The most popular programs for the Thomas, Clarence Tag http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?topic=510 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Fri, 24 May 2013 03:43:05 GMT The committee heard testimony from University of Oklahoma Law Professor Anita Hill during the first day of the reopened confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas. Professor Hill testified on her charges that she had been sexually harassed by Judge Thomas when he was her boss in the Department of Education and the EEOC in the early 1980's. Professor Hill, speaking in level, measured tones, told the committee of her career, her relationship with Judge Thomas, and the behavior of Judge Thomas toward her in the workplace. She said Judge Thomas often asked her for dates, which she turned down, and often instigated discussions of sexual matters which she refused to take part in. She said Judge Thomas explicitly discussed aspects of pornographic movies he had seen, and emphasized his own sexual prowess. Professor Hill said she attempted to avoid opportunities for extended conversations with Judge Thomas, but transferred with him to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission when he was promoted to head the agency because she had no alternative job. Committee members questioned Professor Hill on the substance of the incidents involving the sexual harassment charges, on her subsequent relationship to Judge Thomas after she left the EEOC, and her reasons and possible motives for stating the charges. Committee members specifically questioned Professor Hill on the graphic and explicit nature of the incidents of sexual harassment she charged against Judge Thomas. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22097-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22097-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT The committee heard testimony from Supreme Court nominee and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas on the second day of his reopened confirmation hearings. Committee members questioned Judge Thomas on the sexual harassment charges alleged against him by University of Oklahoma Law Professor Anita Hill dating to the time Professor Hill worked under Judge Thomas in the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the early 1980s. Judge Thomas was questioned on his relationship with Professor Hill before and after her employment as his assistant. Senator Hatch proposed that Professor Hill created her charges from a civil rights case heard in the U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, and from the 1970s book [The Exorcist]. Judge Thomas repeated his denial of the charges put against him, and said the charges of sexual harassment were particularly painful when put against a black man as they reinforce social stereotypes against blacks. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21978-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21978-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Following opening remarks, panelists talked about what happened in the 1991 Senate confirmation hearing in which Professor Anita Hill testified that future Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had sexually harassed her with his use of language while she worked for him. This program was part of a conference on the 20th anniversary of Professor Hill's testimony. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302079-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302079-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Anita Hill gave the keynote address at a conference on the 20th anniversary of her testimony to a congressional committee. She alleged that future Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had sexually harassed her with his use of language while she worked for him. This program was part of a conference on the 20th anniversary of Professor Hill's testimony. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302079-4 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302079-4 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT The committee heard testimony from Supreme Court nominee and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas during the first day of his reopened confirmation hearings. Judge Thomas, in his second appearance of the day before the committee, vehemently denied sexually harassing University of Oklahoma Law Professor Anita Hill when they both worked for the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the early 1980's. Professor Hill's testimony preceded Judge Thomas' second statement. Judge Thomas characterized the hearing as a "travesty," and "a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks who . . . deign to think for themselves." He also said the hearing sent a message to blacks that if they do not "kow-tow" to an old order, they will be lynched. Committee members questioned Judge Thomas on his knowledge of Professor Hill's allegations, on his relationship with Professor Hill after she left the EEOC, and possible motives for Professor Hill's testimony. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22099-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22099-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT The committee heard a statement from Supreme Court nominee and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas to begin his reopened confirmation hearings. Anita Hill, a former employee under Judge Thomas in the Department of Education and later the EEOC, had notified the Judiciary Committee earlier during Judge Thomas' confirmation hearings that she had been sexually harassed by Judge Thomas when he was her boss during the early 1980s. Originally the charges had been investigated and discussed with committee members by committee chairman Biden. Over the weekend before the Senate confirmation vote on Judge Thomas, Professor Hill's charges were leaked to the press, setting off a fire storm of debate on the Supreme Court nominee's propriety. The Senate delayed the confirmation vote from October 10 to October 15 to accommodate additional hearings on the charges. In his opening statement, Judge Thomas vehemently denied having harassed Ms. Hill during their work at the Department of Education and the EEOC, and described their relationship. He characterized the confirmation process as an ordeal in which he and his family were humiliated, and said the price for confirmation was too high. Judge Thomas summed up his statement by stating his refusal to respond to questions on his private life, saying he would "not provide the rope for. . . his own lynching." Following Judge Thomas' opening statement, Sen. Hatch and committee chairman Biden exchanged sharp words concerning the introduction of Professor Hill's affidavit into testimony. The committee recessed for five minutes, and reemerged to state it would delay questioning Judge Thomas and would hear testimony from Professor Hill. