I can't see past the man's sordid behavior to Anita Hill. She was essentially put on trial by the Senate Judiciary committee, they allowed all and sundry to step up and call Hill names; steno-pool secretaries were sworn in to speak in front of the nation and speculate on Hill's psychological well-being (I remember one woman suggesting "transference", like she knew what she was talking about or was entitled to make a diagnosis? No one told her she went too far.)

Thomas is an embarrassment. His looney tunes view of the basis of American law should never have been considered valid background for such an august role.