Given the ongoing blathering about our next Supreme Court appointee, I figured we could look back at one of the past justices...Thurgood Marshall was appointed back in 1967, by then President Johnson - who said of the nomination:
"...the right thing to do, the right time to do it, the right man and the right place."
No small sentiment, when you consider the state of the world circa the summer of '67...
Marshall, prior to his nomination, was a rather significant civil rights lawyer and served as chief counsel to the NAACP.
Consider a similar nominee in our current political climate, for a minute.
How would Fox News spin Obama coming up with a candidate with a parallel career path as Marshall?
Or the GOP?
Marshall made it past the Senate confirmation hearing on a vote of 69-11.
Just something to consider, as we watch our chosen representatives work through their due diligence in consideration of our next justice...
We could use another Thurgood on the bench, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.
Marshall was pro-choice, against the death penalty, a bit of a feminist and a stickler for criminal procedure.
He stated openly that the Constitution, in his view, was a flawed, living document.
Marshall retired in 1991 and was openly depressed that his replacement would be chosen by the first Bush.
He passed in 1993.
Find more details on Marshall here.
Shouldn't we care more about this than who wins Dancing with the Stars?
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