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21974-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21974-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Following a break, Professor Hill continued answering questions from the Senators. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/23714-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/23714-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT The committee heard testimony from Mr. Doggett in support of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas in Judge Thomas' reopened Supreme Court confirmation hearings. The testimony provided by Mr. Doggett was in opposition to the claims by University of Oklahoma Law Professor Anita Hill, who charged Judge Thomas sexually harassed her while both of them were working at the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the early and mid 1980's. Mr. Doggett testified Professor Hill believed, in the early 1980's, that a sexual attraction existed between them when none existed. He provided testimony about a party in Washington in the mid 1980's in which Professor Hill approached him and implied she felt a sexual attraction toward him, when he felt he had shown no reciprocal attraction. The testimony provided evidence for the denigration of the character of Professor Hill, who was characterized as an unstable person. Mr. Doggett responded very angrily to the use by Senator Metzenbaum of unsworn FBI records in questioning him. Chairman Biden Other panel members described occasions in which Professor Hill might have been likely to mention previous sexual harassment to them but did not. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22288-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22288-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Panelists talked about the impact of Anita Hill's testimony at a 1991 Senate confirmation hearing that future Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had sexually harassed her with his use of language while she worked for him. This program was part of a conference on the 20th anniversary of Professor Hill's testimony. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302079-101 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302079-101 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Panelists talked about lessons learned from Professor Anita Hill's 1991 congressional hearing that future Supreme Court Justice Clarence had sexually harassed her with his use of language while she worked for him. This program was part of a conference on the 20th anniversary of Professor Hill's testimony. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302079-5 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302079-5 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Senators Nunn and Fowler of Georgia, Warner and Robb of Virginia, and Bond and Danforth of Missouri presented Judge Thomas to the Judiciary Committee. Judge Thomas made an opening statement of approximately ten minutes to the committee, and members of the committee began questioning him. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21107-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21107-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Prior to confirmation hearings for Judge John Roberts, a compilation of the second set of Senate Judiciary hearings on the nomination of Justice Clarence Thomas was shown. Justice Thomas' testimony took place during October of 1991. Portions were drawn from hearings on October 11, 1991. Senator Biden explained why a second set of hearings was called and Justice Thomas gives an emotional, heated opening statement. After Anita Hill's testimony, Senator Heflin tried to question him, but failed. Senator Hatch succeeded in extracting Thomas' refutations to Hill's testimony. President George H.W. Bush nominated Justice Thomas to the Supreme Court on July 8, 1991. The Senate confirmed his nomination on October 15, 1991 with a vote of 52 in favor, 48 opposed. Justice Thomas was named to succeed retired Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21974-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21974-2 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT The committee continued to hear testimony from U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas in his reopened Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Judge Thomas continued to respond to questions from committee members concerning the charges of sexual harassment put against him by University of Oklahoma Law Professor Anita Hill, who worked under Judge Thomas when both were employed by the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the early 1980s. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22218-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22218-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Brock talked about the research behind his book, [The Real Anita Hill: The Untold Story]. He talked about the credibility of Clarence Thomas's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee and the lack of credibility in Anita Hill's testimony. The author claimed that Hill's testimony was "shot through with false, incorrect, and misleading statements so much so that ... it is very difficult to believe that what she said about Clarence Thomas is also true." http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/43009-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/43009-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT The committee continued questioning of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas in his reopened Supreme Court confirmation hearings. He responded to charges from University of Oklahoma Law Professor Anita Hill, who worked for Judge Thomas when both were employed in the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the early 1980s. He continued to deny the charges vehemently, and refused to speculate on the motivation for Professor Hill's allegations. