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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)

Clarence Thomas takes the wheel as Supreme Court settles in for post-Roe term

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021. Seated from left are Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Standing from left are Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Justices Roberts, Barrett and Breyer celebrate Red Mass before 2022 Supreme Court term

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the Supreme Court, members of the Supreme Court pose for a photo during Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's formal investiture ceremony at the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. From left, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Elena Kagan and Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. (Fred Schilling/U.S. Supreme Court via AP)

Supreme Court poised to keep marching to right in new term

By Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko - Associated Press

Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson walks with Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts down the front steps, following her formal investiture ceremony at the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson takes judicial oath at formal investiture ceremony

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. After the U.S. Supreme Court revoked the federal right to an abortion that's been in place for half a century, companies like Amazon, Disney, Apple and JP Morgan pledged to cover travel costs for employees who live in states where the procedure is now illegal so they can terminate pregnancies. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Supreme Court approval rating hits historic low as justices kick off 2022 term, poll finds

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this June 26, 2017, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Ohio man who was jailed for making fun of police online takes First Amendment case to Supreme Court

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - Television news crews stand at the Supreme Court, May 3, 2022, in Washington, following news report by Politico that a draft opinion suggests the justices could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court welcomes back public for oral arguments for first time since pandemic

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, Monday, June 27, 2022. The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a court order that would have forced Yeshiva University to recognize an LGBTQ group as an official campus club. The court acted Friday, Sept. 9, in a brief order signed by Justice Sonia Sotomayor that indicated the court would have more to say on the topic at some point. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Supreme Court’s new term packed with voting rights, racial discrimination, religious liberty battles

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this June 29, 2020, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Leaker of draft opinion still unknown as Supreme Court readies for new term

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer testifies before a House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services hearing to review the FY 2016 budget request of the Supreme Court of the United States, on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 23, 2015. Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Breyer signals Supreme Court still doesn’t know identity of abortion draft leaker

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody speaks during a news conference with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) **FILE**

Florida petitions Supreme Court in fight with big tech over social media access rules

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

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)

Virginia Thomas agrees to interview with Jan. 6 panel

By Eric Tucker and Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joseph Kennedy, who was suspended for praying at midfield after games, has filed a discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to The Liberty Institute, a Texas-based law firm representing the coach. (Kitsap Sun via Associated Press/File)

Praying coach still in legal fight after Supreme Court win

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on the Supreme Court by Linas Garsys/The Washington times

Justice Kagan reminds Americans that the ideological and political war rages on

By Cal Thomas

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, Monday, June 27, 2022. The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a court order that would have forced Yeshiva University to recognize an LGBTQ group as an official campus club. The court acted Friday, Sept. 9, in a brief order signed by Justice Sonia Sotomayor that indicated the court would have more to say on the topic at some point. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Conservatives bristle at impact of SCOTUS rulings on guns, abortion and religious liberty

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol building, center, is seen next to the bottom part of the Washington Monument, left, before sunrise on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ** FILE **

Today’s college graduates ‘don’t know anything that happened before they were born’

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, Monday, June 27, 2022. The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a court order that would have forced Yeshiva University to recognize an LGBTQ group as an official campus club. The court acted Friday, Sept. 9, in a brief order signed by Justice Sonia Sotomayor that indicated the court would have more to say on the topic at some point. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Supreme Court says Jewish university must recognize gay student group

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Associate Justice Elena Kagan stands during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021. Kagan is cautioning that courts look political and forfeit legitimacy when they needlessly overturn precedent and decide more than they have to. Speaking on Sept. 12, 2022, less than three months after a five-justice conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade's constitutional guarantee of abortion access, Kagan says the public's view of the court can be damaged especially when changes in its membership lead to big changes in the law. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Justice Kagan suggests Supreme Court leak update coming by end of month

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 5, 2013, file photo, Melissa Klein, co-owner of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, in Gresham, Ore., tells a customer that the bakery has sold out of baked goods for the day. (Everton Bailey Jr./The Oregonian via AP, File)

Christian baker in Oregon returns to Supreme Court over refusal to bake same-sex wedding cake

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 18, 2018, photo, police tape surrounds the house where Askia Khafra died in a fire while digging underground tunnels for a secretive campaign to build a nuclear bunker in Bethesda, Md. Daniel Beckwitt, a stock trader who lived alone in the house, is charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the Sept. 10, 2017, death of Askia Khafra. (AP Photo/Michael Kunzelman)

Millionaire convicted after man burned inside tunnels beneath Bethesda home takes case to high court

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times