Abstract
I. Introduction It has been over two years since A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. died. The initial shock of his death was followed almost immediately by concern about who would ever be able to fill the void he left. 1 "The Judge," as many of us referred to him even after he left the bench, 2 was not only an outstanding jurist, he was a forceful legal advocate, impressive negotiator, and statesman, 3 both in this country and abroad, and a prolific scholar. Those of us who knew him find it hard, even impossible, to believe that such a voice could be quieted; perhaps because for those of us who knew him, it could not. Nearly three years since I last heard it, that voice with its enormous physical dimensions, 4 still rings in my ears. And just as important, that voice, with its incomparable ability to convey - simultaneously - both intellect and passion, still leaps from the pages of his writings. To date, many have published tributes to the Judge with each focusing on various contributions: from his role as jurist, to his role as mentor, to his role as diplomat. 5 It is his voice, spoken and written, physical and metaphysical, real and abstract, that is the subject of my tribute. I stress here that with regard to its power, the various dimensions of Judge Higginbotham's voice are inseparable. The content of his words were extended by the natural properties of the Judge's voice not ...