What did it take for him to finally speak out? He has joined the liberal justices in seeing an abuse of the shadow docket.
Tag: Roberts, John G Jr
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Ginni Thomas’s Texts, and the Limits of Chief Justice Roberts’s Power
His title notwithstanding, the chief justice cannot force a colleague’s recusal. If Justice Clarence Thomas is to disqualify himself, it will be his decision.
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Can Movies Survive Changing Times?
Readers react to Ross Douthat’s column “Is This the End of the Movies?” Also: Supreme Court ethics; reading “dirty” Shakespeare.
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Ginni Thomas’s Texts Raise Questions About Her Husband’s Role in Election Cases
The nature of the text messages was enough to require recusal, legal experts said. But the Supreme Court has traditionally left such decisions to the discretion of the justice in question.