European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 8 b the stars and stripes thu goop Marshall 1 Friday january 29,1993thousands pay homage to Marshall Washington a supreme court Justice Thurgood Marshall no led the Legal Battle to end segregation in America was remembered thursday As a towering figure who a left an indelible Mark not Only on the Law but on his country president Clinton and vice president Al Gore and their wives were among thou Sands of mourners who filled Washington National Cathedral for the funeral of the first Black supreme court Justice. At the Start of the service the nine current justices walked Down the aisle of the Cathedral ahead of Marshall a casket. He died sunday at 84. Chief Justice William Rehnquist referring to Marshall a Early career As a civil rights lawyer said that Quot under his leadership the american constitutional landscape in the area of equal Protection of the Laws was literally also Eulogi zing Marshall were former transportation Secretary William t. Co Jean former Urban league director Vernon Jordan former Marshall Law clerk Karen Hastie Williams who also was his Goddaughter and judge Ralph Winter of the 2nd . Circuit court of appeals. Gore read a passage from the Bible. Williams said that for Blacks trying to break barriers of Legal segregation decades ago the words Quot the lawyer is coming Quot were inspiring. Quot they did no to have to say his name. They knew who he was Quot she said. Before he was appointed to the High court by president Lyndon b. Johnson in 1967, Marshall had made history As the lawyer who argued the 1954 Case that led to the supreme court ruling that outlawed segregation of Public schools. Rehnquist said that in his a career As a lawyer and As a judge Thurgood Marshall left an indelible Mark not Only on the Law leading thursday s funeral service was the Rev. Nathan d. Baxter Dean of the Washington National Cathedral. A private burial was planned for today at Arlington National cemetery. Congress passed legislation wednesday naming the capital City a new Federal judicial building after him. The Flag draped coffin of Justice Thurgood Marshall who died sunday at 84, lies in state wednesday in the Hall of the supreme court building in Washington. By Richard carell1 the associated Pam Washington a even if he had never sat on the supreme court a where he sat for 24 Impf ii Quot a Vistic Yeii a go Martin Luther King had the dream and no sat for z4 imposing years As the nations first Black Justice a Thurgood Marshall i. M 4 c. A a a a a a a a. A _ _ would have been a giant of the Law. Marshall the c great grandson of a a analysis slave had the Legal mind the skill and the persistence that helped change America and its treatment or Blacks when named to the court in 1967 by president Lyndon b. Johnson Marshall already ranked As one of the most influential lawyers in american history arguably the finest courtroom lawyer of this Century. A Champion of the poor and powerless Long before his appointment Marshall a name decades earlier had become synonymous with the fight for civil rights and racial Justice. Throughout the segregated South in the 1940s, people accustomed to having the Legal system exclude or humiliate them often took heart when hearing the words a emr. Marshall is coming to or. Marshall died sunday at 84. The worn out heart of a giant gave out. He had retired from the High court 18 months ago. Marshall a career As an activist attorney was marked by numerous confrontations with angry courtroom crowds and hostile judges. I11 such Battles Marshall often displayed his courage and humor simultaneously. Richard Kruger s Book simple jus Tice told of a crusty Southern judge asking Marshall Quot what do you want from this court a Marshall responded Quot anything i can get your in his 23 years As chief counsel for the National association for the Advance men of coloured people that amounted to plenty. Marshall More than anyone was credited with smashing centuries old Legal barriers to racial Equality. I Lis most famous Victory was in Brown is. Board of education a the cases from Kansas Virginia South Carolina and the District of Columbia that led the supreme court in 1954 to outlaw racially segregated Public education. Quot segregation a Marshall said years afterwards is the worst thing that Ever there were other cases Many of them. As a civil rights advocate and in his two years As solicitor general the govern Sample quotations supreme court opinions written by the Tate Justice Thurgood Marshall upholding Jublle intoxication conviction 1968, Powell is. Texas Quot obviously chronic alcoholics have not been deferred from drinking to excess by. Criminal sanctions against Public