Justice Clarence Thomas cast doubt on the Supreme Court’s commitment to following legal precedent Thursday, as the high court gears up to revisit major rulings holding back Donald Trump’s sweeping ...

The U.S. Supreme Court seems almost certain to side with President Donald Trump in an upcoming challenge to his authority to fire government officials for any reason, but a leading conservative legal ...

The conservative justice wants to overturn cases wrongly decided in his view. Justice Clarence Thomas said the Supreme Court should take a more critical approach to settled precedent, saying decided ...

In a rare public appearance, Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas hinted that the nation’s highest court may very well be considering tearing up legal precedents that have been in effect ...

WASHINGTON – As the Supreme Court is about to revisit some major decisions, one of the nine justices – and the longest-serving member of the conservative majority – has offered his view that there’s ...

Sparing the usual litany of "stare decisis" factors, Justice Clarence Thomas offered a simple formula for the amount of deferential weight he gives a precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court: how much he ...