It turns out he never said affirmative action was of ‘paramount importance to me.’
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sits for a group photo with fellow justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 2017.
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It may have started in the New York Times, back in 1991. Within two weeks of Judge Clarence Thomas’s nomination to the Supreme Court, Neil Lewis reported in a front-page story that the nominee had a record of ambivalence about affirmative action. After noting a time Thomas had been critical, Lewis added that:
Two months later, Newsweek repeated the story.
About the Author
Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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It may have started in the New York Times, back in 1991. Within two weeks of Judge Clarence Thomas’s nomination to the Supreme Court, Neil Lewis reported in a front-page story that the nominee had a record of ambivalence about affirmative action. After noting a time Thomas had been critical, Lewis added that:
Two months later, Newsweek repeated the story.
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About the Author
Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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