Judge Mikva Profiled in Roll Call
Abner Mikva, former Congressman, Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Circuit, and White House Counsel, is the subject of a lengthy profile in Roll Call today. (subscription required). Judge Mikva is a member of ACS's Board of Advisors.
[A]s Land of Lincoln voters cast their ballots for federal candidates today, dominating the Democratic spotlight will be the political legacy of longtime House of Daley agitator Abner Mikva, a former Member of Congress whose two protégés, presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama and consultant Dan Seals, likely will walk away with wide victories. . . .
The Daily Calumet, a now defunct right-wing newspaper popular with South Side blue-collar workers, once referred to him in print as “Martin Luther Mikva” after the then-Illinois Assemblyman urged the civil rights leader to come to Chicago. King signed a copy of the editorial for him.
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