[DOC] [TLE] Thurgood Marshall Memorial Statue in Annapolis - MSA S1259-121 ... [PAR] In a decision released the day after Thurgood Marshall left us, far better for his 
unyielding ... could not obtain a Court hearing, because federal courts "sit to 
ensure that ... Brennan (and Marshall himself) replaced cramped formalism with 
decency. ... Justice Marshall expressed some bitterness at what he saw as Dr. 
King's... [DOC] [TLE] Clarence Thomas - Wikipedia [PAR] Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American judge, lawyer, and 
government official who currently serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme 
Court of the United States. Thomas succeeded Thurgood Marshall and is the 
second black American to ... Thomas's confirmation hearings were bitter and 
intensely fought, centering... [DOC] [TLE] Thurgood Marshall - Wikipedia [PAR] Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908  January 24, 1993) was an Associate Justice of 
the Supreme ... He served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second 
Circuit after .... Marshall was confirmed as an Associate Justice by a Senate vote 
of 6911 .... In 2006, Thurgood, a one-man play written by George Stevens, Jr.,... [DOC] [TLE] MARSHALL RETIRES FROM HIGH COURT - BLOW TO LIBERALS ... [PAR] Jun 28, 1991 ... Justice Thurgood Marshall, a living hero of the civil rights movement and one of 
the last liberal voices on the Supreme Court, announced his retirement today 
after 24 ... would take effect when a successor was confirmed by the Senate. ... 
clearly signaled that the ideological struggle over the Court vacancy... [DOC] [TLE] THE THOMAS CONFIRMATION - Senate's Futile Search for Safe ... [PAR] Oct 16, 1991 ... At the end of the bitter fight over Clarence Thomas, Senators sat quietly ... to be a 
Supreme Court Justice, and to succeed the first, Thurgood Marshall, ... poll after 
another found far more Americans, men and women alike, saying ... The hearings
, which proved so damaging to the Senate's reputation, were... [DOC] [TLE] Thurgood Marshall's Rise To The Supreme Court Was True Justice ... [PAR] Feb 2, 2016 ... Thurgood Marshall won many important Supreme Court cases ... In 1967, after a 
bitter confirmation battle in the Senate, Marshall ... The young man finally became 
interested in civil rights in his last ... Instead, he took the lower-income but more 
fulfilling civil rights cases ... When Marshall retired in 1991, Sen. [DOC] [TLE] Speculation abounds in upcoming high court vacancy - CNN.com [PAR] May 18, 2009 ... Justice Clarence Thomas replaced Thurgood Marshall on the high court after a 
contentious confirmation process. ... has greeted President Obama's upcoming 
decision on a replacement for retiring Justice David Souter. .... His confirmation 
hearing was the most bitter Washington had seen in years, and he... [DOC] [TLE] Thurgood Marshall confirmed as Supreme Court justice - Aug 30 ... [PAR] On this day in 1967, Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American to be 
... state of Maryland, Marshall quickly established a reputation as a lawyer for the 
little man. ... Over the next two decades, Marshall distinguished himself as one of 
the ... Following the retirement of Justice Tom Clark in 1967, President Johnson... [DOC] [TLE] Judging Thomas | The Nation [PAR] Nov 8, 2007 ... A close look at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reveals a deeply 
conservative and increasingly bitter man. ... He likens himself at his confirmation 
hearing to Bigger Thomas, the main character of Richard Wright's 1940 novel .... 
Thomas's predecessor on the Court, Thurgood Marshall, retired at 83. [DOC] [TLE] Thurgood Marshall's Law [PAR] The 81-year-old justice had served on the court for 23 years and would retire only 
one ... A white man, obviously awed by the emotional reaction of those around 
him, .... of segregation, Houston took Marshall with him on a trip through the 
South. ..... with the country's bitter division over the Vietnam War, Johnson told 
Marshall... [DOC] [TLE] Lies My Textbooks Told Me: Judging Current Supreme Court Justices [PAR] May 8, 2012 ... Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court was defeated after a brutal ... After 
another long

Question: After a bitter confirmation hearing, this man took over for retiring justice Thurgood Marshall
Answer: Clarence Thomas