James Clyburn says supporting Clarence Thomas for supreme court ‘was mistake’
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Congressman says Thomas abandoned his principles to become an extremist, hard-right member of bench Senior Democratic congressman James Clyburn said his decision to support Clarence Thomas for a US supreme court seat “was a mistake” and called for the expansion of the nation’s highest legal panel to…
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Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) voiced his support for expanding the Supreme Court to 13 justices and lamented his defense of Clarence Thomas during the conservative justice’s confirmation in 1991. In an appearance on NBC News’s Meet the Press, the Democratic kingmaker leaned into some of the more controver…
U.S. Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) lamented supporting Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, suggesting that the conservative icon is a race traitor. The South Carolina kingmaker appeared on […]
Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., called supporting Clarence Thomas during his 1991 confirmation hearing a "mistake," saying the justice rebelled against his background.
The real dispute is not whether a justice “betrays” his background; it is whether a long judicial career honored the expectations set at confirmation. James Clyburn’s public reversal on Clarence Thomas is best understood inside that institutional pattern—how supporters project from résumés and life …
Congressman says Thomas abandoned his principles to become an extremist, hard-right member of bench Senior Democratic congressman James Clyburn said his decision to support Clarence Thomas for a US supreme court seat “was a mistake” and called for the expansion of the nation’s highest legal panel to…
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