@johnny_carsick: Cassius Clay's (Ali version) Dad was named after this Kanye friend kid's "old-Yalie ancestor, famed abolitionist Cassius Marcellus Clay"
@Professional_Gentleman_of_Leis...: I haven't read any of her stuff, i just thought I'd link to what there is. That she was "careful" in what writing she did do seems to be widely accepted. It's a fair criticism but I think it's worth pointing out that good academic writing doesn't necessarily require demonstrating one's ideology.
I'm not at all fussed about her not having been a judge. I really don't think it's an issue.