Georgia GOP senators push through installation of Clarence Thomas statue at state Capitol - Georgia Recorder

The Georgia Senate passed a bill Tuesday after contentious debate that would place a statue of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas at the state Capitol. For the second year in a row, Republican senators sent their House counterparts a proposal to honor the conservative justice with a Capitol monument. During a floor debate, Democratic lawmakers denounced the Georgia-born Thomas, who grew up in the segregated South and became the second Black justice to serve on the nation’s highest court in 1991. On Tuesday, Thomas was referred to as an...