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...Justice was not too big a word to be the animating life force in Judge A. Leon Higginbotham," said Professor of Law Lani Guinier '71 at the memorial service...
...Guinier described more specific ways of implementing her philosophy in a response to an audience member who argued that American democracy already accurately reflects the opinions of society...
...reply, Guinier criticized the "winner-take-all" method of the current voting system. This method "encourages a passive relationship...between representatives and the people," since not all views are included, she said...
...Guinier advocated a system of proportional representation, which she stated was used by "most other democracies" with the exception of the former British colonies...
...Guinier became a national name when President Clinton, a classmate from Yale Law School, nominated her to be an Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in 1993. She was immediately attacked by conservatives, who claimed that her writings on voting issues supported racial quotas. Clinton later withdrew his nomination...