NOMINATION OF JUDGE CLARENCE THOMAS TO BE
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE UNITED STATES

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

ONE HUNDRED SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

THE NOMINATION OF CLARENCE THOMAS TO BE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

56-272

SEPTEMBER 20, 1991

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COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware, Chairman

RONALD A. KLAIN, Chief Counsel
JEFFREY J. PECK, Staff Director

TERRY L. WOOTEN, Minority Chief Counsel and Staff Director

CONTENTS

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1991

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Panel consisting of: John E. Palmer, president and CEO, EDP Enterprises,

Inc., on behalf of the Heartland Coalition for the Confirmation of Judge

Clarence Thomas, and J.C. Alvarez, vice president, River North Distribut-

ing

Panel consisting of: Benjamin L. Hooks, executive director, National Associa-

tion for the Advancement of Colored People; Rev. Dr. Amos C. Brown, the

National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc.; and Rev. Archie Le Mone, the

Progressive National Baptist Convention......

Panel consisting of: Donald Baldwin, National Law Enforcement Council; Carl

R. Peed, sheriff, Fairfax County, VA; Johnny Hughes, National Troopers

Coalition; James Doyle III, former assistant attorney general, State of

Maryland; Bob Suthard, International Chiefs of Police; and John Collins,

Citizens for Law and Order..

Panel consisting of: Harriet Woods, president, National Women's Political

Caucus; Molly Yard, president, National Organization for Women; Eleanor

Smeal, Fund for the Feminist Majority; Helen Neuborne, NOW Legal De-

fense and Education Fund; Anne Bryant, American Association of Universi-

ty Women; and Byllye Avery, National Black Women's Health Project.

Panel consisting of: Joe Broadus, professor, George Mason Law School, Ar-

lington, VA; James Ellison, professor, Cumberland Law School, Birming-

ham, AL; Rodney Smith, dean, Capital University Law School, Columbus,

OH; and Charles F. Rule, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC.

Panel consisting of: Haywood Burns, Supreme Court Watch; Patricia Wil-

liams, Center for Constitutional Rights; James J. Bishop, Americans for

Democratic Action; and William B. Moffitt, National Center for Criminal

Defense Lawyers...

Panel consisting of: Ellen Smith, Concerned Women for America; Celes King,

Professional Bail Agents; George L. Jenkins, Jr., chairman, Montgomery

County Black Republican Council; and George C. Dumas, national chair-

man, Republican Black Caucus..

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