I guess I should elaborate a bit more for those not familiar with him. He is the sole Black member of our Supreme Court. His hearings for confirmation were quite contentious. One of his former assistants, who is also African-American, Anita Hill, charged him with sexual harrassment during the hearings. She charged that he regularly made sexists remarks and at one point commented that there was a pubic hair on his coca cola can, or something like that. During the hearings he was accused of renting pornographic films at his favorite video store. He was finally confirmed , of course, but the Liberals have been very critical of him as a Justice. He and Justice Scalia are probably the most conservative members of the court, though Chief Justice Reinquist and Sandra Day O'Connor (both former Arizonans by the way he brags) lean toward the conservative philosophy too.

DougR