# Talk:Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall is described as engaged in Social engineering (political science). But there is no link referencing this concept to Social engineering. I recommend that a link be provided. Merriam-Webster dictionary has the definition here: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20engineering

Thurgood Marshall is celebrated as a saint in the anglican communion and his wikipedia page should reflect this. 2601:98A:B7F:E6F0:A5A0:3C74:9E75:8EB (talk) 22:11, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

As it stands, all the cases described portray him as having absolutist positions on everything, instead of at times relenting or achieving pragmatic compromises. I don't think this is a fair depiction. There could be some cases mentioned where he conceded or reluctantly agreed with the other justices on technical grounds, perhaps because the currently standing codified laws prevent him from issuing a different ruling (for a similar situation, see Sotomayor's concurrence in Terry v. United States - "Sotomayor's concurrence had stressed that the Court's decision was bound by the current language of the First Step Act, and urged Congress to pass a new law that would remedy situations like Terry."). 2600:1012:A021:52EC:8564:F079:91C5:1F36 (talk) 19:48, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

It looks ok. Can you be more specific? Are there any reliable sources for the changes you want to make? Antignomi (talk) 13:45, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
This section is choke full of absolutist terms, as shown in the following (emphases in bold):
"his consistent criticism seems to have prodded the Court to somewhat greater flexibility"
"Marshall felt strongly that the Miranda doctrine should be expanded and fully enforced."
"He favored a strict interpretation of the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement and opposed rulings that made exceptions to that provision;"
"Marshall fervently opposed capital punishment throughout his time on the Court"
"Afterwards, Marshall and Brennan dissented in every instance in which the Court declined to review a death sentence"
"Making comparisons to earlier civil rights protests, Marshall vigorously dissented in Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence"
"He favored the total separation of church and state"
"the justice was "an unyielding supporter of civil liberties""
""no justice ever supported a woman's right to choice as uncompromisingly as Marshall did"."
"He favored a rigid interpretation of procedural requirements,"
The tone of these statements and the court cases listed for those statements hardly reflect the characterization of "Marshall's jurisprudence was pragmatic and relied on his real-world experience as a lawyer and as an African American." Can't there be some other cases listed that shows him actually being pragmatic? For instance, the section states, "According to Ball, Marshall felt that the rights protected by the First Amendment were the Constitution's most important principles and that they could be restricted only for extremely compelling reasons." Can't this be followed by mentioning a court case where Marshall did uphold a restriction to the First Amendment? 2600:1012:A021:E5C8:81A6:BAE0:40A7:EA5E (talk) 04:03, 27 February 2025 (UTC)

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Marshall received his undergraduate degree from Lincoln University and earned his Bachelor of Laws(precursor to the Juris Doctor (J.D.))from Howard University School of Law in 1933. Sojourney1997 (talk) 15:55, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 21:41, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Marshall was instrumental in the NAACP’s defense of the Groveland Four in Groveland, Florida in the early 1950s. No mention of it on his page. Please update to include. Tumbleweed42AC (talk) 16:22, 21 October 2025 (UTC)