when thomas jefferson met thomas paine in paris in 1787, he begged him to sit -- [inaudible] jefferson collected portraits of celebrated men, and in 1787 there were few men as celebrated as thomas paine. he wrote "common sense," the 46-page pamphlet that catalyzed the independence movement and overthrew the british monarchies and the colonies. paine agreed to be painted, and jefferson hung the portrait in quite a place, on the walls of monticello, his house in virginia. that was 1787. now fast forward 40 years to 1828. thomas jefferson is dead. his family are selling off his possessions. when the auctioneerens dig out thomas paine's portrait, they find the canvas torn and battered. there are mouse holes through his eyes, stab marks in his chest. as if some children in jefferson's family had been allowed to vandalize it. the fate of thomas paine's painting is, i think -- [inaudible] for his own extraordinary life. the man toasted around the world in the 1790s -- 1770s and 1780s as the hero of the american revolution ended his days as a discredited pariah, unceremoniously cast aside. the

he had, even though he was oil delivery man to justice thomas, a young justice thomas and his brother to catholic schools, which he did from really third grade through 12th grade and believed that was so important, so much so that he never let the boys a day of school. and he said if you are acting, dad or you are dead, i will take you to school for three days to make sure that you actually are. that's how important he thought school was. and the third thing he taught justice, and i'm quoting justice thomas as i recount in the book, is not to be enslaved to the views that others will him, but to find his own views through study and education. and those three things, i think, come back throughout justice thomas's career and shine through. your honor, i have to say, you know, this is a book about the law, and it's a book about justice thomas's, and it's about originalism, but it's exceedingly readable for non-lawyers and everybody that i've seen interview you has raised this point, and i think it's you know, you did a really good job writing on this and the reason why i think it's so re

and so clarence thomas gets to dress like a priest at work, but clarence thomas's judicial road can noger hide how his plans to be rich morphed into a plan to it least partake in the lavish lifestyles of the ultra rich republicans who have helped clarence thomas tarnish the supreme court in a way that no justice before him ever has. clarence thomas is as unfit for the supreme court as he was for the priesthood. coming up, senator sheldon whitehouse has introduced legislation to impose real ethical standards on supreme court justices. senator sheldon whitehouse joins us next. joins us next. ere to help... by providing blankets for comfort and warmth and encouraging messages of hope to help support nearly three hundred thousand patients facing cancer nationwide. we call it “the subaru love promise.” and we're proud to be the largest automotive donor to the leukemia and lymphoma society. subaru. more than a car company. after advil. feeling better? on top of the worlddddd!!! before advil. advil targets pain at the source of inflammation. when pain comes for you, come back fast with advil

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you believe that justice thomas is misunderstood? - yes. - why? - i think the critics often sathat originalism and in turn justice thomas being kinda the ultimate originalist favors the corporation over the consumer, the strong over the weak, the rich over the poor, and the government over the individual. what i would posit is the book proves the opposite is true. it doesn't mean he's always gonna rule consistent with those lines because he will first and foremost follow the law. he will follow the law but he will always remember there's real people involved in the cases. and what you will find in his individual writings, he will often have a strong black voice which is never reported. and he will talk about the real people involved in the case and the struggles they face. - give me an example of when you feel he is articulated a strong black voice. - he talks a lot about what black people can and have accomplished and how important it is that they not be given barriers but be given opportunities. and he views as we know, affirmative action as a b

stand—up, thomas waring.e years custody on count nine and four years custody on count ten to be served consecutively, total sentence of nine years. i impose a concurrent sentence of 12 months the section 49 offence, you will serve half of that sentence less than 90 days on remand, you can go down. 50 less than 90 days on remand, you can .0 down. ., less than 90 days on remand, you can no down. ., .,, ~ less than 90 days on remand, you can .0 down. . ., ~ g , . go down. so that was mrjustice goose there. — go down. so that was mrjustice goose there, concluding - go down. so that was mrjustice goose there, concluding the - goose there, concluding the sentencing hearing for connor chapman, 23 years old, and thomas waring, 20 years old, in the murder of 26—year—old elle edwards on christmas eve of last year, just moments before christmas day. she was shocked at the back of the head, dying instantly, when connor chapman shot into a group of six people outside the lighthouse pub on the wirral. and we havejust outsi

