Mr. Speaker. the Nation mourns the passing of WWII veteran and legal giant. retired U.S. District Judge James deAnda. who died on Thursday. September 7. 2006 at the age of 81. His lifelong dedication to the protection of Americans has made him an icon in the legal profession and a pioneer of the American civil rights movement. Bom in Houston. Texas to parents who immigrated from Mexico. Judge deAnda was one of the first Mexican American attorneys to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court. In arguing Hernandez v. Texas. a companion case to Brown v. Board of Education. before the Court in 1954.
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