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Key context about Clarence Thomas’s Supreme Court nomination
- Confirmation overview: Clarence Thomas was nominated by President George H.W. Bush and confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court by the Senate in 1991, in a confirmation vote of 52–48. The vote included 41 Republicans and 11 Democrats supporting him, with 46 Democrats and 2 Republicans opposing [source context: historical records of the 1991 confirmation] .[4]
- Controversy and hearings: The nomination process featured extensive hearings and a high-profile sexual harassment allegation case involving Anita Hill, which led to renewed scrutiny and a temporary postponement of the final vote before confirmation .[4]
- Significance: Thomas’s confirmation marked one of the more partisan confirmations in modern Supreme Court history, with the opposition party controlling the Senate at the time and a relatively narrow margin of approval .
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