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...best man? In off-the-record comments, White House aides agree with the analysis of Harvard law professor Christopher Edley: "If Thomas were white, he would not have been nominated . . . ((Bush's)) meritocratic language is fatuous unless one takes both color and ideology into account in deciding what it means to be the best qualified...
...Edley added that the Senate hearings were "very problematic," both before and after Anita Hill's allegations were taken...
...nominee has a hard burden of proving that he deserves to be on the high court," Edley said...
...Professor of Law Christopher Edley said that he did not think proof beyond a reasonable doubt was necessary for Thomas's rejection...
Like Calabresi's other statements on the matter, which Harvard Law School Professor Christopher F. Edley described as "mealy-mouthed," Calabresi concluded, "Which perception is correct is something we all, women and men, will have to decide...