Clarence Thomas

Varios jueces cuestionaron la conveniencia de aplicar restricciones nacionales a la mifepristona porque sería la primera vez que un tribunal cuestiona el juicio de los expertos de la FDA sobre un medicamento.

Justice Clarence Thomas gave Crystal Clanton a home and a job after she left a conservative youth organization in controversy. Then the justice picked her for one of the most coveted positions in the legal world.

Several justices questioned the remedy of applying nationwide restrictions to mifepristone because it would be the first time a court had second-guessed the F.D.A.’s expert judgment on a drug.

A highly politicized Supreme Court makes it far more difficult to teach students about the fundamentals of the American legal system.

Crystal Clanton, who is close with the Thomas family, has said she does not remember sending the messages, which emerged in 2017.

Here are dozens of journalism’s gems from a year when we badly needed them.

The Supreme Court justice has built a network of former clerks who share messages, meals and a common vision — wielding influence at universities, law firms and the highest rungs of government.

The justice set off a scramble by a lawmaker to find a way to raise his pay.

This is the inside story of how the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion — shooting down compromise and testing the boundaries of how the law is decided.

The decision to try to compel cooperation from a leading judicial activist and a Republican megadonor came over fierce G.O.P. opposition and threats of retaliation.