Nomination of Judge Clarence Thomas to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, First Session ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993 - 4 páginas Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to be associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. |
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