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22216-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22216-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT The committee heard testimony from a panel of supporters of University of Oklahoma Law Professor Anita Hill to begin the third day of the reopened Supreme Court confirmation hearings for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas. The four panelists testified in support of Professor Hill's charges Judge Thomas sexually harassed her when she worked for him in the Department of Education and later the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the early 1980's. Professor Paul, American University law professor who met Professor Hill when she was conducting summer research at American University, testified Professor Hill told him in 1987 of the sexual harassment that took place in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Ms. Wells, friend of Professor Hill's and acquaintance of Judge Thomas, testified Professor Hill told her of sexual harassment in the early 1980's. She also said she understood how Professor Hill felt during the harassment and in testifying, as she said she had been a victim of sexual harassment herself. Mr. Carr said Prof. Hill told him in the early 1980's about the sexual harassment, and said Judge Thomas showed an "unwanted sexual interest in her." Ms. Hoerchner, fellow classmate at Yale Law School with Professor Hill, also testified Professor Hill told her she was being sexually harassed in the early 1980's. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21996-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21996-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee made opening statements on the first day of Judge Clarence Thomas' confirmation hearing. Senator Danforth of Missouri and Senator Moynihan of New York presented Judge Thomas and his family to the committee. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21092-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21092-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Professor Hill talked about her recently published book, [Speaking Truth to Power], published by Doubleday. The title of the book refers to her attempt in 1991 to convince the Senate Judiciary Committee that she was telling the truth about sexual harassment by Clarence Thomas, her supervisor at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She was testifying against the confirmation of Judge Thomas for U.S. Supreme Court Justice, but he was confirmed later by Congress. She referred to some of her questioners as "vicious." She also talked about the effects of her testimony on her life, about her work as a law professor, and about her continued fight against sexual harassment in the workplace. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/93523-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/93523-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT By 52 yeas to 48 nays, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Clarence Thomas of Georgia as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22193-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22193-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT The committee heard testimony in support of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas from the second panel of witnesses on the third day of his reopened Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Witnesses on the second panel testified against the charges of University of Oklahoma Law Professor Anita Hill, who claimed Judge Thomas sexually harassed her when she worked for him in the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the early 1980's. Ms. Berry-Meyers testified to Judge Thomas' circumspect managerial style in the EEOC, and said her "impression" was that Professor Hill desired a greater relationship with Judge Thomas than "just a professional one." Ms. Alvarez criticized Professor Hill, calling her the "Rosa Parks of sexual harassment," and said her allegations were a personal move on her part to advance her own interests. Dr. Fitch testified in support of Judge Thomas' character, as did Ms. Holt, who said Professor Hill never told her during their employment at the EEOC together about being sexually harassed. Ms. Holt testified about the telephone logs which showed Professor Hill's calls to Judge Thomas. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22285-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22285-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT President Bush, speaking outside his vacation home in Kennebunkport, Maine, announced his nomination of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court. Judge Thomas would replace Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, who announced his retirement due to failing health on June 27, 1991. Judge Thomas would be the second black judge on the Supreme Court following Judge Marshall. President Bush lauded Judge Thomas' judicial record, and denied having made the nomination on the basis of race alone. He said he did not feel there should be a black seat or an ethnic seat on the Supreme Court, but said if Judge Thomas is credited for having beaten tough odds for being a minority in the U.S., "So much the better." Judge Thomas thanked his grandparents and teachers for having instilled a determination in him to make something of himself, and said he would disagree with criticism claiming he was nominated solely because of his race, but he would have to live with it. After the announcement, President Bush answered questions from reporters on various issues facing the U.S. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/18649-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/18649-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT The committee continued to hear testimony from four supporters of University of Oklahoma Law Professor Anita Hill in the reopened Supreme Court confirmation hearings for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas. The four panelists testified to Professor Hill's statements in the early or mid 1980's to the effect that she had been sexually harassed while employed at the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22274-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22274-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT The committee continued to hear testimony from a panel of supporters of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas in his reopened Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Witnesses in the second panel on the third day of the reopened hearings testified in opposition to the allegations of sexual harassment made by University of Oklahoma Law Professor Anita Hill against Judge Thomas, who she worked for in the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the early and mid 1980's. The panelists testified that Judge Thomas had always conducted himself in a professional manner while in the workplace. