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Thomas takes judicial oath in quiet, private ceremony
Houston Chronicle News Services
THU 10/24/1991
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
WASHINGTON -- Clarence Thomas became the nation's 106th Supreme Court justice on Wednesday at a hastily arranged private swearing-in ceremony at the court.
There was no public announcement of the event until after it had taken place. Chief Justice William Rehnquist administered the judicial oath shortly after noon in the justices' conference room, with only three witnesses in attendance: Virginia L. Thomas, the new justice's wife, who held the Bible; Sen. John C. Danforth of Missouri, Thomas' friend, who brought a camera and took pictures; and Robb M. Jones, the chief justice's administrative assistant.
Toni House, the court's public information officer, said the swearing-in had been arranged at the request of Thomas, who wanted to start work immediately and to have his staff on the Supreme Court payroll.
Thomas was confirmed by the Senate last week 52-48. On Friday, the Bush administration staged an elaborate public ceremony for him at the White House. While the tone of that event strongly suggested that Thomas was ascending to the high court, the oath of office he took then was an oath required by the Constitution of "all executive and judicial officers," and did not make him a justice.
The judicial oath he took on Wednesday is set out in the Judiciary Act of 1789 and is required by law of all federal judges.
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Edwin Newman Reporting
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June 5, 1960
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