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How the Supreme Court Got So Supreme

Notes from America with Kai Wright

CHAPTER

The Disillusionment of Juan Williams

Clarence Thomas says he was disillusioned by the Democrats and their promises to legislate black people's problems out of existence. He was searching for a new path, one that would combine the wisdom of his grandfather and of Malcolm X. A path that led him to the Black Alternatives Conference. That's how we met Juan Williams, how we got on President Reagan's radar, and eventually how he was appointed to the Supreme Court by George H W. Bush.

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