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Forward Kentucky: Clardy: Barrett nomination is “cynical tokenism”

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By BERRY CRAIG

“Amy Coney Barrett brings a resume that could make her the most conservative new justice since Clarence Thomas and a dream addition for Republicans looking to remake the U.S. Supreme Court,” a trio of reporters wrote in Bloomberg News.

Brian Clardy, a Murray State University historian, sees another parallel between the Barrett and Thomas nominations: “It smacks of cynical tokenism, pure and simple.”

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