Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas is an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, appointed in 1991 by President George H.W.
Bush.
His confirmation hearings became contentious when Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment, which he denied, calling the proceedings "a high-tech lynching." Thomas is known for his originalist judicial philosophy and is among the Court's most conservative members.
He rarely speaks during oral arguments.
Interpreting by founding-era meaning
- textualismInterpreting law literally
- limited governmentOfficially bounded political authority
- states' rightsProvincial governmental autonomy
- individual rightsFreedoms held by persons
Scalia · Second Amendment · natural law · judicial restraint · property rights · religious liberty · free speech · gun rights
Nation's top tribunal
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- concurrenceState of agreeing
- opinionSubjective personal belief
- judicial philosophyApproach to interpreting law
precedent · Fourteenth Amendment · natural rights · legal reasoning
- sexual harassmentUnwelcome sexual behavior creating hostility
- polygraphPhysiological response recorder
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- allegationsUnproven formal claims
Severe lack of resources
- grandfatherFather's or mother's father
- Yale Law SchoolIvy League law school
- MonsantoAgricultural biotechnology corporation
- Holy CrossRelic or institution name
seminarian · self-reliance · memoir · Savannah · segregation · Catholic education · football
originalism
Interpreting by founding-era meaning
- textualismInterpreting law literally
- limited governmentOfficially bounded political authority
- states' rightsProvincial governmental autonomy
Scalia · individual rights · Second Amendment · natural law · judicial restraint · property rights · religious liberty · free speech · gun rights
Supreme Court
Nation's top tribunal
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- concurrenceState of agreeing
- opinionSubjective personal belief
judicial philosophy · precedent · Fourteenth Amendment · natural rights · legal reasoning
Anita Hill
- sexual harassmentUnwelcome sexual behavior creating hostility
- polygraphPhysiological response recorder
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
Joe Biden · allegations · Thurgood Marshall · character assassination
poverty
Severe lack of resources
- grandfatherFather's or mother's father
- Yale Law SchoolIvy League law school
- MonsantoAgricultural biotechnology corporation
Holy Cross · seminarian · self-reliance · memoir · Savannah · segregation · Catholic education · football
Clarence ThomasThurgood Marshall
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Sonia Sotomayor · Earl Warren · Ketanji Brown Jackson
Clarence ThomasThurgood Marshall
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Bernie Sanders · Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · Barack Obama · Nancy Pelosi
Clarence ThomasThurgood Marshall
John Lewis · Martin Luther King Jr. · Al Sharpton · Jesse Jackson · Ketanji Brown Jackson