Joe Biden served on the Judiciary Committee when Clarence Thomas was nominated for Supreme Court in 2002.
He chaired the Judiciary Committee during the contentious U.S. Supreme Court nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas .	U.S. Supreme Court	U.S. Supreme Court	Robert Bork	Robert Bork	Clarence Thomas	Clarence Thomas
He served in that role for 16 months and on July 1 , 1991 , was nominated by Bush to fill Marshall 's seat on the United States Supreme Court .	United States Supreme Court	United States Supreme Court
