    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [June 27, 1991]
    [Page 731]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Statement on the Resignation of United States Supreme Court Associate
    Justice Thurgood Marshall
    June 27, 1991

        Justice Marshall has rendered extraordinary and distinguished
    service to his country as a pioneering civil rights lawyer, a judge on
    the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, as Solicitor General,
    and in his tenure on the Supreme Court. His career is an inspiring
    example for all Americans. He grew up under segregation to achieve the
    highest office to which a lawyer can aspire. His accomplishments on the
    Bench will long be remembered. We wish him the best in his retirement. I
    intend to nominate a successor very soon.