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Amnorix · 08-30-2010, 06:34 AM

August 30

A surprisingly quiet day, really. I'll keep it short and simple.

1967. Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African-American Justice to the United States Supreme Court. Marshall, after graduating first in his class from Howard University, had almost immediately started arguing civil rights cases. He would win his first case before the Supreme Court at age 32 and immediately thereafter became chief counsel to the NAACP. He would go on to win 29 of the 32 cases he argued before the Supreme Court, including most notably Brown v. Board of Education, in 1954, which reversed the "separate but equal" doctrine that the Supreme Court had approved in the abominable Plessy v. Ferguson decision.

He would serve 24 years on the SCOTUS, compiling a strongly liberal record in support of individual rights. His jurisprudence was not limited to merely criminal law matters. In 1976 he authored an opinion that includes the standard for the challenging "materiality" standard in securities law matters which remains the standard to this day.

Among his law clerks was Elena Kagan, who was recently confirmed as a justice to the SCOTUS herself.

Marshall in 1936, at the beginning of his NAACP career.

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Amnorix In BB I trust Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, Mass. Casino cash: $10029808	August 30 A surprisingly quiet day, really. I'll keep it short and simple. 1967. Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African-American Justice to the United States Supreme Court. Marshall, after graduating first in his class from Howard University, had almost immediately started arguing civil rights cases. He would win his first case before the Supreme Court at age 32 and immediately thereafter became chief counsel to the NAACP. He would go on to win 29 of the 32 cases he argued before the Supreme Court, including most notably Brown v. Board of Education, in 1954, which reversed the "separate but equal" doctrine that the Supreme Court had approved in the abominable Plessy v. Ferguson decision. He would serve 24 years on the SCOTUS, compiling a strongly liberal record in support of individual rights. His jurisprudence was not limited to merely criminal law matters. In 1976 he authored an opinion that includes the standard for the challenging "materiality" standard in securities law matters which remains the standard to this day. Among his law clerks was Elena Kagan, who was recently confirmed as a justice to the SCOTUS herself. Marshall in 1936, at the beginning of his NAACP career.
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