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Joe Biden, Clarence Thomas and Amy Coney Barrett with Angela Wright

Judge Amy Coney Barrett is President Donald Trump's nominee to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Judge Amy Coney Barrett is President Donald Trump's nominee to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted October 8, 2020 at 9:00am

It is not everyday that one person has a relationship to so many of the day’s main news stories, but Angela Wright has touched history as the woman not called to support Anita Hill when she testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee during Clarence Thomas’ confirmation hearings almost 30 years ago. Wright talks to Mary C. Curtis about former Vice President Joe Biden, #MeToo and the inner workings of a contentious Supreme Court battle.

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