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Personal life Family Thomas and his wife, Ginni Thomas, on their wedding day in 1987. In 1971, Thomas married Kathy Grace Ambush. The couple had one child, Jamal Adeen, born in 1973, who is Thomas's sole child. Thomas and his first wife separated in 1981 and divorced in 1984.
21. Juni 2023 · How the Supreme Court justice and his wife, a conservative activist, have been married for 30 years and faced controversies and challenges. Read about their personal and professional lives, their faith, their trips, and their bracelet.
- Kerry Howley
- Features Writer, New York Magazine
- Who Is Clarence Thomas?
- Background and Early Years
- Education
- Legal Career
- Controversial Nomination and Anita Hill
- Supreme Court Justice
- Personal Life
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Clarence Thomas was born in Georgia, eventually went on to attend Yale Law School. He later served in various posts under the administrations of presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. The retirement of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall led Bush to nominate Thomas as the judge's replacement, and he was narrowly confirmed in 1991 despit...
Clarence Thomas was born on June 23, 1948. He grew up in the small African American community of Pin Point, Georgia, with his older sister Emma Mae and younger brother Myers Lee. His father disappeared early on in his life, and the family divided even further when he was nine years old. Struggling financially, his mother sent him and his brother to...
Before he became a justice, Thomas had pursued other ambitions. His grandfather encouraged him to pursue a religious life. During high school, Thomas decided to transfer to St. John Vianney Minor Seminary, a first step to becoming a Catholic priest. He graduated in 1967 and then continued his studies at Conception Abbey Seminary in Missouri. The as...
Thomas returned to the South to work as an assistant to Missouri Attorney General John Danforth after earning his degree. After several years as a lawyer for the agricultural giant Monsanto, he moved to Washington, D.C., where he eventually received several appointments from President Ronald Reagan. His most prominent post was as the chair of the E...
In 1991, President George H.W. Bush tapped Thomas to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first African American to serve on the court. The two men could not have been more different. Marshall was widely known as a liberal jurist and for his civil rights work before taking the bench. Critics, on the other hand, attacked Tho...
Since his appointment in 1991, Thomas has often sided with his fellow conservatives on the court, especially Justice Antonin Scalia. He has opposed decisions in favor of affirmative action, such as the 2003 ruling that continued the program at the University of Michigan's law school. While he usually declines interviews, Thomas, based on his opinio...
Thomas is married to Virginia Lamp. The couple adopted his grandnephew Mark in 1997. Thomas also has a son, Jamal (b. 1973), from his first marriage to Kathy Ambush. When not serving on the court, Thomas enjoys sports. He's reportedly a fan and supporter of the Dallas Cowboys. He is also a car and NASCAR enthusiast.
Clarence Thomas is the second African American justice to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. He was controversially appointed in 1991 and leans conservative. He is married to Virginia Lamp and has a son, Jamal, from his first marriage. He is a fan of the Dallas Cowboys and NASCAR.
Vor 2 Tagen · Thomas, who has spent most of his working life in Washington DC, also discussed his dislike of it. “I think what you are going to find, and especially in Washington, people pride themselves on ...
5 Kontroversen. 5.1 Ehefrau. 5.2 Kritik an Geschenkannahmen. 6 Literatur. 7 Weblinks. 8 Einzelnachweise. Leben. Clarence Thomas kam in Pin Point, einer kleinen Gemeinde in der Nähe von Savannah, als Sohn römisch-katholischer Eltern zur Welt.
Vor 2 Tagen · Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948, Pin Point, near Savannah, Georgia, U.S.) is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1991, the second African American to serve on the Court.
Justice Clarence Thomas has lived a uniquely American life. Born on June 23, 1948, in the small coastal community of Pin Point, Georgia —a community founded by freed slaves after the Civil War—Thomas grew up in the segregated South of the Jim Crow era. Thomas’ father deserted his family when Thomas was very young.
