James Clyburn says supporting Clarence Thomas for supreme court ‘was mistake’

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Congressman says Thomas abandoned his principles to become an extremist, hard-right member of bench The senior Democratic congressman James Clyburn said his decision to support Clarence Thomas for a US supreme court seat “was a mistake” and called for the expansion of the nation’s highest legal panel to 13 justices. Clyburn, of South Carolina, spoke up for Thomas at his <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/it-was-just-awful-the-clarence-thomas-hearings-in-the-words-of-those-who-were-there/2016/0

Source: The Guardian

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