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Thomas, Clarence (1948–)
In 1991, President GEORGE H. W. BUSH nominated Clarence Thomas to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated in the retirement of Justice THURGOOD MARSHALL. Thomas's qualifications that appealed to Bush were not those of legal accomplishment and judicial experience. At the time of his nomination, Thomas was at forty-three a young man whose experience consisted largely of service in the administration of P...See the full content of this document
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