Sen. Durbin Remembers Judge Leighton
June 29, 2018
June 29, 2018
WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on June 27, remembering Judge George Leighton:
Mr. President, 27 years ago this week, one of the towering giants of American justice announced that he was retiring. Thurgood Marshall was a pillar of America's civil rights revolution, architect of the legal strategy that ended the shameful era of official segregation in this Nation, and the f . . .
Mr. President, 27 years ago this week, one of the towering giants of American justice announced that he was retiring. Thurgood Marshall was a pillar of America's civil rights revolution, architect of the legal strategy that ended the shameful era of official segregation in this Nation, and the f . . .