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Thomas Denies Court Was Swayed by Politics

THE NATION | IN BRIEF / MISSOURI

July 14, 2001|From Times Wire Reports

To suggest that partisanship influenced the U.S. Supreme Court's role in last year's presidential election is off base, Justice Clarence Thomas said.

"I think one of the ways our process is cheapened and trivialized is when it's suggested we have sort of a way to make decisions that have more to do with politics," Thomas said at a St. Louis conference of federal court judges and lawyers in six Midwestern states.


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Thomas was among the five-member court majority that voted in December to stop hand recounts of Florida ballots as sought by Democrat Al Gore.

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