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huffingtonpost.com - 10/24/2009
Clarence Thomas To Other Supreme Court Justices: Be Quiet
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Clarence Thomas, the justice long known as the silent member of the Supreme Court, criticized his colleagues Friday for badgering attorneys rather than letting them speak during oral arguments. Thomas – who hasn't asked a lawyer a question during arguments in ...
thehill.com - 10/19/2009
Thomas to White House: Stay out of Fox news fight
— thehill.com — Veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas on Monday advised the Obama administration to stand down and avoid... further fighting with Fox News and its correspondents. In an interview on MSNBC, the columnist -- who has covered every president from John ... (more) Thomas to White House: Stay out of Fox news fight

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Losing: Helen Thomas, NYT, and The Nation Object to White House Fight With Fox News
weeklystandard.com - 10/19/2009
Losing: Helen Thomas, NYT, and The Nation Object to White House Fight With Fox News
— weeklystandard.com — Well, it's not the first time the Grande Liberal Dame of the press corps has had words... for the Obama White House, but today Helen Thomas is voicing more unlikely sentiments by telling the White House attack dogs to heel in the Fox News fight.  ... (more) Losing: Helen Thomas, NYT, and The Nation Object to ...

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hosted.ap.org - 10/24/2009
News from The Associated Press
— hosted.ap.org — TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- Clarence Thomas, the justice long known as the silent member of the Supreme... Court, criticized his colleagues Friday for badgering attorneys rather than letting them speak during oral arguments. Thomas - who hasn't asked a ... (more) News from The Associated Press

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Rising Hegemon:  Clarence says something somewhat true

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Clarence says something somewhat true
Rising Hegemon — Stop the presses: "So why do you beat up on people if you already know? I don't know, because I don't beat up on 'em. I refuse to participate. I don't like it, so I don't do it," Thomas said during an appearance before law students at the University of Alabama. Not to reveal too much of my real life, but there is a tendency to pick on attorneys on occasion or for appellate judges to ask questions not about the case, but about the most nit-picky stuff to make themselves look smart or a lawyer ill-prepared. I've been lucky ...

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