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22287-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22287-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT In his 30 years representing Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate, Arlen Specter participated in the confirmation hearings of 14 U.S. Supreme Court nominees. Soon after leaving the Senate in 2011, Specter sat down for a series of extended oral history interviews with the Pennsylvania Cable Network. In this excerpt, he recounts his experience as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee as it considered the nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306994-4 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306994-4 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT The committee heard testimony from former government employees supporting U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas in his reopened Supreme Court confirmation hearings. The former employees of the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, who worked with both Judge Thomas and University of Oklahoma Law Professor Anita Hill during their tenures at the agencies, testified they observed no evidence upholding Prof. Hill's claims that Judge Thomas sexually harassed her in the workplace. Ms. Talkin testified she worked very closely with Judge Thomas during his tenure at the EEOC, and she never perceived any hint of impropriety, about which women have a "sixth sense." She characterized Judge Thomas as being of the greatest conscientiousness concerning gender issues. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22289-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22289-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Prior to confirmation hearings for Judge John Roberts, a compilation of the initial Senate Judiciary hearings on the nomination of Justice Clarence Thomas was shown. Justice Thomas' testimony took place during September of 1991. Portions were drawn from hearings on September 11, 1991. Justice Thomas responded to questions from committee members about his views regarding such topics as abortion, the right to privacy, affirmative action, and "confirmation conversion." President George H.W. Bush nominated Justice Thomas to the Supreme Court on July 8, 1991. The Senate confirmed his nomination on October 15, 1991 with a vote of 52 in favor, 48 opposed. Justice Thomas was named to succeed retired Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21107-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21107-2 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Committee members continued questioning Judge Thomas in confirmation proceedings. Questions, in thirty minute rounds, concerned the theory of natural law and other topics. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21115-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21115-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22218-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22218-2 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Committee members continued questioning Judge Thomas on a variety of issues , including natural law, the right to privacy, and civil rights. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21162-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21162-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Judiciary committee members continued questioning Judge Thomas in in thirty minute rounds. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21148-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21148-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee continued questioning Clarence Thomas in his confirmation hearing to the Supreme Court. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21712-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21712-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee continued questioning Judge Thomas on issues such as natural law. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21510-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21510-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT The Senate continued debate on the nomination of Judge Clarence Thomas to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and then confirmed Judge Thomas on a 52 to 48 vote. The Senate had originally planned to vote on the nomination one week ago, but the vote was postponed in the face of allegations by Anita Hill, a former assistant, who claimed that Judge Thomas had sexually harassed her ten years ago. Over this past weekend, the Senate Judiciary Committee held three days of hearings on the allegations. The committee heard testimony from Judge Thomas and from Ms. Hill, a University of Oklahoma Law School professor who worked for him in the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Clarence Thomas is currently a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. He was nominated by President Bush on July first. On September 27th, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7 to 7 on the question of whether to give a favorable recommendation to the Senate on the nomination. After that tie vote, the committee voted 13 to 1 to send the nomination to the Senate floor without a recommendation. The Judiciary Committee had held eight days of hearings on the nomination before those votes. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22074-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22074-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Committee members delivered brief remarks in support or in opposition to the nomination of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas shortly before the committee's vote on the nomination. The committee voted seven for and seven against the nomination, and thus failed to endorse President Bush's nominee to the Supreme Court. Following the vote, the committee voted 13-1 to send the nomination to the Senate floor without endorsement. Opposition to Judge Thomas' nomination centered around Judge Thomas' lack of judicial experience and lack of disclosure and credibility under questioning during the confirmation hearings. Supporters of Judge Thomas cited his work in the EEOC and his judgeship as adequate experience, and Sen. Hatch said Judge Thomas had been unfairly scorned by civil rights groups because of his differing views. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21604-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21604-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT The committee continued questioning Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. The questions centered on Judge Thomas' views on natural law and the right to privacy. