“The Justice Nobody Knows”: 60 Minutes Interview with Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on July 20, 2009
Sonia Sotomayor, despite her controversial “wise Latina” comments, her overturned firefighter-racial bias judgment by the Supreme Court, and her activist background, said she was treated fairly and without personal attacks during the Senate congressional hearings. Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas does not share that opinion during his SCOTUS nomination hearing nearly two decades ago.
Two years back, Thomas was interviewed by 60 Minutes. The three videos below comprise the interview that covered his memoir My Grandfather’s Son: A Memoir, his difficult childhood, his grandfather, his education, his nomination to the Supreme Court, his work ethic, his opinions on welfare programs and the stereotyping of minorities, and the “lynching” he felt he received by the press and the hostile grilling and personal attacks made by members of the SCOTUS hearing panel. He is still attacked by the liberal MSM today.
60 Minutes Interview with Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas, pt 1 of 3 | Aired 2007
Discusses his memoir, his critics who say he’s a traitor to his race, his youth, his grandfather, his Catholic upbringing
60 Minutes Interview with Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas, pt 2 of 3 | Aired 2007
Discusses attending Yale, switching from Democrat to Republican, his beliefs that welfare programs keep minorities down, his critics who say he doesn’t “think like a black”
60 Minutes Interview with Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas, pt 3 of 3 | Aired 2007
Discusses abortion, SCOTUS confirmation hearing, Anita Hill, the horrific ordeal the Senate hearings were
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Mac’s Mind: Ann Coulter – Clarence Thomas and Miguel Estrada’s Backgrounds Didn’t Impress Democrats
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The Silver State Chronicles: Laura Ingraham interviews Justice Thomas
Fire Andrea Mitchell!: Joe Biden regarding Clarence Thomas: I think that the only reason Clarence Thomas is on the Court is because he is black
The Next Right: Clarence Thomas, Lest We Forget
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Michael S. Rulle, Jr., Big Hollywood: The Tragi-Comedy of Sonia Sotomayor
Michelle Malkin: “The siren call of judicial activism” and Hey, Claire McCaskill: Meet Clarence Thomas and The Supreme Court high hurdles contest and Saddle up: Saddleback Forum open thread; Obama on abortion: “Above my pay grade,” attacks Clarence Thomas and Man charged for racist death threats against Clarence Thomas, other black celebrities
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Frugal Café Blog Zone: Warning Signs about Sonia Sotomayor, from Andrew Breitbart and “Clarence Thomas & Miguel Estrada’s Backgrounds Didn’t Impress Democrats”: Ann Coulter Rejects Getting All Weepy about Ultra-Liberal Hispanic Sotomayor’s SCOTUS Nomination (video) and Repeated Bias: Sotomayor Has Made ‘Wise Latina/Better Decisions’ Remark Several Times
PA WaterCooler.com: Say No to Sonia!
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