{
  "id": 4676610,
  "title": "James Clyburn says supporting Clarence Thomas for supreme court ‘was mistake’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/james-clyburn-says-supporting-clarence-thomas-for-supreme-court-was",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T16:37:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/31/james-clyburn-clarence-thomas-supreme-court"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Congressman says Thomas abandoned his principles to become an extremist, hard-right member of bench Senior Democratic congressman James Clyburn said his decision to support Clarence Thomas for a US supreme court seat “was a mistake” and called for the expansion of the nation’s highest legal panel to 13 justices. Clyburn, of South Carolina, spoke up for Thomas at his fiery 1991 confirmation…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}