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A Supreme Dedication At The New Augusta Judicial Center

May 18, 2011

Augusta, GA — U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas did not know Judge John H. Ruffin, Jr. But… he knows where he came from. “As a lawyer and as a judge, he fought for integration and civil rights, and throughout his career he was a trailblazer,” said the Associate Justice of the United State Supreme Court. Hundreds gathered to dedicate Augusta’s new courthouse, named in honor of Augusta’s trailblazer Judge John H. Ruffin, Jr. “You can say not only did he pave the way but he helped cut the bushes that laid the pavement so I could walk in that way,” said State Court Judge David Watkins. But, there was controversy ...

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