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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:American_Enterprise_Institute
gptkb:Cato_Institute
gptkb:American_Bar_Association
gptkb:Federalist_Society
gptkb:National_Black_Republican_Association
gptkb:The_Heritage_Foundation
gptkb:The_American_Conservative_Union
gptkb:The_National_Review
gptkb:The_Federalist_Society_for_Law_and_Public_Policy_Studies
gptkb:Judicial_Conference_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:affirms
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52-48
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gptkbp:appointed_by
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gptkb:George_H._W._Bush
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:William_H._Rehnquist_Award_for_Judicial_Excellence
gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
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gptkbp:biography
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My Grandfather's Son
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gptkbp:birth_date
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June 23, 1948
1948-06-23
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gptkbp:birth_place
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gptkb:Pin_Point,_Georgia
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gptkbp:born
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June 23, 1948
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gptkbp:born_on
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June 23, 1948
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gptkbp:career_start
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Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Assistant Attorney General of Missouri
Judicial Clerk for Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III
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gptkbp:child
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gptkb:Laura_Thomas
Jamal Thomas
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Laura_Thomas
Jamal Thomas
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gptkbp:controversy
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Allegations of sexual harassment
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gptkbp:court
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:College_of_the_Holy_Cross
gptkb:Yale_Law_School
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gptkbp:effective_date
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October 23, 1991
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gptkbp:family
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Raised by his grandfather
Single-parent household
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gptkbp:federal_judgeship
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gptkb:U._S._Court_of_Appeals_for_the_District_of_Columbia_Circuit
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gptkbp:hobbies
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gptkb:Cooking
gptkb:Reading
gptkb:Golf
Fishing
Hiking
Traveling
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Clarence Thomas
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gptkbp:image
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Clarence Thomas official portrait
Clarence_ Thomas_official_portrait.jpg
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gptkbp:influence
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Conservative legal thought
Judicial activism debate
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gptkbp:influences
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gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Thomas_Sowell
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Robert_Bork
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gptkbp:legal_framework
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gptkb:1980
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkb:U._S._Court_of_Appeals_for_the_District_of_Columbia_Circuit
present
Originalism
Textualism
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U. S. Department of Education
Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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gptkbp:nominated_for
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gptkb:George_H._W._Bush
July 1, 1991
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gptkbp:notable_case
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gptkb:National_Federation_of_Independent_Business_v._Sebelius
gptkb:Bostock_v._Clayton_County
gptkb:United_States_v._Lopez
gptkb:Grutter_v._Bollinger
gptkb:Shelby_County_v._Holder
gptkb:Bush_v._Gore
gptkb:Whole_Woman's_Health_v._Hellerstedt
gptkb:Dobbs_v._Jackson_Women's_Health_Organization
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gptkbp:notable_quote
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" I do not believe that the Constitution is a living document."
" The law is not a game."
' The law is not a game.'
' I do not believe that the Constitution is a living document.'
' I am not a fan of the judicial activism.'
' I think that the Constitution is a document that is meant to be interpreted as it was written.'
" I think that the Constitution is a document that is meant to be interpreted as it was written."
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gptkbp:notable_wins
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gptkb:Brnovich_v._Democratic_National_Committee
gptkb:Gonzales_v._Raich
gptkb:Shelby_County_v._Holder
gptkb:District_of_Columbia_v._Heller
gptkb:Dobbs_v._Jackson_Women's_Health_Organization
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gptkbp:notable_work
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gptkb:The_Constitution:_A_Biography
Dissenting opinions
My Grandfather's Son
The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries That Defined America
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:Judge
gptkb:lawyer
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gptkbp:office_held
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:place_of_birth
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gptkb:Pin_Point,_Georgia
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gptkbp:political_party
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gptkb:Republican_Party
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gptkbp:political_position
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gptkb:political_theory
Conservative
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gptkbp:position_held
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:preceded_by
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gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
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gptkbp:president
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October 23, 1991
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Catholicism
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkb:Virginia
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gptkbp:reviews
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gptkb:Janus_v._AFSCME
gptkb:Bostock_v._Clayton_County
gptkb:Grutter_v._Bollinger
gptkb:District_of_Columbia_v._Heller
gptkb:Whole_Woman's_Health_v._Hellerstedt
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gptkbp:served_as
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Virginia_Thomas
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:N/_A
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gptkbp:website
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supremecourt.gov
Official Supreme Court biography
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkb:William_H._Taft
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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