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Congress has never before passed and the Supreme Court has never upheld a law requiring individuals to buy a commercial product, as Obamacare does. On this the Obama Democrats, not Clarence Thomas and judges following his lead, are the ones sweeping aside precedent.

The likely confirmation of Sotomayor and the possibility of future Obama appointments could change the balance on a court that has been closely divided on many major cases. But that seems unlikely to change the thrust of Thomas' jurisprudence.

Clarence Thomas' memoir, My Grandfather's Son, portrays a man of understanding and humility.

Clarence Thomas's memoir, My Grandfather's Son, portrays a man of understanding and humility.

Without the burden of chief justiceship, Justice Thomas can expose the stark and real policy choices being imposed by the Supreme Court on the nation.

Clarence Thomas selected as the recipient of the 2001 Francis Boyer Award.

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States has been selected to receive the American Enterprise Institute’s Francis Boyer Award for 2001.