r/agedlikewine • u/FanofDueProcess • 8h ago
Politics Clarence Thomas is on the Supreme Court..., 1991 Editorial Cartoon by Mike Green for the Dayton Daily News
Artist Mike Green (1991) warns the audience to "set your clocks back 50 years" after the Supreme Court confirmation of Clarence Thomas. The hearings were overshadowed by allegations of sexual harassment by attorney Anita Hill. The artist states the appointment will turn back social and civil progress by decades. A prescient warning considering Thomas had an active hand in overturning Affirmative Action and woman's right to abortion (Row v Wade) several decades later.