I'm Elizabeth Lattery and I'm Tiffany Bates.

Welcome to SCOTUS 101, where we break down what's happening at the Supreme Court, what the

justices are up to, and other things related to our favorite branch of government.

This week we're talking about Clarence Thomas's interview with Laura Ingram, the Supreme Court's first opinions of the season, and we'll interview former Scalia clerk Ed Whalen.

So before we get into the substance of Justice Thomas's interview with Laura Engram, we have judicial update, some good news from the Senate.

Tiffany, do you want to tell us about it?

Yes, excellent news. The Senate has confirmed five judges. Recently, Amy Barrett to the Seventh Circuit, Joan Larson to the

Sixth Circuit, Allison I. to the Tenth Circuit, Stevenos-Beebis to the Third Circuit, and Trevor

McFadden to the D.C. District Court. All of these judges are fantastic, and we're very excited to

report on their future opinions once they're sworn in and start writing. And big thank you to

our friends in the Senate for getting these guys through. Yeah, keep up the good work, Senators McConnell

and Grassley. So Clarence Thomas was recently interviewed by Laura Engram on Fox News. She clerked

for Thomas in his second year on the court back in 1992. And they covered a lot of big topics in just 20 minutes. So first off, she asked about what the court was like without Justice Scalia. And Justice Thomas said, there's a big emptiness to it, and that Scalia had a way of filling up the room, which I can imagine. She also asked Thomas about the rumors that Justice Gorsuch

is ruffling the feathers of some of his fellow justices, and Thomas said, I don't have any feathers.

That's the most Clarence Thomas answer of the whole interview. It was very funny. Thomas said that Gorsuch

is a good man and that he has no idea what these people are talking about.

Laura Engram also asked him to describe his judicial philosophy, and I love this.

He said it's get it right and make it accessible.

A good way, you know, a good philosophy to have.

Yeah, to get it right.

And make it accessible to regular people.

He said, you reason to the outcome.

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