ
fullName	Clarence Thomas self-link ⓘ
givenName	Clarence ⓘ
hasPublication	My Grandfather’s Son ⓘ
legalPhilosophy	originalism ⓘ textualism ⓘ
memberOf	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
nominatedTo	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
notableAs	second African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
notableCaseInvolvement	Bush v. Gore ⓘ Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ⓘ District of Columbia v. Heller ⓘ Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ Planned Parenthood v. Casey ⓘ Shelby County v. Holder ⓘ
notableFor	advocacy of federalism and limits on federal power ⓘ being one of the longest-serving current justices on the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ conservative judicial philosophy ⓘ frequent concurring and dissenting opinions ⓘ originalist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ skepticism of substantive due process ⓘ
occupation	judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
partyAffiliation	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
placeOfBirth	Pin Point, Georgia, United States ⓘ
politicalAlignment	conservative ⓘ
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
predecessor	Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
previousPosition	Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ
publicationType	autobiography ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
residence	Washington metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C. area
serviceEndDCCircuit	1991 ⓘ
serviceEndEEOC	1990 ⓘ
serviceStartDCCircuit	1990 ⓘ
serviceStartEEOC	1982 ⓘ
spouse	Virginia Thomas ⓘ
startTime	1991-10-23 ⓘ
subjectOf	Anita Hill sexual harassment allegations during 1991 confirmation hearings ⓘ

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Bush v. Gore → concurringJustice → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization → joinedMajorityBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization → concurringOpinionBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Arizona v. United States → concurrenceInPartAndDissentInPartBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Obergefell v. Hodges → dissentingOpinionBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah → concurrenceBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission → justiceInMajority → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission → concurrenceBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Gonzales v. Raich → dissentBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

United States v. Comstock → joinedByInMajority → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Clarence Thomas (in part)

United States v. Comstock → dissentBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

United States v. Lopez → joinedByInMajority → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

United States v. Lopez → concurringOpinionBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. → joinedByInMajority → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia → joinedByInMajority → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Fulton v. City of Philadelphia → hasConcurringJustice → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi → majorityJoiner → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Printz v. United States → joinedByInMajority → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Printz v. United States → concurrenceBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

NFIB v. Sebelius → joinedInCommerceClausePlurality → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

NFIB v. Sebelius → dissentingOpinionBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Planned Parenthood v. Casey → dissentBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Bond v. United States → joinedBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice Clarence Thomas

Shelby County v. Holder → hasJusticeInMajority → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Trump v. Vance → majorityJustices → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Trump v. Vance → dissentingJustices → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Trump v. Vance → dissentOpinionBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Saenz v. Roe → dissentingOpinionBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Clarence Thomas → fullName → Clarence Thomas self-link ⓘ

Clinton v. Jones → justiceInMajority → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. → joinedByInMajority → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Bostock v. Clayton County → dissentJoinedBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin → joinedByInMajority → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin → concurrenceBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 → joinedPluralityBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission → joinedMajority → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission → separateOpinionBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Yale Law School → hasNotableAlumni → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Lee v. Weisman → joinedDissent → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Zelman v. Simmons-Harris → majorityJustices → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Town of Greece v. Galloway → joinedMajority → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Town of Greece v. Galloway → concurrenceBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

City of Boerne v. Flores → joinedMajority → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

City of Boerne v. Flores → concurrenceBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Van Orden v. Perry → joinedByInPlurality → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Cutter v. Wilkinson → hasJusticeOnCourt → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe → dissentingJustices → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Dickerson v. United States → joinedByInDissent → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

United States v. Morrison → joinedMajority → Clarence Thomas ⓘ

Alabama v. Shelton → hasDissentBy → Clarence Thomas ⓘ