Introductory Address: Justice for Clarence Thomas: An Intellectual History of Justice Thomas’s Twenty Years on the Supreme Court

24 Pages Posted: 25 Mar 2012 Last revised: 28 Mar 2012

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Scott D. Gerber

Ohio Northern University - Pettit College of Law

Date Written: March 14, 2012

Abstract

This article was the Introductory Address for a law review symposium about Justice Clarence Thomas's twenty years on the U.S. Supreme Court. The article focuses on the academic and media reaction to Justice Thomas over the years and suggests that the law professoriate is much more fair minded about the Court's most controversial justice than it initially was but that, unfortunately, the mainstream media still tends to default to superficial and inappropriate ad hominem attacks.

Keywords: Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court, law professors, media

Suggested Citation

Gerber, Scott D., Introductory Address: Justice for Clarence Thomas: An Intellectual History of Justice Thomas’s Twenty Years on the Supreme Court (March 14, 2012). University of Detroit Mercy Law Review, Vol. 88, No. 4, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2027903

Scott D. Gerber (Contact Author)

Ohio Northern University - Pettit College of Law ( email )

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Ada, OH 45810
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