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21182-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21182-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT The committee continued questioning Judge Thomas on his views of natural law, and the right to privacy, as well as other topics. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21246-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21246-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Griswold and Mr. Brown opposed the confirmation of Judge Thomas, saying he has a poor civil rights record. Mr. Calabresi testified in support of Judge Thomas. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21699-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21699-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT The committee continued questioning Judge Thomas on such issues as natural law, minority rights, and his views on the right to privacy. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21185-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21185-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT By 52 yeas to 48 nays, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Clarence Thomas of Georgia as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22041-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22041-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT In a ceremony at the White House, Judge Thomas was sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. President and Mrs. Bush, Mrs. Thomas and some 300 friends and family of the new justice gathered for the ceremony. The oath was administered by Associate Justice White. On November first, Judge Thomas will take a judicial oath in a more private ceremony at the U.S. Supreme Court building. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22161-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22161-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT The committee continued questioning Judge Thomas. Questions concerned his performance as the chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as well as other subjects. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21229-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21229-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT University of Oklahoma Law Professor Anita Hill held a news conference upon her return to Oklahoma after testifying in the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas. Professor Hill had testified the previous Friday and Saturday to the Senate Judiciary committee that Judge Thomas had sexually harassed her when she worked for him in the mid-1980's in the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Professor Hill said in the news conference that she did not have ulterior motives in testifying before the committee, and was offended by the attacks upon her character by members of the committee. She said she would have had more to gain by remaining silent. Professor Hill was greeted with cheers upon her return to the University of Oklahoma. The Senate vote on Judge Thomas' confirmation was scheduled for the following day. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22096-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22096-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Supreme Court Nominee Clarence Thomas delivered a brief statement from his home in Springfield, Virginia, after the Senate voted in favor of his confirmation to the Supreme Court. He thanked his supporters from around the nation in the statement. The Senate vote followed three days of hearings during the previous weekend centering around charges of sexual harassment lodged against Judge Thomas by a former subordinate in the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22073-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22073-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Members of the Senate debated the confirmation of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court. The previous day, charges that Judge Thomas sexually harassed a member of his staff when head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission surfaced in the media, leading many members of the Senate to question the confirmation, in addition to their original reservations based on Judge Thomas' lack of openness during his confirmation hearings. The Senate agreed to delay the confirmation vote on Clarence Thomas to hold additional hearings on the charges of sexual harassment. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21886-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21886-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT The witnesses testified in support of Judge Thomas in his confirmation hearings. Several of them shared personal experiences they had with the young Clarence Thomas. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21697-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21697-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT Law Professor Anita Hill addressed an audience at Hunter College in New York during its Conference on Parity, Power, and Sexual Harassment. Ms. Hill had testified in the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Nominee Clarence Thomas in late 1991 to the effect that Judge Thomas had sexually harassed her when she worked under him in the Department of Education in the mid-1980's. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/25769-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/25769-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT The committee completed questioning Judge Thomas. The senators asked him questions on a variety of issues including natural law, and the right to privacy. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21306-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21306-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT A panel of witnesses who are personally acquainted with Judge Thomas testified in favor of his confirmation as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21701-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21701-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT The panel of law professors opposed Judge Thomas in his Supreme Court confirmation hearing. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21309-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21309-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT In an excerpt, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Judge Clarence to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by a vote of 52 yeas to 48 nays. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22040-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/22040-1 Fri, 11 Oct 1991 00:00:00 GMT