President Clinton nominated Guinier to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, but later withdrew her nomination.
Quotes "Gifted with second sight, we can share our stories ... build coalitions, develop a voice. ... We shall speak until all the people gain a voice." (1994) "If we can't talk about race, then when we talk about crime, we're really talking about other things, and it means that we're not being honest in acknowledging what the problem is."