Word: amalya
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...person would appear on either Reagan's or Mondale's list: Amalya Kearse, 47, a federal appeals judge who is both black and female ("a two-fer," says a Reaganaut). Kearse would surely be in contention if Thurgood Marshall, the only black Justice, stepped down. But Kearse has one drawback that could discourage political patrons: she is neither predictably liberal nor predictably conservative...
Judge Robert E. Keeton of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts and former Torah Professor of Law, and Judge Amalya Kearse of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, joined Blackmun in hearing the case...
...Convention." In any event, Carter, who has named 41 women to federal judgeships, has not made the same promise. But Atlanta Lawyer Griffin Bell, his former Attorney General and still an influential adviser, has named one of Carter's most likely candidates for the highest court. She is Amalya Kearse, 43, a U.S. Court of Appeals judge in New York City. She is also black. Making promises about future appointees is obviously a game that any presidential candidate could play...