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Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas Hardcover – November 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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November 1, 1994
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6.5 x 1.75 x 9.25 inches
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0395633184
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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; 1st Edition (November 1, 1994)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 406 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0395633184
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0395633182
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.75 x 9.25 inches

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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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The Professor

As Important and Timely Now as When it Was First Published

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 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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A. Camien

Why Thomas?

Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 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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Kate Haeger

disgusting, sickening

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2016

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Upsetting, disgusting, sickening. And we are stuck with him. I watched the proceedings. I never believed him. I understood Miss Hill. How this whole thing doesn't make him impeachable is belonged me. How justices work with him is beyond me. How reporters don't go after him now is troubling. Why isn't this a available easily on kindle. All should read. You have to stop often and collect yourself as every few pages the revelations are just so upsetting. Read it. Is history going to repeat itself......
Again????

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Susan G. Lampe

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2018

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Thanks to these authors for bringing so much truth to light about the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas story.

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Walter Mack

Shame on Both Parties

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2019

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Read It And take action. This book is a call to people today to do the right thing no matter what. It is time to read and respect Anita Hill and deplore what happened to her and make a.personal commitment that it will not happen again on your watch.

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West Woman

A must read for the truth

Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2020

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Most people don't realize there were many other women waiting to testify against the well known molester Clarence Thomas. This is the account of what really happened and was in the news at the time his disgusting appointment was pushed through.

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4 stars. Where Law Ends

Informative book

Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2020

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This book should be read by anyone interested in our legal system and political influence on it. Politics should not be given so much power over the rule of law.

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