{"id":160771,"date":"2026-08-17T14:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T22:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/17\/justice-clarence-thomas-says-hes-not-welcome-at-stanford-law-but-the-school-says-otherwise\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T14:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T22:26:09","slug":"justice-clarence-thomas-says-hes-not-welcome-at-stanford-law-but-the-school-says-otherwise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/17\/justice-clarence-thomas-says-hes-not-welcome-at-stanford-law-but-the-school-says-otherwise\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Clarence Thomas Says He\u2019s Not Welcome At Stanford Law, But The School Says Otherwise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

We would be honored to host Justice Thomas at Stanford Law School. The Stanford Constitutional Law Center, directed by professor Michael McConnell, former judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, regularly hosts members of the\u00a0judiciary on campus.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our students and faculty would welcome the opportunity to hear from Justice Thomas and engage with his perspectives on the court, the Constitution and the law.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i><\/span> A Stanford spokesperson, in comments given to Fox News Digital<\/a>, responding to remarks made by Justice Clarence Thomas<\/a> during a forum hosted by the Hoover Institution, a public policy think tank at Stanford University. Thomas suggested that Stanford Law School was among the elite institutions that are effectively \u201coff limits\u201d to conservatives like himself, noting that he has never visited the law school. \u201cYou know, I have never been to Stanford Law School,\u201d he said. \u201cNever been. That\u2019s the reality. That\u2019s the world we\u2019re in. Because there\u2019s certain places that are just presumptively off limits. This is the way it works.\u201d Thomas did not say whether he had ever been invited to speak at Stanford Law. Stanford, for its part, made clear that the justice would be welcome.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky<\/a>, X\/Twitter<\/a>, and Threads<\/a>, or connect with her on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Justice Clarence Thomas Says He\u2019s Not Welcome At Stanford Law, But The School Says Otherwise<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

We would be honored to host Justice Thomas at Stanford Law School. The Stanford Constitutional Law Center, directed by professor Michael McConnell, former judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, regularly hosts members of the\u00a0judiciary on campus.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our students and faculty would welcome the opportunity to hear from Justice Thomas and engage with his perspectives on the court, the Constitution and the law.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i> A Stanford spokesperson, in comments given to Fox News Digital<\/a>, responding to remarks made by Justice Clarence Thomas<\/a> during a forum hosted by the Hoover Institution, a public policy think tank at Stanford University. Thomas suggested that Stanford Law School was among the elite institutions that are effectively \u201coff limits\u201d to conservatives like himself, noting that he has never visited the law school. \u201cYou know, I have never been to Stanford Law School,\u201d he said. \u201cNever been. That\u2019s the reality. That\u2019s the world we\u2019re in. Because there\u2019s certain places that are just presumptively off limits. This is the way it works.\u201d Thomas did not say whether he had ever been invited to speak at Stanford Law. Stanford, for its part, made clear that the justice would be welcome.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky<\/a>, X\/Twitter<\/a>, and Threads<\/a>, or connect with her on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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