Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Another High-Tech Lynching is Underway
Doug Patton Full Story
In 1991, Judge Clarence Thomas was nominated to a seat on the United States Supreme Court. Shortly after that nomination was announced, a war for the philosophical soul of the federal judiciary broke out.
The stakes were even higher than they were when Ronald Reagan nominated Robert Bork to the High Court. This time, it was not just a younger judge replacing an older one. It was not simply a conservative jurist replacing a liberal. This was a young black conservative, Clarence Thomas, replacing an old black liberal icon, Thurgood Marshall.
Doug Patton Full Story
In 1991, Judge Clarence Thomas was nominated to a seat on the United States Supreme Court. Shortly after that nomination was announced, a war for the philosophical soul of the federal judiciary broke out.
The stakes were even higher than they were when Ronald Reagan nominated Robert Bork to the High Court. This time, it was not just a younger judge replacing an older one. It was not simply a conservative jurist replacing a liberal. This was a young black conservative, Clarence Thomas, replacing an old black liberal icon, Thurgood Marshall.
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