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Many are comparing the situation with Clarence Thomas to the situation with Abe Fortas, who was forced to resign from the Supreme Court over his ties to a wealthy benefactor. But there is one crucial difference: Fortas was appointed by a Democrat.

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Not to get too nerdy about this. There was another big difference. Fortas was blocked from becoming chief justice and later bullied to resign because of antisemitism. Eastland, Thurmond, Mitchell, Rehnquist, and Nixon all teamed up to stop him.
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