Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas

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Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas, the second black Supreme Court Associate Justice. He is not like Thurgood Marshall the first black Supreme Court justice, or like Sandra Day O’Connor the first woman as a Supreme Court Associated justice. Clarence Thomas is the second black justice and his way to handle the pressure and expectations, which are given from the people to be as good and powerful as Thurgood Marshall was, is a totally different. According to the Internet side http://www.nationalreview.com/comment-foster-bey101802.asp the political liberal Donna Brazil explained “He will never fit it Thurgood Marshall’s shoes. Those are the shoes he doesn’t want to wear.” Both are black justices, but their opinions could not be more different. Thurgood Marshall on the one hand was the “typical” black in the court: a leader in intellect and legally powerful, but strongly liberal influenced. Justice Thomas on the other hand looks more into a conservative alternative, which does not see the blacks as ‘victims’ all the time. Not going with the black mainstream, a liberal attitude, but fighting his own way through the world, Thomas has both, people that admire him for his ideas and thoughts, and people that would like to see everybody else as justice, besides him. I am going to tell you more about this –in my opinion- fascinating man and why I think that he is such a great person. My three points to support my opinion are:
1. His childhood, education and work experiences/background
2. His opinion on Mitchell v. Helms
3. His speech to the National Bar Association on July 29th, 1998
Born on June 28th, 1948 in Georgia, Thomas started his life already different than other blacks. Not even a teenager, Clarence moved in with his grandfather Myers Anderson, a hard working man, who just wanted the best for his grandson. Growing up in the “segregated south” (www.ajc.com), but raised in the catholic religion, though...