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question 15

Multiple Choice

President George H.W. Bush's nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court

• A) was rejected by the Senate, causing a bitter Thomas to turn his back on his legal career.
• B) ran into difficulty when Thomas was accused of sexually harassing a female who worked for him.
• C) was fiercely opposed, primarily because he was a white male at a time when the pressure was on to appoint a woman or an African American.
• D) was met with almost no resistance from either Republicans or Democrats.