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In this file photo, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Md., Feb. 23, 2017. Dick Durbin, D-IL, is calling for conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from any case associated with the religious liberty legal group, First Liberty Institute. The recusal call comes after an outlet reported that Justice Thomas’ wife had thanked the leader of the organization for opposing Supreme Court reforms. “You guys have filled the sails of many judges. Can I just tell you, thank you so, so, so much,” she reportedly wrote in all caps in an email. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Senate Democrat urges Justice Thomas’ recusal in religious liberty disputes after wife’s comments

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a group portrait in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. The Democratic chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, that Thomas failed to publicly disclose additional travel on GOP megadonor Harlan Crow's private jet. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon wrote to Crow's lawyer asking about the trip. Wyden is backing an election-year push to tighten the high court's ethics rules. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Justice Clarence Thomas took undisclosed 2010 trip with GOP megadonor, Democratic senator finds

By Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Thomas is absent from the court on Monday with no explanation. The 75-year-old Thomas also is not participating remotely in arguments, as justices sometimes do when they are ill or otherwise can’t be there in person. Chief Justice John Roberts announced Thomas’ absence, saying that his colleague would still participate in the day’s cases, based on the briefs and the transcripts of the arguments. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Democratic senators call on Justice Dept. to investigate Justice Clarence Thomas

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Anti-abortion protesters demonstrate outside the Supreme Court on Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Washington. The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court's first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Supreme Court dismisses challenge to abortion pill, says pro-life doctors lack standing

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito attend a private ceremony for retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor before public repose in the Great Hall at the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. O'Connor, an Arizona native and the first woman to serve on the nation's highest court, died on Dec. 1 at age 93. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool) ** FILE **

Justices Thomas and Alito — typically in agreement — split in major CFPB ruling

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Thomas is absent from the court on Monday with no explanation. The 75-year-old Thomas also is not participating remotely in arguments, as justices sometimes do when they are ill or otherwise can’t be there in person. Chief Justice John Roberts announced Thomas’ absence, saying that his colleague would still participate in the day’s cases, based on the briefs and the transcripts of the arguments. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Justice Thomas absent from high court Monday with no reason given

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. All or most of a $267,000 loan obtained by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to buy a high-end motorcoach appears to have been forgiven, raising tax and ethics questions, according to a new report by Senate Democrats. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Georgia House Republicans consider erecting statue of Justice Thomas at state Capitol

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

John Oliver speaks during the "Last Week Tonight during the HBO Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at The Beverly Hilton hotel on July 25, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Vote count for New Zealand's Bird of the Century has been delayed by comedian John Oliver's global campaign, as he discovered a loophole in the rules, which allowed anybody with a valid email address to cast a vote. So he went all-out in a humorous campaign for his favored bird, the puteketeke, a water bird, on his HBO show "Last Week Tonight." (Richard Shotwell/Invision via AP, File)

John Oliver offers Clarence Thomas $1 million per year to resign from Supreme Court

By Staff - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Oversight Committee Chair Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a June 13, 2023, hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Senate Judiciary Committee votes to subpoena conservative allies of Supreme Court justices

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a mark up business meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate Dems put brakes on subpoenas in Supreme Court ethics probe when GOP wants same for liberals

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, leads a hearing about the rise in threats toward elected leaders and election workers, at the Capitol in Washington, Aug. 3, 2022. Democrats recently celebrated the 100th judicial confirmation of Joe Biden's presidency and are clamoring for more. To make it happen, some are flirting with ending a century-long Senate practice that a "blue slip" from a senator could make or break a nomination. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Democrats to subpoena conservatives linked to Supreme Court justices

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House Dems call for Justice Thomas to recuse himself from major case due to ties with Koch network

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court Justice Thomas reveals 3 trips with billionaire Harlan Crow in new filing

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Justice Clarence Thomas reports he took 3 trips on Republican donor’s plane last year

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announces the $60.5 million settlement with Juul over marketing vaping to youth in St. Paul, Minn., on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Attorney General Ellison said Wednesday that it works out to two to four times more per-capita than any other state that sued Juul over youth vaping and marketing practices. The state’s lawsuit was the first and still the only one of thousands of cases nationwide against the e-cigarette maker to reach trial. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)

Stop the name-calling and revive the Black community

By Kendall Qualls

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch speaks to an audience as a guest of Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at the University of Louisville, Sept. 21, 2017, in Louisville, Ky. Records obtained by The Associated Press show that Supreme Court justices have attended publicly funded events at colleges and universities that allowed the schools to put the justices in the room with influential donors, including some whose industries have had interests before the court. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Supreme Court justices and donors mingle at campus visits. These documents show the ethical dilemmas

By Brian Slodysko and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Black justices battle over meaning of equality in affirmative action case

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas delivers a keynote speech during a dedication of Georgia new Nathan Deal Judicial Center in Atlanta, Feb. 11, 2020. Reports that the wife of Thomas implored Donald Trumps White House chief of staff to act to overturn the 2020 election results has put a spotlight on how justices decide whether to step aside from a case. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

New book highlights Justice Clarence Thomas’ originalist focus on people, issues

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Conservative megadonor Harlan Crow purchased three properties belonging to Thomas and his family, in a transaction worth more than $100,000 that Thomas never reported, according to the nonprofit investigative journalism organization ProPublica on Thursday, April 13, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate Democrats renew calls for information from Harlan Crow about Justice Thomas

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Federalist Society Executive Branch Review conference, Tuesday, April 25, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mike Pence condemns ‘appalling’ attacks on Justice Clarence Thomas

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times