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25 Years Later, How Clarence Thomas Has Transformed the Supreme Court Philip Wegmann / @PhilipWegmann / July 01, 2016 / 34 comments When the Senate confirmed Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court in the fall of 1991, he was still new to the flowing black robes that cloak federal magistrates.  A rookie justice on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Thomas had served as a judge only since March 1990. Still raw from a bruising, 107-day confirmation process that wrapped up at the end of October 1991, Thomas had only a few weeks to prepare to hear cases that November. “The easiest thing in the world under the circumstances would just be to go along to get along. He didn’t,” remembers Gregory Katsas, now a partner at Jones Day law firm and one of Thomas’ original cadre of clerks.  Instead, in an early episode that would become a trademark over the course of his career, the newest member of the court split with the other eight justices to write three solo dissents on complex and controversial cases.......Read More My Take - For years I've read that Justice Scalia was the conservative intellect on the court.  I've followed Thomas's career with interest and came to the conclusion a long time ago - he was the real conservative intellect on the Supreme Court - not Scalia.

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