justice thomas's claim that when the text is clear, you do not have to look at history. when i understand it more, he is saying the word legislature is clear. it can only mean legislature it cannot be legislator that is constrained by a constitution. it would suggest that the framework is working by those constitutions. and in the case like government action cases where they said the text is clear, it clearly need -- means colorblindness suggesting that those thinking colorblindness might be irrelevant. do i have that right? it raises the question how can you be so confident the context is clear that people thought civil wars about this meaning and they did not think it was clear at all? guest: you're asking specifically about the affirmative action context? host: both in affirmative action and more are. those are two cases where justice thomas said the text is where, and with -- text is clear and with the colleagues, justice kavanaugh on an justice barrett do not find it clear at all. so when the text is so clear, it is he decide he does not have to look at history? gue

we see the justice thomas generally cares a good deal about history. justice barrett has written extensively this term to say that is true is extremely important but their unanswered questions what period of history matter and in general everyone is on the same general page, just the extent to which they take these different pieces of history into account and as was mentioned earlier how much they care about precedent. scalia, for instance was called the fainthearted originalist because he recognized he would often rely on earlier cases contrary to the original public meaning. there's a great debate with originalists about the role of precedent and whether we should adhere to decisions that are contrary to the original public meaning for good reason. the interesting thing, it only comes up when the previous opinion is wrong, we are determining whether to keep the decision or not. this conversation highlighted these debates within original is in but in general i think the primary motive of original is in his textual list, just determining how to elucida

on justice thomas.hey cited experts from the campaign legal center and from acs. the foundation also gave money to the new venture fund and earmarked to demand justice which as many in this room know an organization that advocates for court packing and again as openly and aggressively called for justice thomas' resignation from the court. the silicon valley community foundation gave money to go public and citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington. crew sent a letter to justice thomas calling on him to resign. the foundation also gave money to pro- public. george soros foundation to promote open society donated to the campaign legal center. so, the foundation has given to pro- public of the campaign center and the american constitution society, alliance for justice and fixed the court and the ford foundation funded to the center for popular democracy and the national women's law center. both organizations called for supreme court reform based on pro- public house reforming. i will close by win

related to justice thomas. can we do this by voice vote? yes or no? okay. all in favor on the second degree amendment as described say i. the post, no. the second degree amendment is agreed to. the second strikes on page four all of section five. i know that is not one we will get bipartisan agreement on so i suggest we call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] >> dear god yes. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] >> the amendment is agreed to. any further amendments? if not, call control on the kennedy amendment as amended. without objection, the clerk will call the role. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] >> the amendment is agreed to. senator lee. >> i'd like to call up my amendment sil 23890. this amendment is pretty simple. it creates new federal crime from leaking confidential work product. unauthorized person. a crime punishable by a grant of up to $10000 and up to ten years prison. the amendment allows for the criminal forfeiture all proceeds from having engaged in this kind of noum

starting with justice thomas. they are making clear that justices who disagree with them, we will pay a price. it's a price, that the radical left is determined to ensure is very high. -- this is a shake down, nice supreme court you've got there, america. it sure would be a shame if something was to happen to it. but don't just take my word for it. remember what senator chuck schumer did, in 2020. he won on the steps of the supreme court, and called out specific supreme court justices by may name, referring to justices gorsuch and kavanaugh by name. telling them, you've released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price. you won't know what hit you, if you move forward with these awful decisions. and in august of 2019, five democratic senators, including for members of this committee, -- to the supreme court of the united states. and that -- in which they leveled a threat, saying, change according to what we demand, or else the court is going to have to be, quote, restructured, in order to reduce the influence of

hit piece on justice thomas. these hit pieces cited experts from the campaign legal center and acs, the sandler foundation also gave money to arabella advisor's new adventure fund and earmarked for demand justice, which many in this room know is an organization that advocates for court packing and as openly and aggressively called for justice thomas's resignation from the court. the silicon valley community foundation gave money to pro-public or and citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington, sent a letter to justice thomas calling on him to resign. the foundation that gave money to pro-public are, george soros's foundation to promote open society has donated to pro-public, the campaign legal center and crew. the william hewlett foundation has given to pro-public a, campaign legal center, the american constitution society. alliance for justice and fix the court. and the ford foundation is funded, the center for popular democracy and the national women's law center, both organizations called for supreme

