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Court nomination of clarence thomas. but now some lawmakers are concerned about the accusation of sexual harassment dating back ten years. >> anita hill enters the room now. >> democrats were going to challenge clarence thomas on the basis of his conservative views. his race was not going to be an issue. but i think the anita hill allegations brought race back into the picture. >> the senate judiciary committee is meeting to hear evidence on sexual harassment charges that have been made against judge clarence thomas. >> he spoke about acts that he had seen in pornographic films involving such ...

Years. >> republicans definitely believe that democrats started this. now that they did this to bork, we're going to bork everybody else. >> a young senator from kentucky had the last word. >> so to robert bork, you fought the good fight. you happen to be the one who set the new senate standard that will be applied in my judgment by a majority of the senate prospectively. unfortunately, it got set over your dead body, so to speak. >> he essentially said you will rue the day. >> and he was right. >> this is a circus. a national disgrace. it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks. >> the circ...

Fought the good fight. you happen to be the one who set the new senate standard. that will be applied in my judgment by a majority of the senate prospectively. unfortunately, it got set over your dead body, so to speak. >> he essentially said you will rue the day. >> and he was right. >> this is a circus. it's a national disgrace. it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks. >> the circus hearing has become a repeated ritual. >> that is a farce. >> it would be the greatest travesty i've ever seen in the nomination process. >> the more corrosive the hearings grew the more america's trust in th...

Which we were working, went over to his desk to get the coke, looked at the can and asked who has put pubic hair on my coke? >> from my standpoint as a black american, as far as i'm concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks, who in any way think for themselves. >> tensions spilled over to committee members. >> somebody in a sleazy way broke the rules -- >> senator -- >> let me just finish. >> i am going to let you finish and then i am going to cut you off real quick. >> on display during judge samuel alito's confirmation hearing in 2006, a racism charge. senator ted kennedy quote...

Lifetime appointment can shift the nation over the term of a justice. that's why some confirmation fights devolve into doneny brooks. >> this is a circus. it's a national disgrace. it's a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks. >> when you see sotomayor and kagan, tell them that lindsey voted hello. i would never do to them what you did to this guy. >> reporter: most hearings are tame. hearings for justices john roberts, sonia sotomayor and elena kagan were snoozers, but that changed with brett kavanaugh. >> kavanaugh's not welcome here! >> the hearings themselves weren't controversial when pres...