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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Wise counsel from Mr. Justice Thurgood Marshall to bloggers everywhere, including those of us here at MOJ

Yale law prof Stephen Carter writes, this morning:

"To the end, Marshall believed in the humanness of those who opposed him — a largeness of spirit that allowed him not only to build coalitions on the court but to sit in smoky back rooms playing poker with some of the worst segregationists of the century. Never did he take the view that another human being, no matter how morally bankrupt, was beneath him."

Read the rest, here.

https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2010/05/wise-counsel-from-mr-justice-thurgood-marshall-to-bloggers-everywhere-including-those-of-us-here-at-.html

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