Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948, Pin Point, Georgia) is an American lawyer and a judge of the United States Supreme Court since 1991. He is the second African American in the Supreme Court. Considered the most conservative judge of the US Supreme Court in recent decades [1] .
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| The president | Bush senior | ||||||
| Predecessor | Thurgood marshall | ||||||
| Birth | June 23, 1948 (71 years old) Pin Point , Georgia , USA | ||||||
| Spouse | Kathy Ambush (1971–1984) Virginia Lamp Thomas (1987 – present) | ||||||
| Children | Jamal Adeen Thomas | ||||||
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| Education | Conception Seminary College College of the Holy Cross ( AB ) Yale School of Law ( JD ) | ||||||
| Religion | Catholicism | ||||||
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| Awards | [d] ( 2001 ) [d] ( 1998 ) [d] ( 1992 ) | ||||||
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Since his father abandoned his family early, he was raised by his mother and grandfather. In his youth, he participated in the protests of black students against racial discrimination. He graduated from College of the Holy Cross in Worcester and Yale Law School.
From 1974 to 1977 he worked in the office of the Missouri Attorney General, from 1979 to 1981 he was assistant to Senator John Denfort . In 1981, he became Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights Education in the United States, and in 1982, he was appointed President of the Commission on Equality in Employment.
In 1990, President George W. Bush appointed him Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeal. Known for his harsh views on a number of issues, including support for the use of the death penalty for the mentally retarded, who committed serious crimes.
Famous sayings
“I do not believe in quotas. America was created on the basis of a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights. ”
“Good manners open doors that even a better education cannot open.”
“I grew up in fear of the lynching crowd of the Ku Klux Klan. As an adult, I began to doubt whether I should have been so afraid of them, because all my life I was not pursued by racists in white hoodies, but by left fanatics dressed in their own hypocrisy. ”
“The time has long passed when we fought against stereotypes that we are all the same and we think alike. Somehow we came to the conclusion that we began to extol the stereotypes about blacks and argue that conformism is good. Nevertheless, I assert my right to think independently and refuse to accept the ideas imposed on me, as if I were an intellectual slave, because I am black. ”
“Those people who have quick answers to all questions are not responsible for their decisions.”
“I don’t think that the government should tell people how to live. You can listen to the opinion of your confessor, you can follow your religion or your internal code of ethics, but I don’t think there is any role for the government in this. ”
“I believe that there is moral and constitutional equivalence between laws that are designed to enslave any race and laws that provide privileges on the basis of race to strengthen the modern notion of equality ... In my opinion, the laws adopted by the government on racial discrimination based on benevolent racial prejudices are as harmful as laws enacted on the basis of negative racial prejudices. ”
“The judge’s job is to say what the law says, and not that he wants this law to say. There is a difference between the work of a judge and the work of a politician. Judicial work requires a certain impartiality. ”
“Racial differences, gender differences, someone did not look at you that way, someone said something. Everyone suddenly became so sensitive. You know, if I were so sensitive in the 60s, I would still be stuck in Georgia. ”
“Never hide your faith or your beliefs. This is especially important in the modern world, which seems to have gone crazy with its political correctness. ”
“I am a man of another time. Today we focus too much on our rights and on the fact that we owe something, and not often today you hear about our responsibilities and our duty as citizens of this country. ”
“In our time of increased risk for the preservation of our freedoms, which comes from the current form of our government, I think it is more and more important for citizens to be responsible and fulfill their duties as citizens of this country. But unfortunately, today your resentment seems to mean more for advancement and success than your personal behavior. ”
“Today we hardly hear about our personal responsibility when discussing our freedoms.”
“If I were a black liberal, I would not have problems. But I didn’t, because I used to think on my own. I want to make my own decisions. ”
“The court decision contradicts not only the Constitution, but also the principles on which our nation is built. Since 1787, freedom has been understood as freedom from government interference, and not as a right to social benefits. ”
“Do you want to talk about minorities? I am a black Catholic from Georgia - this is a real minority. ”
Notes
- ↑ Ideological leanings of the United States Supreme Court justices // Wikipedia. - 2018-05-31.