In October 1991, Clarence Thomas became the second African American Supreme Court Justice in American history, appointed by President George H W Bush, replacing the retired Thurgood Marshall, appointed to the Court in 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Thomas had a highly contentious Supreme Court nomination battle, as he was accused of sexual harassment in the workplace by Anita Hill, a turning point which led to Thomas’s embitterment, and his life’s commitment to use his anger and fury in every way possible to undermine constitutional law, with his quest to promote “textualism” and “originalism”.
Thomas has been on the Court now for more than 34 years, and on Wednesday October 25, he will surpass the most famous and influential Justice in American history, Chief Justice John Marshall (1801-1835) in longevity, and be fourth all time in service.
And in early May, he will surpass Justice John Paul Stevens (1975-2010) and Justice Stephen J. Field (1863-1897) in longevity, and rank second all time in service, only behind Justice William O. Douglas (1939-1975).
If Thomas stays on the Court for two more years, he will be the top of the list of longevity in late May, 2028.
His impact on constitutional law has been massive, seen as mostly negative by a majority of constitutional and legal scholars, and many of his law clerks have ended up appointed by Republican Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump to Federal District Court and Federal Circuit Court lifetime appointments.
In many ways, Thomas’s appointment by George H. W. Bush may have had the longest and greatest impact of any action taken by the 41st President!
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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/03/alito-supreme-court-trump-voter-fraud-lies.html
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme-court-hypothetical-voting-by-mail-grace-period
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https://www.vox.com/politics/483587/supreme-court-watson-republican-rnc-mail-ballots
None of these people should be Supreme Court justices.
Trump’s a hypocrite.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-casts-mail-ballot-florida-calls-method-cheating-rcna264762
Where Do Conservative Supreme Court Justices Get Their Information?
“The recent oral arguments in an important voting rights case suggest that the right wing of the high court has a suspect media diet.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/208150/conservative-supreme-court-justices-media
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https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/26/trump-supreme-court-tariffs-barrett-gorsuch-trade-ieepa-ruling.html
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