# Was Thurgood Marshall senile in his last few years on the Supreme Court?

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**Created:** [May 16, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-thurgood-marshall-senile-in-his-last-few-years-on-the-supreme-court/496662 "2009-05-16T17:43:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-thurgood-marshall-senile-in-his-last-few-years-on-the-supreme-court/496662/21 "2009-05-19T16:34:29Z")

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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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