Monday, November 11, 2019

Thomas blasts Biden in documentary 'Created Equal: Clarence Thomas In His Own Words'

Thomas blasts Biden in documentary 'Created Equal: Clarence Thomas In His Own Words'


- The Washington Times - Sunday, November 10, 2019
Justice Clarence Thomas scoffed at 2020 Democratic front-runner former Vice President Joseph R. Biden recalling his confirmation hearing nearly three decades ago, suggesting Mr. Biden didn’t have a grasp of the law and was just playing politics.
“I have no idea what he was talking about,” Justice Thomas said in a new documentary about his life, detailing his childhood and rise to the Supreme Court.
The legal questioning from Mr. Biden, who at the time was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and running the confirmation hearings, was aimed at Justice Thomas‘ views on Roe v. Wade, the ruling which legalized abortion in 1973.
“One of the things you do in hearings is you have to sit there and look attentively at people you know have no idea what they’re talking about. And it was fine. I understood what he was trying to do. I didn’t really appreciate it,” Justice Thomas added.
But that, of course, was not the memory of his confirmation hearing that most consumes him. He is still haunted by Anita Hill, who came forward to say the judge sexually harassed her — a claim he vehemently denied.


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