On the recordMay 7, 2009
I think it was wrong for America to wait until 1967 to have an African-American, Justice Thurgood Marshall, on the court.
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congress.govArlen Specter: “I think it was wrong for America to wait until 1967 to have an African-American, Justice Thurgood Marshall, on the…”
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Specter criticizes the delay in appointing diverse justices to the Supreme Court.
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