clarence thomas

     

This current justice was educated at an all-black Roman Catholic school in Savannah, Georgia

Trivia about clarence thomas

  • He's currently the only black justice on the Supreme Court
  • "My Grandfather's Son" is a memoir by this current justice whose granddad helped him escape rural Georgia poverty
  • This Supreme Court justice was chairman of the Federal Equal Opportunity Commission from 1982 to 1990
  • In 1989 George H.W. Bush appointed him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
  • By a 52-48 vote, he became the second African American to sit on the Supreme Court
  • In 1991 the Senate testimony of law professor Anita Hill nearly derailed this man's Supreme Court nomination
  • This man from Pin Point, Georgia joined the U.S. Supreme Court in 1991
  • He married Virginia Lamp in 1987; in 1991, he was hit by Hurricane Anita... Hill
  • In 1991, the Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked 7-7 on his nomination, but sent it to the full Senate
  • Currently, he's the only African American on the Supreme Court
  • After a bitter confirmation hearing, this man took over for retiring justice Thurgood Marshall
  • Hey Souter,Quit calling me "The Baby" just because I'm the youngest on the bench

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