
Clarence Thomas marks 30 years on the Supreme Court: A look back at the most vicious attacks he's weathered
Fox News
This week marks the 30th anniversary of Clarence Thomas' confirmation to sit on the Supreme Court, and with it more than a generation of vitriolic attacks against the justice.
"Justice Thomas has been subject to the most racist and vile attacks since at least 1981 when he joined the Reagan Administration– all because he is a Black man who insists that he be allowed to have his own thoughts and ideas," Mark Paoletta, a former White House lawyer who worked on his confirmation, told Fox News Digital. "He believes in individual rights, not group rights, an idea that is literally enshrined in our Declaration of Independence. But because he holds those views, the Left and in particular the bankrupt civil rights groups, attack him."
Below are just some of the sharpest barbs on the 73-year-old justice throughout his career.