Book · 2019 · Biography & Autobiography
The Enigma of Clarence Thomas
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So, in The Enigma of Clarence Thomas, Cory Robin makes the case that over the course of his time in power, Thomas has arrived at a fairly consistent set of beliefs about the Constitution. his constitution, the one that he believes in, is not the constitution as it presently like exists uh or even the one that he really rules.
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The Enigma of Clarence Thomas by Corey Robin is an analytical biographical study that examines the intellectual evolution and consistent ideological framework of the controversial Supreme Court Justice. On Behind the Bastards, host Robert Evans referenced the book across multiple installments of a multi-part series titled The Clarence Thomas Story. In Part Four, Evans introduced Robin's work to argue that over the course of his decades in power, Justice Thomas has developed a distinct and fairly consistent set of beliefs regarding the United States Constitution, though one that differs significantly from the document as it is presently understood. Earlier, in Part One of the series, Evans utilized a direct passage from Robin's book to illuminate Thomas's early life experiences. Specifically, he quoted the text to describe how Thomas's transition to a predominantly white institution in the North deeply mirrored the earlier trauma he experienced when moving to a white seminary in the South. By drawing on Robin's meticulous research, the podcast provided listeners with a critical window into the formative experiences and foundational constitutional philosophy that continue to shape the controversial jurist's powerful role on the nation's highest court.
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Robert Evans So, in The Enigma of Clarence Thomas, Cory Robin makes the case that over the course of his time in power,… 2
“So, in The Enigma of Clarence Thomas, Cory Robin makes the case that over the course of his time in power, Thomas has arrived at a fairly consistent set of beliefs about the Constitution. his constitution, the one that he believes in, is not the constitution as it presently like exists uh or even the one that he really rules”
“To summarize his time in college, I want to quote from the book The Enigma of Clarence Thomas. Quote, "Moving to a white institution in the North repeated the trauma of moving to a white seminary in the South, which Thomas described in an interview with the crisis, the magazine of the NAACP.”
