tuscaloosanews.com - 10/24/2009
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University of Alabama School of law students roared with laughter throughout Thomas' lecture Friday afternoon that was more of a question and answer session. Thomas, 61, lowered his already deep voice and answered one question with a Nick Saban impression. It's a process, he replied to a query ...
thehill.com - 10/19/2009
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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 ...
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Thomas to White House: Stay out of Fox news fight
weeklystandard.com - 10/19/2009
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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. ...
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Losing: Helen Thomas, NYT, and The Nation Object to ...
hosted.ap.org - 10/24/2009
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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 ...
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"Thomas to other Supreme Court justices: Hush!"
How Appealing —
"Thomas to other Supreme Court justices: Hush!" The Associated Press has this report.
The Tuscaloosa News has an update headlined "US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas visits UA."
And earlier, today's edition of The Crimson White contains an article headlined "Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to speak to students."
More listening and more diversity needed on SCOTUS, says Justice Thomas
Constitutional Law Prof Blog —
... described Clarence Thomas' questioning style as "silent in his seat.") The Tuscaloosa Times reported that Thomas also stated that he "preferred to hire law clerks from modest backgrounds," and was quoted as stating, “There are too many up there who think they should be there because they’re from an elite background.” And as the Montgomery Advertiser ...
Justice Thomas Reveals His Best Day of Law School—Graduation
ABA Journal Top Stories —
... and the Tuscaloosa News . The Crimson White says Thomas talked with law students, rather than at them, while the Tuscaloosa News says students “roared with laughter” during the lecture that was “more of a question and answer session.” “You see my old textbooks, and you’ll see that the textbooks won,” Thomas said. “My journey was in many ways very unhappy and enormously difficult.” “The best day of school for me was graduation,” he told the students. “I thought law school was extremely difficult. I thought I was going to fail out. I thought I failed the bar exam.” Thomas, who ...
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