Clarence Thomas is an American lawyer who now serves on the United States Supreme Court as an associate judge. President George H. W. Bush nominated him to succeed Thurgood Marshall, and he has been in office since 1991.

After Thurgood Marshall, Thomas is the second African-American to serve on the Supreme Court.

Thomas has been the senior associate justice since 2018, and he is the Court’s longest-serving member, having served for 30 years and 148 days as of March 20, 2022.

Thomas attended the College of the Holy Cross and Yale Law School after growing up in Savannah, Georgia.

In 1974, he was hired as an assistant attorney general in Missouri, where he later went into private practice.

Thomas’ conservative philosophy was evident in his views on school desegregation as well.

Thomas, as one of the most dependable conservatives chosen by Republican presidents, had a predictable pattern in his opinions: conservative, restrained, and wary of the federal government’s intrusion into state and local affairs.

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