Biographer Sees Thomas As Chief Justice

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Biographer Sees Thomas As Chief Justice

WASHINGTON - Clarence Thomas (news - web sites) has been interviewed by White House lawyers as a possible choice to be the next chief justice of the United States, says the author of a new biography.

Thomas says he isn't interested but could find it hard to turn down an opportunity to be the first black man to lead the Supreme Court, said biographer Ken Foskett.

"Judging Thomas," out this week from William Morrow, traces Thomas' life from rough beginnings in rural Georgia, through Yale Law School to his life today.

Thomas initially refused Foskett's request for interviews, but later spoke to the author both on and off the record.

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OK that's the last friggin straw. Anyone voting for Nader has got to look at this and say "F THAT! I'm voting Kerry"

[Kagemusha]

1. That would be pretty sad.

I'm sorry to say it, but law in the US would become a joke for generations at that rate...

[k in IA]

2. OMG, that is scary.

[AspenRose]

3. God help us all if that ever were to happen.

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[saigon68]

4. Clarence is left of Scalia by a Millimeter

He is representative of no one I am close to including my cat and dog.

[calico1]

5. God help us if that ever happens.

He is worse than Rhenquist.(sp)

[flamingyouth]

6. I looked at that book yesterday at Barnes & Noble

I felt a little sick inside afterward.:puke:

[amber dog democrat]

7. It won't happen

but its a very scarey thought. I hold bush 41 for defacing the Supreme court for apponting this anachronism from the Spanish Inquisitaion.

[CBHagman]

8. No, forget it.

Clarence Thomas as chief justice? Mr. Never Asks a Question? Mr. Vindictive towards Feminist Groups, despite his lifetime (HELLO!!) position on the bench?

:puke:

What would it take to impeach Thomas? There's bound to be plenty on him...

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

9. Clever...

Thomas is essentially a Scalia clone, voting nearly 99% the same as the man * most admires as a judge. If * were to try to appoint Scalia, however, he's got enough crap he's published or given speeches about that the Dems could tie up the nomination for months. He's especially big on strict constructionism where a judge looks to the original intent of the framers of the Constitution, rather than interpreting it as a living document, which is how it has been done since John Marshall.

God forbid any senator -- Dem or Repug -- who dares question a Thomas appointment. The word "racist" would echo from sea to polluted sea.

BTW, as Jon Stewart pointed out, if Clarence Thomas had been on the Court when it decided Brown v. Board of Education he wouldn't be on the Court now.

[Shakespeare]

10. Stewart didn't say that, the Rev. Al did....

....in his roof-raising speech at the convention last week.

[Princess Turandot]

18. Actually. I think what Sharpton said was that if GWB had..

appointed the Supreme Court of 1954 (which decided Brown v. Board of Education etc), Clarence might not have even gotten to law school.

[catzies]

20. Welcome to DU, Princess Turandot!

:hi:

And you are correct. But you knew that. :)

[justjones]

11. Tragic. Thurgood Marshall must be spinning, not turning, in his grave.

[ibegurpard]

21. I hope he's haunting the hell out of Uncle Thomas.

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[Southsideirish]

12. This is when I drink the Irish Kool-Aid.

[Ramsey]

13. I have one visceral reaction

:puke:

[LastDemocratInSC]

14. That would be the ultimate case of a person "falling upward"

[struggle4progress]

15. puke kick

:puke:

[goclark]

16. My jaw just dropped n/t

[MikeG]

17. That requires another set of hearings. Get it. ANOTHER SET OF HEARINGS.

With Anita Hill AND Angela Wright.

BRING IT ON.

[gratuitous]

19. Slappy? Chief Justice?

Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

It is to laugh!

[w4rma]

22. Might as well nominate Scalia, since Thomas is bascally his puppet. (nt)