Seventeen years ago, the woman who claims Justice Clarence Thomas groped her in 1999, and the friends who heard her claim, felt they had no recourse. Seventeen years later, there is still no formal process within the judiciary for complaining about a justice’s conduct off the bench.
The National Law Journal/Law.com reported on Thursday that Moira Smith, vice president and general counsel of Alaska’s Enstar Natural Gas Co., said Thomas grabbed and squeezed her buttocks at a dinner party in her boss’ home. Her housemates at the time recalled Smith telling them about the incident but feeling helpless to advise her.
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