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Becoming Justice Thomas | 3. I’m Their Guy

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The NAACP Says It Wants an African American on the Supreme Court

Clarence Thomas was nominated for the Supreme Court in 1991. The NAACP said that Thomas' inconsistent views on civil rights policy made him impossible to support. Abortion rights groups pointed to a speech in which Thomas seemed to signal that he wanted to overturn Roe v. Wade. John Danforth felt like he could finally relax and planned a movie night at home with his wife when it rang: Senator Orrin Hatch, here's a story that's going to break an NPR tomorrow.

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