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Going Higher
The Incomparable Clarence Thomas - The definitive, authoritative biography of the Supreme Court's most consequential and most misunderstood JusticeBy David Harrison Clarke
Length2h 22m
About this audiobook
For more than three decades, Justice Clarence Thomas has been one of the most talked-about, most controversial, and least understood figures in modern American law. Going Higher is the timely, deeply researched biography that finally gives readers the full, unflinching story — from a childhood of crushing poverty in segregated Pin Point, Georgia, to the Catholic seminary that broke and later restored his faith, to the brutal 1991 Senate confirmation hearings that made headlines around the world, to his rise as the most independent and most quietly influential voice on the Supreme Court today.
Drawing on decades of firsthand observation, exclusive insight, and rigorous historical research, this book traces how a boy raised by a stern, self-made grandfather in the Jim Crow South became the architect of a constitutional philosophy now reshaping American law on gun rights, affirmative action, religious liberty, and federal power. This is not a hagiography, and it is not a hit piece — it is the honest, comprehensive account readers have been waiting for, exploring the real story behind Clarence Thomas's Supreme Court legacy, his originalism and textualism, the Anita Hill hearings, his EEOC record, and his decades-long transformation from the Court's most isolated dissenter into one of the most cited constitutional thinkers in American history.
Perfect for readers who loved: The Nine, Notorious RBG, My Grandfather's Son, Created Equal, or anyone searching for the best Supreme Court books, Clarence Thomas biography, judicial biographies, American political history, constitutional law books, conservative legal movement books, or books about the Supreme Court 2026.
Timely and essential for anyone following Supreme Court news, judicial nominations, originalism vs. living constitution debates, affirmative action rulings, Second Amendment law, and the future of American constitutional law, Going Higher is the book that finally answers the question millions of Americans have asked for over thirty years: who is Clarence Thomas, really — and why does his vision of the Constitution matter now more than ever?
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Politics and Government
Length2 hrs 22 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 23, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Prologue: The Loneliest Seat on the Bench 4
3Chapter One: Pin Point 8
4A childhood forged in poverty on the Georgia coast 8
5Chapter Two: Savannah 11
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7Chapter Three: The Seminary Years 14
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9Chapter Four: Holy Cross 17
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11Chapter Five: Yale Law and the Weight of a Degree 20
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13Chapter Six: Missouri and the Making of a Conservative 23
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15Chapter Seven: Washington Before the Storm 26
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17Chapter Eight: The Confirmation 29
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19Chapter Nine: The Silent Justice 32
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21Chapter Ten: Original Meaning 35
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23Chapter Eleven: The Dissents That Became the Law 38
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25Chapter Twelve: Fidelity 41
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27Epilogue: Going Higher 44
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