Lani guinier biography
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Guinier, Lani 1950–
Activist, lawyer, educator, writer
Identity “Forged” in New York City
Dedicated to Public Service
Ideas Inspired Controversy
A Late Defense
Emerged a Hero in Activism
Selected writings
Sources
Lani Guinier’s moment in the history of American government was guaranteed when President Bill Clinton nominated her to the Justice Department’s top civil rights post in 1993—and then later withdrew her nomination, bowing to a hailstorm of controversy.
Lani guinier biography
An array of colliding circumstances led Guinier to lose her chance for confirmation to the post of assistant attorney general. However, Professor Guinier did go on to gain the recognition of a mainstream audience that for months had been largely ill-informed about her political theories.
“The process that destroyed her candidacy,” wrote Ellis Cose in Newsweek in August of 1993, “has given her a second chance.”
Many of Guinier’s detractors wea