justice thomas did not disclose any of those lavish gifts.the washington post recently reported that federal society cochairman, leonard leo directed at tens of thousands of dollars of business to the form of thomas is rife ginni while keeping her name off the billing paperwork. and, now the new york times has just published the latest story of thomas's association. with an excuse of organization called the horatio alger association. we are clarence thomas, quote, moved into the inner circle. a cluster of extraordinarily wealthy, largely conservative members who lionized him and all that he had achieved. he has granted it unusual access to the supreme court, where every year he presides over the group's signature event, a ceremony in the courtroom, at which he places horatio alger mendel's around the necks of new lifetime. members one entrepreneur called it, the closest thing to being knighted in the united states. his friendships forced through horatio alger have brought in proximity to a lifestyle of unimaginable material privilege. over th

on justice thomas woo. these hit pieces sided experts from the campaign legal center and from casey s. the sandler foundation also gave money that mirabel advisers new venture quotes and earmarked for demand justice. it which as many in this room and no one organization that advocates for court packing by and what has openly and aggressively called for justice thomas's resignation from the court. but the silicone valley community foundation gave money to propublica and citizens for responsibility -- in washington or crew. crew scintillated to justice thomas calling on him to resign. but the marcell foundation also gave money to propublica and a crew. george soros's foundation to promote down today to propublica in the campaign legal center and crew. what so william barr and we -- were foundation is given to propublica, campaign legal center, american constitutional, study alliance for justice and the courts. but actually they foundations found it isn't over popular democracy. both organizations call for sup

please welcome ambassador linda thomas-greenfield. ♪ ♪ >> ambassador thomas-greenfield: i match youre invasion actually happened. looking back over the last year, are you surprised where we are or where things are in ukraine, given how perilous the situation looked in those first weeks? >> ambassador thomas-greenfield: well, i have to tell you that day was surreal. we called an emergency meeting of the council so that we could warn the world that russia was planning to invade ukraine, and they did it while we were sitting in the council and so i think even the russians, they were president of the council so their ambassador was sitting in the chair. as we all looked at our phones and heard that this was happening. and at the time, russia said this is just going to be a two-week operation. we'll finish it off, and here we are one year later. and they were so, they were so misguided. they were so mistaken because one year later, ukraine still stands, and president biden... [applause] was there at the one-year mark. congratulating president zelenskyy for the fortitude that the ukrainian

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his co—accused, thomas waring, has also _ life.omas waring, has also been brought to justice. life. his co—accused, thomas waring, has also been brought tojustice. no sentence. _ has also been brought tojustice. no sentence, however long, can change what chapman did, but i hope that knowing _ what chapman did, but i hope that knowing he has been brought to justice _ knowing he has been brought to justice and is off our streets brings— justice and is off our streets brings some small amount of comfort. i hope _ brings some small amount of comfort. i hope that— brings some small amount of comfort. i hope that it _ brings some small amount of comfort. i hope that it serves as a deterrent to anybody— i hope that it serves as a deterrent to anybody considering picking up using a _ to anybody considering picking up using a gun. i would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to files _ this opportunity to pay tribute to elle's family, her throughout the whole _ elle's family, her throughout the whole investigation and trial have rema

i am absolutely certain that justice thomas has faced racism in his. i am also absolutely certain that bolstering ethics rules that will apply to every justice, regardless of ideology, is not racist. the idea that these necessary reforms are political or retaliatory is equally absurd. while we cannot dismiss justice thomas's agree just ethical problems, it is also true that former justices, ginsburg, prior, and others, have heard cases where they like we should've recused. even more troubling, every single one of the current justices has rebuffed basic oversight and reform, arguing that we should just trust them to make their own recusal decisions, despite years of scandal at the court. so while it is regrettable that some politicians have directed incendiary rhetoric at justices they oppose, one cannot acknowledge the ethical blunders by both liberal and conservative justices in recent years, and credibly defend this untenable status quo. in closing, despite having the power of judicial review, and enjoying life tenure, federal judges have substantial

justice thomas did not disclose any of those lavish gifts.of dollars of business to the term of thomas's wife ginni, while keeping her name off of the bill paperwork. and now, the new york times has published the latest story of thomas's association with an exclusive organization called the horatio alger association, where clarence thomas quote, moved into the inner circle. a cluster of extraordinarily wealthy, largely conservative members that lionized him, and all that he achieved. he has granted it unusual access to the supreme court, where every year he presides over the group's signature event. a ceremony in the courtroom, at which he places horatio alger amanda around the necks of new lifetime members. when entrepreneur called it the closest thing to being knighted in the united states. his friendships forced through horatio alger have brought him proximity to a lifestyle of unimaginable material privilege. over the years, he has welcomed him at the retrace vacation retreats, arranged the ip access to sporting events, and invited him to

