Among the names that have surfaced as prospects for the U.S. Supreme Court spot that will open with the retirement of Justice David Souter are several individuals with ties to Wisconsin. We’re particularly pleased, for instance, that Kimberle Crenshaw has been boomed by Princeton Professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell as President Barack Obama’s first high court pick.
Crenshaw, a University of California-Los Angeles School of Law professor who also teaches courses on civil rights, race and justice, and constitutional law at Columbia Law School, earned a master of law degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1985.