Supporters of Justice Clarence Thomas began to rise to his defense with outrage and skepticism of a claim Thursday by an Alaskan lawyer that the justice groped her when she was a young scholar in 1999.
Carrie Severino, a former Thomas clerk and head of the Judicial Crisis Network, called the allegation “silly on its face.” She added: “The fact that so many partisan democratic operatives are involved makes it seem a coordinated hit job.” Severino wrote a Bench Memos post at National Review titled Justice Thomas Is A Good Man.
