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Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas Hardcover – January 1, 1994

by Jane Mayer (Author), Jill Abramson (Author)

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An exploration of how the Bush Administration orchestrated the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court gives an inside view of the political tricks and tactics employed in the campaign to seat Justice Thomas. National ad/promo. Tour.

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The falsehoods and distortions involved in the selling of Clarence Thomas to the American people neither started nor ended with the treatment of Anita Hill's accusations. From the beginning, the placement of Thomas on the high court was seen as a political end justifying almost any means. The full story of his confirmation thus raises questions not only about who lied and why, but, more important, about what happens when politics becomes total war and the truth--and those who tell it--are merely unfortunate sacrifices on the way to winning.

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Of the horde of recent books withheld from prepublication reviewers until formal release, Mayer and Abramson's expansion of their New Yorker article on the confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court is arguably the most eagerly anticipated. It is a largely reportorial account of the lives of Thomas and his accuser of sexual harassment, Anita Hill, up to and including the encounters that were exposed in his confirmation hearings. The book also tells of the campaign by the Bush White House to place Thomas on the Court as a sop to conservatives angered by the scuttling by liberal special-interest groups of Robert Bork's Court candidacy and the subsequent appointments of moderates Anthony Kennedy and David Souter. Its virtues are its presentation of Thomas and Hill as complex persons whose earlier experiences and attitudes help explain his denials of her charges and her long reluctance to voice those charges and its exposure of a presidential administration so determined to succeed that illegality was frequently skirted and improprieties definitely indulged. Its defects are Mayer and Abramson's unwillingness to interpret their evidence forthrightly, no documentation of far too many factual and sociological assertions (e.g., "Historically, many black men felt that black women had succeeded at their expense and so owed them special deference"), and the use of such undefined terms as Far Right, conservative, and Religious Right as epithets apparently assumed to connote political chicanery, hypocrisy, and bad faith. Perhaps the great begged question of the well-enough-written book is what effects their religious convictions--established but never taken seriously by Mayer and Abramson--had on how and why those two staunch Christians, Thomas and Hill, behaved as they did. Obviously not the last word on this controversial contretemps, Mayer and Abramson's effort is more credible than Brock's Real Anita Hill (1993), more evidentiary than Danforth's Resurrection. Ray Olson

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; First Edition (January 1, 1994)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 406 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0395633184
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0395633182
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.75 x 9.25 inches

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Heather Duplantis

Still fascinating

Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2023

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I first read this book over nine years ago and just re-read it. The story remains fascinating, as the many in cast of characters remain central political figures today. Thoroughly researched and well presented.

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A. Camien

Why Thomas?

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2019

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This is one of the most appalling histories I’ve read recently. It gave me an understanding of Clarence Thomas I found most distasteful. The appointment of him to SCOTUS is one of the worst mistakes that has been one of many for our Country. I am still at a loss as to why someone who has benefitted so much by the black civil right movement is so determined to exclude others from those benefits. Thomas’ ambition and greed are at odds with the lofty ideals of SCOTUS. His conservative bent is all an act, but he plays it so well. The case against Anita Hill as presented by the males in congress were a disservice for her and all woman; and one that is only now being recognized for what it was then—a gang of bullies who were determined to protect their own.

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The Professor

As Important and Timely Now as When it Was First Published

Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2019

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Reading this book was like reading an exceedingly good and painstakingly detailed New Yorker article, which makes sense, since Jane Mayer is one of the authors. She's always been among my favorite journalists and this, the first of the books she's authored or co-authored I've read, is more than a worthy example of her immense talent.

It is, likewise, and much more importantly, a rigorous telling of the politicking and mendacity that surrounded the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings, which ultimately forfeited Anita Hill any chance at having her testimony fairly received. And her testimony was damning, certainly damning enough to rightfully call Thomas's character into question and justify his being denied a seat on the highest court in the nation.

Another of the guilty, certainly, was Joe Biden, whose continued missteps in the wake of his failure as head of the judiciary committee that questioned Thomas and Hill offer more than enough evidence for why he, too, does not showcase the character necessary to hold an office like President of the United States, no matter how low that bar has been set with its present occupant.

People must remember the Anita Hills, just as I hope they don't forget the Blasey Fords. Our system has been corroded by years of assuming the righteousness of an individual based on some superficial characteristic or another and the consequence has been a weakened or out and out flagrantly biased political system. A country that claims to be a democracy cannot long endure while such considerable evidence of these institutional failures persist. Read this book.

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Classic page turner on corruption in the workings of our government!

Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2016

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It is a candid masterpiece, through factual reporting of key actors' views and records, of how broken and corrupt the US judicial, executive and judicial system. The two authors demonstrate how democrats wilted to republican pressures, cowered down by either their own lust for stability and career goals, or because they were compromised by their past indescritions. Thomas would never have been confirmed had the democrats and republicans done their jobs for which they were elected. Yet, Thomas, who clearly lacked integrity, experience, qualifications, aptitude, and objectivity was confirmed to the highest court, despite all his failings. It shocked me how a brave person like Anita Hill became a victim in a process which was designed to specifically permit such accusers to come forward with proof of a nominee's unsuitability. It shocked me even more that Buden, as Chairman of the Jydicial Committee, didn't permit material witnesses to testify which would have certainly tanked Thomas's misplaced aspirations. It also shows how cunningly the Bust White House and the Republucan Cimmuttee members instrumented Hills downfall and Thomas's suitability and innocence. The book shows how we all lost because of rampant corruption in the system's elections, nominations, constitutional processes and confirmations. Thomas is shown as antithetical to his own Afro-Anerican community, as a selfish grand stander and as hopelessly useless to the critical task of casting his important vote towards endorsing positive law in this country. America lost in a huge way when he was confirmed! It's all in this book. It's valid even today. His decisions will have a profound effect on America until the decisions he supported in the majority, since 1991, are reversed.

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Bob T

book arrived promptly and it is as described

Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2023

Book is as described

Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2013

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This work reads like a thriller. It moves quickly, but contains enough detail to allow a reader to attain the feeling that he or she knows all the issues extremely well. I am impressed that the authors were so successful in condensing hundreds of interviews into a narrative that is both interesting and briskly written. I learned a lot about the Thomas nomination and the controversy surrounding it after reading this.

My one criticism of the work is that it, at times, feels almost too complete. I grew tired of the endless back-and-forth and the extraneous personal details about some of the Anita Hill supporters. To me, that is what keeps it from being a 5-star book rather than a 4-star work.

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RetiredGuy

More relevant than ever

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2018

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Having watched the Brett Kavanaugh-Dr. Ford debacle, this book was all the more fascinating and angering. Fascinating for the well researched, behind-the-scenes writing of the authors. Angering because of the "been there done that" actions of our elected officials time and time again.

Clarence Thomas has been an unmitigated disaster since his swearing in as a Supreme Court justice. This book confirms the fact.

"Strange Justice" also educated me about Joe Biden. I'm a life long Democrat/Independent. I thought Biden was one of the "good guys." It now terrifies me to think he's still toying with running for president. His actions as seen in this story were reprehensible.

Read "Strange Justice." You won't be disappointed...just angered.

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Strange Hearings

Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2022

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Very well written, a good look behind the scenes at what pass as confirmation hearings. Get involved with career politicians and things inevitably get strange😀

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