Analysis: Clarence Thomas has waited over 30 years for this moment

By Jeffrey Toobin, CNN

Updated 8:05 AM ET, Wed May 11, 2022

(CNN)For Justice Clarence Thomas, these are glory days.

As Thomas settles into his fourth decade on the Supreme Court, his influence, even his control, is ascendant. Thomas began his career as a justice as a near outcast — an ideological fringe figure and a scarred veteran of a brutal confirmation fight. Today, he is a revered figure in the conservative movement, and he is watching ideas he championed from the margins turn into the law of the land.

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