Self-paced
P1
Intro topic ·
Thurgood Marshall, lawyer and Supreme Court judge
Main point ·
Marshall's work with the NAACP had significant impact on public interest law
Elaborate on main point ·
Marshall's campaign-style approach was an important shift for public interest law
Represented a shift away from case-by-case litigation
P2
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Explain Marshall's approach ·
The "test case" strategy
Chose cases that allowed him to test different litigation approaches and involved sympathetic plaintiffs
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Explain Marshall's approach ·
Use of sociological and pyschological statistical evidence
Showed that racial segregation caused harm which violated the Constitution
Critics' perspective ·
on Marshall's use of statistical evidence
Took cases outside the realm of purely legal discourse
P4
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Implications of Marshall's approach ·
Public interest firms still use his methods
Examples ·
of campaigns using Marshall's methods
Consumer advocacy, lawmaking though litigation
Revisit main point ·
Marshall's public interest approach has been widely adopted
Passage Style
Single position
Spotlight
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This doesn’t capture the passage’s focus on the impact of Marshall’s strategies The author doesn’t highlight the fact Marshall’s strategies were successful in arguing against discriminatory laws; rather, the author focuses on the way in which his strategies have become the norm for public interest litigation.
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This best captures the author’s main point, which is that Marshall’s strategies while with the NAACP have changed public interest law and are
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This doesn’t capture the author’s focus on Marshall’s legal strategies while with the NAACP.
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It’s not clear that Marshall “adapted” any tactics. This would suggest that those tactics already existed prior to Marshall’s use of them, but that he changed how those tactics were used. However, we have no indication from the passage that Marshall’s tactics existed before he used them or that he adapted/changed the way in which those already-existing tactics were used.
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The main point isn’t about the comparative level of impact of Marshall’s work at the NAACP and Marshall’s work as a Supreme Court justice. The main point is about Marshall’s legal strategies at the NAACP and their impact.