A Victory for Justice: GWU Keeps Professor Clarence Thomas in the Classroom

The decision stands in stark contrast to others in higher education such as the recent one by Cornell University to remove a bust of President Lincoln.

AP/J. Scott Applewhite, file
Justice Clarence Thomas in 2018. AP/J. Scott Applewhite, file

We’ve grown accustomed to institutions firing people when the social media outrage machine demands it. So, when George Washington University refused to dump Justice Clarence Thomas over abortion, it gave our republic reason to hope. 

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