CLEARANCE THOMAS

Clearance Thomas was appointed by George H.W. Bush on October 23,1991

BACKGROUND AND GENERAL EDUCATION

• He was born on June 23, 1948 in Pin Point Georgia
• He attended Yale law school
• He later served in various post under Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush
• He attended St.John Vianney minor seminary and graduated there
• He is married to Virginia Lamp

LEGAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• Thomas went to Holy Cross College where he studied English
• After college he attended Yale Law school where his views started to become more conservative
• Thomas returned to the south to work as an assistant to Missouri attorney General Danforth after earning his degree
• After several years as a lawyer he moved to Washington D.C. where eventually he received several appointments from President Ronald Reagan
• Later in 1991 George W Bush gave Thomas his first and only judgeship, nominating him to the U.S. circuit courts of Appeals

CONSERVATIVE OR LIBERAL?

• Thomas is considered a conservative justice, he has often opposed affirmative action, and tends to vote with other conservative justices
• He is generally viewed as the most conservative member of the court

CRIMINAL CASES

• On June 26,2017 was the Davila v. Davis case
• This case was unfavorable to the petitioner
• It stated "Held: The ineffective assistance of post conviction counsel does not provide cause to excuse the procedural default of ineffective-assistance-of-appallate-counsel claims"
• This case was about Erick Daniel Davila who was found guilty of capital murder
• He killed Annette Stevenson and her granddaughter Queshawn Stevenson

CRIMINAL CASES

• On June 23,2017 was the Lee v. United States case
• This case was favorable to the petitioner
• This was a criminal procedure. It was a case about a guy named Lee who lived in America for 35 years illegally. This case took place in the Tennessee Western U.S. District Court. The decision direction was liberal (6-2)

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INTERESTING FACTS

• Thomas is a fan of the Dallas Cowboys
• He is also a car and NASCAR enthusiast

SOURCES

• Biography.com
• insidegov.com
• cnn.com