# Thurgood Marshall Was An Eloquent Speaker

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**Created:** [June 16, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thurgood-marshall-was-an-eloquent-speaker/944416 "2021-06-16T19:05:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thurgood-marshall-was-an-eloquent-speaker/944416/6 "2021-06-17T01:45:23Z")

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Here’s my thread about Thurgood Marshall and senility. I’d say the consensus is that he definitely declined.

> [@Was Thurgood Marshall senile in his last few years on the Supreme Court?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-thurgood-marshall-senile-in-his-last-few-years-on-the-supreme-court/496662/21):
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> I think Mr. Kennedy ducks the question by referring to the writings - as they couldn’t have been prepared without considerable help from the clerks. When the question is whether the clerks did most of the work or just a good bit of it (which is normal) merely pointing to the opinions themselves is the very definition of a non-answer. But then, that’s a lawyer for you.

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