, thomas, thank you for your time. thank you very much. i and also some of the other global business stories making use. twitter has lost nearly half of its advertising revenue since it almost took over a better reality for a company with $13000000000.00 in depth. advertisers have been reluctant to spend money on the social platform after mister musk made a series of controversial product and policy changes. russia has seized control of the russian subsidiaries of differentiate over make, are done on it. and the danish who calls us versus lead, or vitamin food, and a lot of units be put under what he calls temporary managed. previously, the kremlin, had warranties. it sees western assets and retaliation for moves against russian companies abroad for the 1st time and 80 years leaders of the european union and latin america as well as the caribbean, are gathering for a summit. again, trying to strengthen ties which have been strained over several issues in the past . for example, there is mounting political pressure to f

very pro clarence thomas documentary.y understanding is it was produced in response to continued reporting about his confirmation hearing where he was credibly accused of sexual harassment. is that accurate? >> we did see that there was -- there is a section of a book that was produced along with this documentary where there's an explicit connection between the 2016 hbo movie that came out and the decision to create something in response giving clarence thomas' views, giving him in his own words. this documentary, if you watch it at the end and the credits, it lists people who are his friend from the association along with mr. crow. >> the people who paid for it. adam, you know, i'm old enough to remember when republicans were outraged and claimed that the clintons were selling the lincoln bedroom and allowing donors to come over and experience the white house and then they donated. this seems to be a sale in a sense of the court, trading access of the court to be in that hallowed space and then those people turn around a

connor and thomas, is a - the intelligence. i mean, these... connor and thomas, is a connor. a connor chapman, only 23, thomas waring was 20 years old, these are such young men, barely out of their teens. what is the driving force to enter the gang culture? what is it, drugs, gambling, extortion? h0??? gang culture? what is it, drugs, gambling, extortion?— gang culture? what is it, drugs, gambling, extortion? how does it work? yes. _ gambling, extortion? how does it work? yes. it— gambling, extortion? how does it work? yes, it is— gambling, extortion? how does it work? yes, it is pretty _ gambling, extortion? how does it work? yes, it is pretty much - work? yes, it is pretty much a little like the short answer is pretty much a lot of that is associated with the sort of drugs trade. ten years ago, we had not heard of the phrase the county lines. again, underthe heard of the phrase the county lines. again, under the government's ten year strategy published around the same time as that document, they identified that the county lines, as we call it is a specific issue. in fairnes

barbara, who is inactive bird where the a, if the is holding it's party conference, thomas, great to see. so tell us what kind of a response or be seen to the convention there of the people that starting together here behind me in the center of magda, but to protest against the de, also against what they see is a move towards the writing parts of government. and society people we have encountered have also stressed that it's about presenting a more diverse picture of job month society. that's also something they stand for here in mac. the book also yesterday, when the 1st day of the part of the conference of the far right to the started, they were also small pro chest. somebody's something that by the way, you also see in basically every political gathering of the far right a. if the it's a different world inside the venue, whether that they've got a meeting where they're presenting value of government society and it's a different world. what do you see outside, where many people are actually concerned about the policies presented by the far right. a if the and this is something that

thomas, just 19 years old, passed away in a motorcycle accident last year >> thomas was such a good kido proud of the person that he grew into. >> reporter: she didn't know if her letter would get an answer. >> even though all i know is you are a 50-year-old man -- >> reporter: but it did. >> -- treat it well, handle it with care. it is special. >> reporter: that man moved to tears is jason summers, whose life was saved by thomas' donation >> he'll definitely be my forever hero >> reporter: the father of six suffered a heart attack in 2021 he spent over a year and a half waiting for a donor. >> i still have my moments where i'll just sit and cry. i mean, i'm just so grateful >> reporter: jason had lost his own son last year, deepening the connection between him and leah, on what would have been thomas' 20th birthday, leah drove over 500 miles to meet jason. >> it's a good one it's a good one. >> reporter: and be close to her son once again >> 66 a minute healthy. >> uh-huh. >> i wondered what it was like when you put your head to his chest and listened >> overall, it was just an amazing

just with justice thomas, we know as ian was saying, that justice thomas repeatedly took lavish giftsmately had business before the court, and had strong views about what the court should do. he did not report those. we know that he had a relatives tuition paid by this billionaire. we know that the same person who is putting his mother up rent free. this is stuff that is so far away from the experience of regular americans. it did not happen, once it did not happen twice, it happened again and again for decades. every time that we learn more, as we have learned about justice thomas's ability in this organization. where billionaires were paying for all kinds of things for him, there are these -- i don't think we understand enough about those to know whether these are ethical violations or not. what we do know is so vast and troubling that i think it is really clear that we need a full accounting for what particularly somebody like justice thomas, who is so out of bounds ethically, but really more broadly with what the supreme court is doing. that could mean congress looking into, this

