Biden has been revolutionary on judicial diversity -- states should learn from him
Throughout the 2020 election, President Joe Biden made the nomination of the nation's first Black woman to the Supreme Court a central pillar of his campaign's agenda - a pledge that if fulfilled, would cement his legacy as the most prolific judicial activist to occupy the White House in a century.
As Justice Stephen Breyer is set to retire, we are hopeful, indeed we are confident, that President Biden will keep his promise to the American people to add balance and more fair representation to the nation's highest court - the same court that upheld "separate but equal" treatment of Americans based on race until the 1950s, and that currently has just one Black and one Hispanic jurist.
Although our optimism is cautious, the Biden administration's record in filling vacancies on the nation's most critical courts with diverse candidates who are qualified beyond dispute is undeniable.
Already in his first year in the Oval Office, President Biden has appointed more Senate-confirmed judges to the federal bench in a single year than any other president since Ronald Regan, including 24 percent of the total Black women across the entire federal court system. Moreover, nearly 70 percent of the president's Circuit Court nominees have been people of color, while over 78 percent have been women and over 40 percent have been Black women.
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