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Jim Clyburn backs 13-justice Supreme Court, rues defending Clarence Thomas
“We have now a Supreme Court that has decided to reverse course and take this country back,” Clyburn added.
Earlier in the interview, the South Carolina Democrat voiced his regret for having supported Thomas during the justice’s contentious confirmation hearing in 1991.
“You know, I have made mistakes in my life, and that’s one that I made, and I will own up to that mistake. The fact of the matter is, I had faith and confidence in the fact that his background and experiences would instruct him in his professionalism, especially sitting on the bench,” he said.
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“I thought that he would follow those court decisions that upheld the Voting Rights Act, the Civil Rights Act. I had no idea that Clarence Thomas would rebel the way he has against his own background and experiences,” Clyburn added.