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...LEON HIGGINBOTHAM earned a national reputation as lawyer, jurist, teacher, scholar and activist. His achievements are especially meaningful to me, a friend of 40 years, because Leon spoke out strongly on racial issues. His admonishments to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas are well known, but few are aware he appointed more minority clerks than any other judge...
...DIED. A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM JR., 70, esteemed federal judge and scholar; of complications from several strokes; in Boston. Higginbotham, a civil rights advocate who called himself a "survivor of segregation," was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom--the nation's highest civilian honor--in 1995 when he retired from the bench (see Eulogy, below...
Public Service professor of Jurisprudence A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. died last night at Massachusetts General Hospital after suffering a stroke at his Newton home Saturday afternoon and several additional strokes Sunday night...
...losing Leon Higginbotham we have lost a giant oak, and we are left with an enormous gap in the landscape of the nation," he said. "He was a powerful presence and voice, a voice that has influenced our legal and judicial world for decades...
...alternative, if the statute is junked, is the existing law allowing the Attorney General to appoint special prosecutors in rare instances; they have marginally less independence but have worked well in the past. Leon Jaworski was the Watergate special prosecutor after Cox. "Archibald Cox got fired, yes, but there was a hue and cry, and Leon Jaworski was appointed almost immediately," says Jim Cole of the A.B.A. task force. "He had all the power he needed and was bulletproof." Besides, few can believe that politics is absent from the process now. Seven of the 11 judges who have served...