The Transition: Interpreting Justice from Thurg. Kiel, Kiel,**

Stanford University Press

The TransitionInterpreting Justice from Thurgood Marshall to Clarence Thomas\nAuthor(s): Daniel Kiel\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9781503644014, 978-1503644014\nSynopsis\nEvery Supreme Court transition presents an opportunity for a shift in the balance of the third branch of American government, but the replacement of Thurgood Marshall with Clarence Thomas in 1991 proved particularly momentous. Not only did it shift the ideological balance on the Court; it was inextricably entangled with the persistent American dilemma of race. In The Transition, this most significant transition is explored through the lives and writings of the first two African American justices on Court, touching on the lasting consequences for understandings of American citizenship as well as the central currents of Black political thought over the past century.\n\n In their lives, Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas experie.