Clarence Thomas

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Justice Clarence Thomas is the longest-serving current member of the Court, appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991. Known as the Court's most conservative member, Thomas is an originalist who often writes separate concurrences advocating for overturning longstanding precedents he views as inconsistent with the Constitution's original meaning. He frequently writes alone, laying groundwork for future legal shifts. His concurrences are widely studied as previews of where constitutional law may head.