The trials of Clarence Thomas. (U.S. Supreme Court justice-designee Clarence Thomas) (includes related article on Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder's remarks about Clarence Thomas' allegiance to the Pope)

From: National Review | Date: August 12, 1991| Author: | Copyright information

THE TRIALS OF CLARENCE THOMAS

NOT LONG after Clarence Thomas took Robert Bork's seat on the D.C. Circuit Court, he popped by my office in the National Press Building and we headed upstairs for lunch. The conversation was largely apolitical, remarkable in that all four people at the table knew that he was on the track for the Supreme Court. Mostly he talked about his upbringing, the now-famous tales of the nuns and his grandfather, who had all insisted he make something of himself. But unlike the soft-focus Style-section profiles, Mr. Thomas emphasized that his grandfather's home ...

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