thomas gives her readers the assist.pts like cyclical poverty, insidious, racial stereotypes. the constant abbreviate and code switch murray with ease. this is by design at its core the hay to give as a coming of age story star navigating her place in the halls of her high school grappling with her first love and broken friendships in ways that we have seen before. thomas masterfully uses the familiarity of these why a tropes and first person perspective to tell him more nuanced story. what made infinitely more complex by questions of race and tragedy and shifting cultural viewpoints. they say that you give proof the importance of young adult novels for anyone who has ever doubted the genres value. this frank and approachable style of storytelling will not let any reader regardless of background close its covers without a much more intimate understanding of star, her community and a story that very well could be real. and if this book feels ripped from the headlines, it's because it is. on page 20, six star echoes eric g

they have targeted justice thomas because they have decided they want to destroy justice thomas. they hate justice thomas not because his conduct was different from the other justices but because, and, he has voted faithfully to the constitution, and b, he is a black man who dares to be a conservative. for the modern left, that's the greatest sin of all. the standards they are talking about are applied utterly hypocritically. the conduct they are attacking justice thomas for doing, justice stephen breyer did the same thing, justice ruth bader ginsburg did the same thing, justice sonia sotomayor or did the same thing but they don't attack them. because this is about politics and i want to emphasize what senator graham said a minute ago. if we sit by and allow the democrats to delegitimize the supreme court, to tear down the rule of law, as justice scalia told us years ago, nothing will do more to endanger the liberty of every american. this will not. >> one of the reasons that i am proud to be a senator is because all of us know that it is not something we speak about. all of us k

thomas. thomas ♪♪ >>> another day, another supreme court drama.eme court paid money to a top aide to justice clarence thomas. the newspaper discovered the public venmo account of one of thomas' aides. the aide's account seemed to show that he received seven payments in november and december of 2019 from lawyers who previously served as thomas' legal clerks. upon further digging the guardian noted that it seemed the purpose of each payment is listed as either christmas party, thomas christmas party, ct christmas party or ct xmas party in an apparent reference to the justice's initials. who are these folks enjoying these christmas par snis reportedly they're people who had successful business before the court. including someone who argued the affirmative action case, a former white house deputy counsel in the trump administration, and the former solicitor general of west virginia who had a key role in the case before the court that limited the epa's ability to regulate greenhouse gases. one ethical expert did note that it was possible that the forme

commissioner thomas so it's not go later for the 10 special events. it's to have a louder sound limit for 10 special events. >> thank you. >> because the planning department has a condition that doesn't allow outdoor entertainment to go later than 7:00 p.m.. >> thank you for the correction. my mistake. >> i just wanted to say thank you. it was already known to me but thank you for your continued commitment to the lgbtq community and centering that community. i am sure you're aware that area has a long and strong queer history and we don't have very many spaces left in that part of town. i guess i have two questions. one is do you have a relationship with the transgender cultural district at all? >> well yes and no. >> okay. >> we had -- i will just need to look it up so i don't -- [inaudible]. >> oh so we have connection with them and support them, but i have not reached out to that particular [inaudible]. >> i will say in perhaps what might help make sense to keeping culture alive is reaching out to them, engage with them and seeing if there's possib

you are further down the road than thomas.— road than thomas.etter. 9. ., out on walks and stuff, so it is better. ., ., , ., _, , better. you mentioned your recovery was difficult. — better. you mentioned your recovery was difficult. it _ better. you mentioned your recovery was difficult, it was _ better. you mentioned your recovery was difficult, it was really _ was difficult, it was really difficult, wasn't it? what happened? a lot happened, a note. it difficult, wasn't it? what happened? a lot happened, a note.— a lot happened, a note. it was not as straightforward _ a lot happened, a note. it was not as straightforward as _ a lot happened, a note. it was not as straightforward as thomas's i as straightforward as thomas's recovery. you were in ica for two months with heels. you got to the end goal. you are nicknamed the warrior at great ormond is to because she really thought and overcame every obstacle that was thrown at you. she did incredibly well. 9 , ., ., , ., thrown at you. she did incredibly well.9 , ., ., , ., well. we should have p

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