Clarence Thomas hires ‘I hate Black people’ lawyer who was investigated over racist texts

Left: Crystal Clanton (screengrab via YouTube/Fox News). Right: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (Drew Angerer/Getty Images).

Crystal Clanton, the attorney whose texts declaring “I HATE BLACK PEOPLE” sparked an investigation into two judges’ hiring practices, will begin working next term as a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who is Black.

“United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has named Crystal Clanton, ’22, as a judicial clerk for the 2024-25 Term,” an announcement from the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School said.

The appointment is not particularly surprising, as Thomas has long been a supporter of Clanton’s conservative judicial efforts. As the New York Times reported, Thomas supported Clanton’s efforts early in her career to get a federal clerkship, including writing a letter of support conveying that he would consider her for a Supreme Court clerkship. She has also remained personally close to Thomas and his wife Ginni Thomas, the New York Times story said, apparently spending Thanksgiving with the couple in 2022.

Before she attended the Scalia Law School, Clanton was hired by the justice’s wife to assist with her media ventures. After graduating from law school, Clanton planned to start a yearlong clerkship with U.S. District Judge Corey Maze, a Donald Trump appointee, in Birmingham, Alabama. Once that was finished, Clanton expected to continue on with a second clerkship, this time with George W. Bush appointee Chief U.S. Circuit Judge for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals William Holcombe Pryor Jr.

Clanton’s plans were thrown into disarray in November 2021 when a number of Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to Pryor and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts about the two judges’ plans to hire Clanton as a clerk. The letter raised concerns about Pryor and Maze having “hired an individual with a history of nakedly racist and hateful conduct as a future law clerk in their chambers.”

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