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Clarence Thomas

2004

• November 8 -- No More Clarence Thomases!
Some advice for Democrats.

 

• August 19 -- Adam Cohen’s Constitutional Wrongs
An editorial by Adam Cohen uses a tour of Philadelphia’s new Constitution museum to accuse Justice Scalia and Justice Thomas of scuttling constitutional rights. A former lawyer for the Southern Poverty Law Center, Cohen’s one of a few Times editorial board members with liberal backgrounds.

• July 31 -- The Times Names Two Managing Editors
In a surprise move, the Times names not one but two managing editors, Jill Abramson and John Geddes. Abramson is co-author of "Strange Justice," a biography of Clarence Thomas that criticized Democrats for not looking hard enough into Thomas' sex life before his confirmation.

• June 30 -- Bill Keller Stands Up For Discrimination
Columnist Bill Keller, Howell Raines’ possible successor, sounds downright Rainesian on race issues. Keller’s Sunday op-ed lauds discrimination and calls Clarence Thomas “a black jurist of questionable distinction.”

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