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瑟古德馬歇爾身著最高法院長袍 Thurgood Marshall in his Supreme Court robe
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法律生涯 A Career in Law
在1965年，馬歇爾接收到令一位總統的派任，總統林登詹森（Lyndon Johnson）要他接任副檢察長的職務，該職務是代表在所有最高法院案件中、代表美國政府發表意見的工作，是個相當重要的職務。
馬歇爾希望能藉由這個工作獲得日後派任最高法院法官的機會，他的設想一點都沒錯；詹森總統在1967年便派任馬歇爾至美國最高法院工作，是第一位擔任美國最高法院大法官的非裔美國人，詹森總統表示「這是一個正確的決定、也正好在正確的時機點、將最適合的人安排到最適合的職務上」。雖然有些異議聲浪出現，但畢竟這個國家當時已經逐漸改變、且馬歇爾也已通過參議院的認可，他在最高法院服務了二十四年。
In 1965, Marshall got a request from another president. President Lyndon Johnson wanted him to become the solicitor general. The solicitor general is the lawyer who represents the United States government in all Supreme Court cases -- a very important job.
Marshall hoped the job might lead to an appointment to the Supreme Court. He was right. President Johnson appointed Marshall to the United States Supreme Court in 1967. He was the first African-American Supreme Court justice. President Johnson said it was "the right thing to do, the right time to do it, the right man and the right place." Although there was some dissent, the country had changed and Marshall was approved by the Senate. He served for 24 years.
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