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Article: JUDGE THOMAS EVOLVES INTO CONSERVATIVE FORCE RESPECT FOR BOLD OPINIONS REPLACES SCORN.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- July 4, 1995
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Byline: AARON EPSTEIN Knight-Ridder
WASHINGTON Ever since Clarence Thomas barely squeezed through the Senate in 1991 after one of the most inflammatory confirmation fights in American history, doubting Thomas has been a preoccupation of Supreme Court watchers.
His opinions were seen as shallow and poorly reasoned. He was accused of doing little work and caring more about the Dallas Cowboys than habeas corpus or punitive damages. He was ridiculed as a clone of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia with few ideas of his own.
But now, having turned 47 and completed his fourth year on the nation's highest court, Justice Thomas is emerging as a ...