Scott Gerber

Scott Douglas Gerber is Declaration of Independence Scholar at the University of Mississippi and author of "First Principles: The Jurisprudence of Clarence Thomas" and "The Trafficker: A Novel."

Justice Clarence Thomas speaks at University of Texas event.

Opinion

June 15, 2026

Clarence Thomas’ view of the Declaration can help America recover its founding purpose

Justice Clarence Thomas has spent three decades arguing the Declaration of Independence remains America's foundational moral framework at 250.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

Opinion

June 7, 2025

How Justice Clarence Thomas led SCOTUS to kill DEI

Supreme Court unanimously rejects special standards for majority-group discrimination claims, reflecting Thomas' view that American law protects individual rather than group rights

Inset photo of former President Trump over the Supreme Court building.

Opinion

March 20, 2025

This isn’t the first time Chief Justice Roberts took on President Trump (And he’s been wrong each time)

President Donald Trump is right and Chief Justice Roberts is wrong about the issue of impeaching judges.