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Article: MARSHALL RETIRES AS A HERO IN U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- June 28, 1991
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Byline: Neil A. Lewis New York Times
In his last several years on the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall could only watch as the ideological ground shifted inexorably away, leaving him isolated on most of the issues that imbue people with passion.
Still, friends and scholars say, he seemed determined to cling to his seat even if his vote had increasingly little effect on the outcome of death penalty, abortion and civil rights cases.
Marshall was intent to serve both as an strong opposition voice and to outlast the Republican hold on the White House that has been responsible for the ideological sea change on the court.
He also knew that ...