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  2. Thurgood Marshall Supreme Court nomination - Wikipedia

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    Per the Constitution of the United States, the nomination was subject to the advice and consent of the United States Senate, which holds the determinant power to confirm or reject nominations to the U.S. Supreme Court. Marshall was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a 69–11 vote on August 30, 1967, becoming the first African American member of ...

  3. List of nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States

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    The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest ranking judicial body in the United States.Established by Article III of the Constitution, the Court was organized by the 1st United States Congress through the Judiciary Act of 1789, which specified its original and appellate jurisdiction, created 13 judicial districts, and fixed the size of the Supreme Court at six, with one chief justice ...

  4. Thurgood Marshall - Wikipedia

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    Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991.

  5. Column: Why we need term limits for Supreme Court justices

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    The idea of imposing a term limit on Supreme Court justices is gaining traction. ... Johnson's appointment of Thurgood Marshall in 1967 and Clinton's of Ginsburg in 1993. ... than today's 6-3 ...

  6. List of confirmation votes for the Supreme Court of the ...

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    Of the 163 nominations that presidents have submitted for the court, 137 have progressed to a full-Senate vote. 126 were confirmed by the Senate, while 11 were rejected. Of the 126 nominees that were confirmed, 119 served (seven of those who were confirmed declined to serve, while one died before taking office). [3] [4]

  7. Son of Thurgood Marshall, first Black Supreme Court justice ...

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    John W. Marshall — son of Thurgood Marshall, first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court — will speak Friday in Topeka about his father's legacy.

  8. Supreme Court nominee's 'empathy' is flashpoint for Senate - AOL

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    Since its founding in 1789, the Supreme Court has had just two Black justices — the late Thurgood Marshall, the storied civil rights leader, confirmed in 1967, and Clarence Thomas, who joined in ...

  9. Nomination and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the ...

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    As there was a Supreme Court vacancy at the time of the 2016 presidential campaign, advisors to then-candidate Donald Trump developed, and Trump made public, two lists of potential Supreme Court nominees. [8] [9] Ruth Bader Ginsburg officially accepting the nomination as associate justice from President Bill Clinton on June 14, 1993