ClarenceThomas,theyoungestandmostcontroversialmemberoftheSupremeCourt,couldbecomethelongest-servingjusticeinhistory,influencingAmericanlawfordecadestocome.Whoisthisenigmaticman?Andwhatdoeshebelievein?JudgingThomastellstheremarkablestoryofClarenceThomas’simprobablejourneyfromhardscrabblebeginningsinthesegregatedSouthtotheloftiestcourtintheland.Withobjectivityandbalance,authorKenFoskettchroniclesThomas’scontemptforupper-crustblackswhosnubbedhisuneducated,working-classroots;hisflirtationwiththepriesthoodand,later,BlackPower;theresentmentthatfueledhisoppositiontoaffirmativeaction;theconservativebeliefsthatultimatelyledhimtotheSupremeCourtsteps;andtheinnerresiliencethatpropelledhimthroughthedoors.BasedoninterviewswithThomashimself,fellowjustices,familymembers,andhundredsoffriendsandassociates,JudgingThomasskillfullyunravelsperhapsthemostcomplex,controversial,andpowerfulpublicfigureinAmericatoday.
