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Clarence Thomas has entered the chat.
Not only wasn't he the most qualified judge, he wasn't the most qualified Black judge, and he wasn't even the most qualified Black conservative judge.
The irony is that he was very interested in the civil rights movement as a student. (And let's face it, this is not surprising for a Black student from the late 60's/early 70's.) And he was a bright student, he got accepted unto many law schools and was one of only 12 black law students at Yale. He's not a moron.
And when he graduated from Yale, and sought a job in private practice, he found that law firms assumed he must have gotten his degree because of affirmative action, and not on his merit. So, having experienced systemic racism firsthand, he sought to root it out everywhere....
.... Sike! That's not it at all. Rather than blame the racist law partners who assumed nobody with that much melanin could graduate from Yale without help, he blamed Yale for giving him a "worthless degree" with the taint of affirmative action all over it, and embarked on a career dedicated to tearing down anything that would help minority groups. No wonder Republicans like him so much.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Thomas
There was a time when Clarence's mindlessly textualist dissents were basically a drinking game for Law Students. Take a shot every time he mentions that something didn't exist in 1789! He was also famous for never, ever asking questions in oral arguments. Then of course there are the famous complaints about salary. Dude simply does not give a fuck, but that kind of committed disdain for the institution ended up serving him well as the GOP sank down to meet him.
Did the others have a history of being a sex pest and easy to buy off with an RV worth a couple hundred thousand dollars?
That's why Thomas was picked, he was a useful idiot.
That was before I started paying attention so I’m unfamiliar with his nomination process
If you have time for drama, look up Anita Hill.
Thomas's nomination was a giant shit show.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Hill
https://wams.nyhistory.org/end-of-the-twentieth-century/the-information-age/anita-hills-testimony/
Thomas' confirmation hearings are now the template for all of them because they were so batshit insane.
The republiQans hate getting a calm, competent, immenently qualified judge like Kagan where they got nothing.