Clarence Thomas joked about his friend Harlan Crow a year ago. Now, no one is laughing.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : I recently asked veteran journalist and media entrepreneur Tavis Smiley about the Supreme Court's decision to end affirmative action in university admissions.
46% : "I am beyond troubled that a Supreme Court justice who used affirmative action to get into Yale would then pull the ladder up for others," Smiley said on stage this month during a discussion of racial issues and political polarization at Braver Angels' national convention in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
31% : As one of two African Americans on the Supreme Court, and perhaps the most conservative justice, Thomas' position on affirmative action has triggered predictable outrage.

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