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"Clarence Thomas in 2012!"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the last line of this amusing Washington Post op-ed by Kashmir Hill and David Lat of Above the Law, which makes a lovely case for Justice Clarence Thomas running for President in 2012. The piece is titled, "Justice Clarence Thomas seems bored. Why doesn't he run for president in 2012?", and here are a few snippets: The Republican Party is in disarray, with no clear message -- as shown in last week's primaries -- and with no obvious candidate to challenge President Obama in 2012. Thomas could be the GOP's new standard-bearer. He has enviable name recognition, both as a long-serving justice and as the author of the bestselling 2007 autobiography "My Grandfather's Son." And he has already survived the nasty political attacks that marked his 1991 confirmation hearings...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 12, 2010 (boomark / email).