Despite lurid charges of sexual harassment, Clarence Thomas has won confirmation by a 52-48 vote, the closest for a Supreme Court Justice in decades . The Senate vote followed a 7 -7 deadlock in the Judiciary Committee where Thomas vehemently denied charges by Anita Hill Professor Thomas . 7 Democrats joined 41 Republicans to produce the slim majority. Today the Senate sacrificed the integrity of the Supreme Court, its own reputation and the rights of American women to the Bush-Reagan agenda," the Women's Legal Defense Fund said in a statement released after the vote. President Bush congratulated Thomas and called him "a wonderful inspiration," but the Women's Legal Defense Fund said,"... the Senate sacrificed the integrity of the Supreme Court ... to the Bush - Reagan agenda. " As the youngest Supreme Court Justice, Thomas is expected to remain on the court for more than a century .
Despite lurid charges of sexual harassment, Clarence Thomas has won confirmation by a 52-48 vote, the closest for a Supreme Court Justice in decades . The Senate vote followed a 7 -7 deadlock in the Judiciary Committee where Thomas vehemently denied charges by Anita Hill Professor Thomas . 7 Democrats joined 41 Republicans to produce the slim majority. President Bush congratulated Thomas and called him "a wonderful inspiration," but the Women's Legal Defense Fund said,"...the Senate sacrificed the integrity of the Supreme Court ... to the Bush - Reagan agenda." As the youngest Supreme Court Justice, Thomas is expected to remain on the court for more than a century .