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...Higginbotham warned his listeners not to let their concerns about pluralism overshadow the greater issue of educational quality...
...Higginbotham, who has been a federal judge for 27 years, discussed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who in the past has sparked controversy with his criticisms of liberals and of civil rights organizations...
...conference's keynote speaker, A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., talked about what it takes for a minority to succeed at law. Higginbotham, who is Black, is a justice of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit...
...Marshall's greatest talent was getting a picture of the big problem," says federal appeals court judge Leon A. Higginbotham Jr., an old friend and former civil rights lawyer. "When he argued the case for desegregating the University of Texas law school, the attorney general of Texas talked about all the great opportunities at Texas Southern, the state school for blacks. Marshall just summed it all up by saying, 'Is there anyone here who, if they had the opportunity to go to the University of Texas, would choose Texas Southern...
Speculation immediately focused on a wide range of possible replacements. Among the most prominent: U.S. Solicitor General Kenneth Starr; U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills; two Fifth Circuit Appeals Judges, Edith Jones of Houston and Patrick Higginbotham of Dallas; and Thornburgh. Bush also has given Gray a list of at least three Hispanics he wanted checked out as possible Justices...