[faucetman]

“Thomas, Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito “

My justice has a first name.... it’s C L A R E N C E.
My Justice has a second name ..... it’s T H O M A S.

WTF, Justice CLARENCE Thomas doesn’t get the courtesy of a first name along with Antonin & Samuel?

OIh yeah, he’s just the Black guy. The Uncle Tom on the court (sarc)

[mikrofon]

His first name is “Uncle” — UNCLE Thomas...

[BCrago66]

Jan Crawford, the author of the article, wrote a highly sympathetic treatment of Justice Thomas within her book on the Supreme Court, and she's also spoken out in lectures about Justice Thomas' intellectual contributions to the court.

So I think you're wrong on this one.

[Excellence]

Some of the conservatives, such as Justice Clarence Thomas, deliberately avoid news articles on the Court when issues are pending (and avoid some publications altogether, such as The New York Times).

The other three justices - Thomas, Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito - are seen as more solidly conservative and much less susceptible to pressure.

Clarence Thomas had already been mentioned in the article by first and last name. After that, all subsequent mentions of the same person are last name only. Since Scalia and Alito had yet to be mentioned, they got first and last name listings. From that point, all mentions of Scalia and Alito would also be last name only. There was no slight; the writer followed proper editorial etiquette.