drunkenness. We cannot cast aside the centuries Long evolution of. Concepts which the common Law has utilized to assess the moral accountability of an individual for his anti social deeds. This process of adjustment has always been thought to be the province of the states. Striking Down state death penalty 1972, Furman is. Georgia Quot there is but one conclusion that can be drawn from the history of capital punishment the death penalty is an excessive and unnecessary punishment that violates the eighth amendment to the Constitution. Limiting Power of prison officials to censor inmates mall 1974, Procunier is Martinez a whether an o. Henry authoring his Short stories in a jail cell or a frightened Young inmate writing his Lamity a prisoner needs a medium for t Thurgood marshal dissenting on Federal and state funding of abortions for poor women 1980, Harris v. Mcrae Quot an indigent woman denied government funding for a medically necessary abortion is confronted with two grotesque choices. She May seek to obtain an illegal abortion that poses a serious threat to her health and even her life. Alternatively she May attempt to Bear a child a course that May both significantly threaten her health and eliminate any Chance she might have had to control the direction of her own ment s top courtroom lawyer Marshall argued 32 cases before the nigh court. He won 29. Throughout his 24 years on the High court Marshall remained a passionate Liberal a initially As a member of a majority of like minded Brethren and later As a frustrated dissenter. He roared in stinging dissenting opinions his disapproval when he believed the court was ignoring the disadvantaged the forgotten and the Downtrodden no matter their race. When the court in 1977 ruled that states were under no Legal obligation to pay for a non therapeutic abortions wanted by women on welfare he disagreed. A the enactments challenged Here state Laws barring medicaid funding for abortions brutally coerce poor women to Bear children whom society will scorn for every Day of their lives a he wrote. A i am appalled at the ethical bankrupt amps by of those who preach a right to life that Means under present social policies a Bare existence in utter misery for so Many poor women and their while his last years on an increasingly conservative High court were often bitter Tor him he never held personal grudges against his conservative colleagues. To he was he master raconteur who blended humor and insight. Quot All of us who served with him were the ssh or of Ziv ? said chief Justice William h. Rehnquist. In a tribute to Marshall in the Stanford Law renew recently conservative Justice Sandra Day of Connor wrote that a at Oral arguments and conference meetings in opinions and dissents Justice Marshall imparted not Only his Legal acumen but also his life experiences constantly pushing and prodding us to respond not Only to the persuasiveness of Legal argument but also to the Power of moral Marshall tried to stay Active despite illness Washington a thur. Good Marshall was asked upon his retirement who he thought should succeed him. A me a he quickly answered. It was Clear that despite declining health Marshall left the . Supreme court with great reluctance and emotional pain in june 1991. Since retirement a almost right up to his death sunday from heart failure at 84 a Marshall remained outspoken and involved. Only his declining health kept him from a request he swear in vice president Al Gore at the inauguration last week. While Marshall May have left the court he could not stay out of the courtroom. V a month after his retirement he volunteered a As retired supreme court justices May do a to hear cases in the appellate Bench first in Washington d.c., and then in new Yorkus 2nd . Circuit court of appeals the same court he left a Quarter Century ago. Lawyers reporters and spectators packed the new York courtroom to watch. Quot glad to be Home a Marshall said. A i enjoy working a he later told reporters. His poor health was evident he relied heavily on a wheelchair although occasionally he walked with a Cane. Last october he was forced to cancel another appeals court appearance this time in Baltimore the City where he began his career As a civil rights lawyer decades ago. His doctor advised that he rest because of an ongoing bout with a virus. In retirement Marshall could still be witty and Blunt. Asked about his poor health he attributed his problems to Quot Bourbon and Fried Chicken Quot and complained that while he got numerous requests for speeches he had to turn most Down on doctors orders. He was not one to second guess the High court. He said the courts conservative shift in recent years was Quot none of my
