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Thurgood Marshall

US Supreme Court Justice, 1967 to 1991

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Argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court, then became its first Black justice and a consistent vote for civil rights.

Thurgood Marshall sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, strongly progressive on culture and leaning state-led on economy. The profile is close to the middle on interventionism.

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Where Thurgood Marshall sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Thurgood Marshall

Social democracyKeeps a market economy but adds strong public services, unions and progressive taxes to…98%Nordic modelPairs open markets and high trust with high taxes, strong unions and generous public…97%Social liberalismDefends individual rights and open societies while backing public services and equal…97%FabianismPursues socialism gradually through research, education and reform rather than revolution.97%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Robert S. Oakes, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.