Monday, April 1, 2019

Thomas Rejects Retirement, Says Faith Enhances His Oath

Clarence Thomas official SCOTUS portrait.jpgThat's the headline for Law360's story here about Justice Clarence Thomas's appearance this weekend at Pepperdine Law School's Annual Dinner in Beverly Hills.
"During Saturday's discussion before an audience of about 1,000, Justice Thomas, who had hired a Pepperdine graduate for a clerkship in 2017, lamented the tendency of high court justices to select clerks almost exclusively from Ivy League universities. It likely stems from the fact that all of the current justices earned their law degrees from Ivy League schools, he said. Justice Thomas attended Yale Law."