Marshall who was almost similar with his views on civil rights at the Supreme Court. However, his nomination was opposed by critics who attacked him due to his views that were largely deemed conservative for the highest court of the land while others had the view that he had little experience as a judge of the superior courts.
At the confirmation hearings, Thomas decided to remain quiet on a number of issues including rights on abortion and faced a difficult moment explaining himself out about suggestions that he had made unwelcome sexual comments on a colleague both at the Department of Education and at the EEOC. However, he was confirmed by the United States Senate through a vote of fifty-two votes for him against forty-eight who opposed him. Thomas's views at the Supreme Court have been the interpretation of the United States constitution from the original meaning by following from a conservative point of view (Totenberg). He has argued that the powers of the federal government must be limited and the states empowered as well as having a strong executive branch within the federal government.
Clarence Thomas's Legal Career and the Supreme Court.
Thomas was admitted to the Missouri bar on the 13th day of September 1974 from where he practised as an assistant Attorney General of the State of Missouri under Attorney General Danforth whom he had met at the Yale Law School. At the AG's office, he worked at the criminal appeals section before being assigned duties at the taxation and revenue division. After the election of Danforth to the United States senate, Thomas joined Monsanto as an attorney before moving to Washington to work with his former colleague Danforth where he worked as a legislative attorney attached to the Senate Commerce Committee. Later on Dansforth played a key role in the confirmation and appointment of Thomas as a judge of the Supreme Court. After a one year stint as Assistant Secretary of Education for the Office for Civil Rights in the U.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is a prime example of Woodson's argument on "miseducated" blacks. Although Thomas benefitted from programs like affirmative action, once he reached the high point in his career he supported legislature to end such programs. ...
Clarence Thomas, being a standout example, describes the process as "a national disgrace.... However, especially in the case of Clarence Thomas, the media focused on the wrong details entirely. The amount of allegations made against Thomas began to be called a "feeding frenzy" and mainly liberal. ... This concluded with the media being left with little credit after Thomas was appointed. ... Although as discussed the reasons for this being so are understandable, often the way in which the process is carried out could be described as unacceptable, with regards to the Senate'...
Rehnquist - (Concurring) Chief Justice John Paul Stevens - (Dissent) Associate Justice Sandra Day O"Conner - (Concurring) Associate Justice Antonin Scalia - (Concurring) Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy - (Concurring) Associate Justice David H. Souter - (Dissent) Associate Justice Clarence Thomas - (Concurring) Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg - (Dissent) Associate Justice Stephen G. ... Dissenting Opinion Justice Stevens" Opinion - Neither petitioner had reapplied to the University and they are already enrolled in other schools so they would receive no benefit from this case. ...
It was later determined by Justice Anthony M. ... Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is a prime example of this. ... Furthermore, Thomas argued for an immediate end to Affirmative Action. The obvious contradiction here is that Clarence Thomas benefited immensely from the kind of Affirmative Action programs he later sought to exterminate. ... Thomas then complained that Affirmative Action programs stigmatize the beneficiaries. ...
The recent ruling made by Justice Clarence Thomas has sent a shock through many colleges and have opened numerous people to another issue surrounding admission principals. Along with the affirmative action claim came an idea that colleges need to have a more equal and fair selection process for the...
Justice Stephen Breyer I. ... Since 1967, Justice Breyer has served as either a full-time professor or part-time lecturer at Harvard. ... Ginsburg typically joins with Justice Stevens in dissenting from decisions that deny a stay of execution. ... Kennedy Justice Anthony M. ... But unlike Scalia and later Clarence Thomas, Justice Kennedy has shied away from developing an outspoken or confrontational style in his opinion writing. ...
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In a landmark ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled six to three in Vernonia School District vs. Acton that schools could randomly test student athletes for drug use and the Todd case in the US 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in 1998 extended the right to all participants in extracurricular activities. ...
