TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Apr 5, 2023

“Show Cause,” a Memphis Law School podcast, released a new episode featuring Prof. Daniel Kiel talking about his forthcoming book, “The Transition: Interpreting Justice from Thurgood Marshall to Clarence Thomas.” Kiel makes the case that not only did this particular transition shift the ideological balance on the court, it was inextricably entangled with the persistent American dilemma of race. He explores the lives and writings of the first two African American justices on the court, touching on lasting consequences for understandings of American citizenship as well as the central currents of Black political thought over the past century.