In Praise Of Clarence Thomas?
January, 1993
An evaluation of the newest justice's first year on the bench, this article was deemed too controversial (or ironic), according to the New York Times law column, for Reconstruction, the noted black journal that commissioned it. The article is presented here with minor editing. The author is a law professor at Indiana University.When I was a youth, my mother often admonished me: "If you can't say something good about someone, don't say anything at all." Heeding this advice, I will not d...