Talk:Thurgood Marshall
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Discrepancy in number of cases argued/won
Under the section, "Chief Counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund," this article says "In total, Marshall won 29 out of the 32 cases he argued before the Supreme Court"
Later, under "Court of Appeals and Solicitor General," it says "As Solicitor General, he won 14 out of the 19 cases that he argued for the government".
Obviously, these two cannot be rectified, since if he lost 5 cases for the government, his win record would at best be 27/32. Both are [citation needed]
Most sources I've found support the former, including the NYTimes obituary: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0702.html It also says that he argued 14 as a private citizen and 18 as SG.
But I did find one source saying he was 14 of 19 for the government, but it didn't seem the most reliable. [such as this site that gets a warning when you try to access it: http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/122/hill/marshall.htm ] I can't find a list of all his cases he argued, so I can't say for sure one is right, though I suspect the 29/32 is right.
In any event, this discrepancy should be fixed, but since sources disagree I wanted to place it out here first. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.111.228.60 (talk) 00:13, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
- The way I read it, he won 29 out of 32 cases he argued as Chief Counsel for the NAACP. He left that position and took a position as Solicitor General, where he won 14 out of 19 cases he argued in that position. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 21:33, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
Courthouses named after Thurgood Marshall...
Not sure how many, but there are some number of court houses named in honor of Thurgood Marshall. For instance in Inglewood, California. These might be added to the legacy section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FCC8:B3C3:A400:8497:CF26:C41A:F66E (talk) 12:20, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
Thurgood.
Thurgood was a nice loving man he never went to jail and he is who he is if he was in jail he was never here but he never been bad he never did nothing but work on his homework like me Tai im working on my homework but I wanna talk about Thurgood because he never bullyed he never got to jail he never murdered someone - Roblox Tai0913. Now. Be. Good or the. Police will. Get. Ya — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.206.209.36 (talk) 16:04, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
Unconscionably Short "Supreme Court" Section
The subsection devoted to Marshall's quarter-century as a Supreme Court Justice is embarrassingly scant, at fewer than 750 words, and not well-organized. I'd like to propose fleshing it out, and making it its own full section with appropriate subsections Waidawut (talk) 12:29, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
Solicitor General Section
There’s an apparent wording error in reference to Marshall being the highest ranking black official in government. The Solicitor General is the 4th ranking official at DOJ, Robert Weaver was a cabinet secretary and thus in the line of succession - much higher up the list, and Weaver was in office first. As a result, Marshall did not succeed him as the highest ranking official. Perhaps it should say, highest ranking black official “since” Weaver. --Revmqo (talk) 23:47, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.186.129.159 (talk) 17:24, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
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Shortly after announcing his retirement, Marshall met Thomas in a courtesy meeting which was originally supposed to last 10 minutes but lasted over 2 hours, with Marshall finishing the meeting by telling Thomas "I had to do in my time what I had to do, and you have to do in your time what you have to do." https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/18/us/clarence-thomas-discusses-his-life-and-the-supreme-court.html?_r=0 EVOShadow032 (talk) 14:18, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
- Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:28, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
Rewrite
I've spent the last month or so rewriting Marshall's article, and I'd appreciate it if some talk-page watchers would take a look at my work: see User:Extraordinary Writ/Thurgood Marshall. It's not perfect, but I've tried my best to put together a fully sourced article that provides a more-or-less comprehensive overview of Marshall's life and work while remaining concise and readable for the million-some-odd people who view this page each year. I don't want to just move it into mainspace without getting the all-clear from folks on the talk page first, so I'd be eager to hear any and all feedback. Thanks in advance! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:14, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
- Just wanted to mention this again: I'd be glad to consider any suggestions or concerns regarding my rewrite before I incorporate it into the mainspace article. If I don't hear anything, I'll just be bold and assume consensus, but I'll still be happy to listen to any feedback, at any point. Cheers, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:19, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
- Just noting for the record that I've moved my rewritten version into mainspace. Again, I'd still be more than happy to listen to any thoughts and comments that talk-page watchers might have—please feel free to let me know if there's anything I've overlooked. Cheers, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 04:16, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
- Excellent work! I've added an interesting quote by Rehnquist to the "Retirement, later life and death" section. Equilibrial (talk) 10:53, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
- Just noting for the record that I've moved my rewritten version into mainspace. Again, I'd still be more than happy to listen to any thoughts and comments that talk-page watchers might have—please feel free to let me know if there's anything I've overlooked. Cheers, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 04:16, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
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