The Case for Impeaching Clarence Thomas
He holds incredible power over women’s rights. New evidence shows he lied repeatedly about his history of harassment to get there.
He holds incredible power over women’s rights. New evidence shows he lied repeatedly about his history of harassment to get there.
Jill Abramson New York Feb 2018 15min Permalink
Clarence Thomas, then-chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, profiled by Juan Williams:
He agrees with Reagan's characterization of the civil-rights leaders as old men fomenting discontent to justify their own "rather good positions." "The issue is economics—not who likes you." Thomas has told me. "And when you have the economics, people do have a way of changing their attitudes toward you. I don't see how the civil-rights people today can claim Malcolm X as one of their own. Where does he say black people should go begging the Labor Department for jobs? He was hell on integrationists. Where does he say you should sacrifice your institutions to be next to white people?"
Juan Williams The Atlantic Feb 1987 35min Permalink
On the combined force of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia, a Tea Party stalwart.
Jeffrey Toobin New Yorker Aug 2011 35min Permalink