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Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Democrats want to “nullify the presence” of Justice Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court. He made these remarks on the Senate floor in response to calls for Justice…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Democratic leaders spoke to reporters in the Capitol following their weekly caucus luncheon. Leader Schumer said that Supreme Court Justice…

Prior to confirmation hearings for Judge John Roberts, a compilation of the second set of Senate Judiciary hearings on the nomination of Justice Clarence Thomas was shown. Justice Thomas' testimony…

The committee heard testimony from University of Oklahoma Law Professor Anita Hill during the first day of the reopened confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee and U.S. Court of…

The committee heard a statement from Supreme Court nominee and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas to begin his reopened confirmation hearings. Anita Hill, a former employee under Judge Thomas…

Professor Anita Hill talked about her book, Speaking Truth to Power, published by Doubleday. The title of the book refers to her attempt in 1991 to convince the Senate Judiciary Committee that she was…

In a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Judge Clarence Thomas was sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The President, Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Thomas…

Supreme Court Nominee Clarence Thomas delivered a brief statement from his home in Springfield, Virginia, after the Senate voted in favor of his confirmation to the Supreme Court. He…

Senator Orrin Hatch, Senator Robert Kerrey, and Senator Strom Thurmond spoke separately with reporters, describing their reactions to today’s Senate vote to confirm Clarence Thomas as a…

In his 30 years representing Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate, Arlen Specter participated in the confirmation hearings of 14 U.S. Supreme Court nominees. Soon after leaving the Senate in…

Anita Hill gave the keynote address at a conference on the 20th anniversary of her testimony to a congressional committee. She alleged that future Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had…

Panelists talked about lessons learned from Professor Anita Hill’s 1991 congressional hearing that future Supreme Court Justice Clarence had sexually harassed her with his use of language while…

Panelists talked about the impact of Anita Hill’s testimony at a 1991 Senate confirmation hearing that future Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had sexually harassed her with his use of…

Following opening remarks, panelists talked about what happened in the 1991 Senate confirmation hearing in which Professor Anita Hill testified that future Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas…

The committee heard testimony from Supreme Court nominee and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas during the first day of his reopened confirmation hearings. Judge Thomas, in his second appearance of the day before the…

Judge Thomas made an opening statement of approximately ten minutes to the committee, and members of the committee began questioning him.

Kevin Merida and Michael Fletcher talked about their biography of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas, published by…

Prior to confirmation hearings for Judge John Roberts, a compilation of the initial Senate Judiciary hearings on the nomination of Justice Clarence Thomas was shown. Justice Thomas' testimony took…

Mr. Savage was interviewed about the U.S. Supreme Court appointment of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. He discussed the background behind President George H.W. Bush’s nomination and the…

Several lawyers and legal scholars spoke in a forum on the lessons learned from the Supreme Court nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas in a forum during a symposium on Supreme…