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.

Aliases (2)

Clarence Thomas (in part) ×1
Justice Clarence Thomas ×1

Statements (59)

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	African American →
familyName	Thomas →
fullName	Clarence Thomas →
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 (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 Catholic Church →
residence	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 →

Referenced by (36)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. → Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia → Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin → Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. → Printz v. United States → United States v. Comstock ("Clarence Thomas (in part)") → United States v. Lopez →	joinedByInMajority
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah → Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin → Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission → Printz v. United States →	concurrenceBy
Gonzales v. Raich → Planned Parenthood v. Casey → United States v. Comstock →	dissentBy
NFIB v. Sebelius → Obergefell v. Hodges → Saenz v. Roe →	dissentingOpinionBy
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization → United States v. Lopez →	concurringOpinionBy
Clinton v. Jones → Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission →	justiceInMajority
Arizona v. United States →	concurrenceInPartAndDissentInPartBy
Bush v. Gore →	concurringJustice
Trump v. Vance →	dissentingJustices
Bostock v. Clayton County →	dissentJoinedBy
Trump v. Vance →	dissentOpinionBy
Clarence Thomas →	fullName
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia →	hasConcurringJustice
Shelby County v. Holder →	hasJusticeInMajority
Bond v. United States ("Justice Clarence Thomas") →	joinedBy
NFIB v. Sebelius →	joinedInCommerceClausePlurality
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission →	joinedMajority
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization →	joinedMajorityBy
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 →	joinedPluralityBy
American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi →	majorityJoiner
Trump v. Vance →	majorityJustices