President Biden's selection of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court offers a shining example for state courts, where judges of color remain the exception, writes voting rights advocate kadidakenner.
, on the other hand, were both appointed for interim terms between elections. Not a single justice of color has won an election for a seat on the state’s highest court in 25 years — that’s despite people of color making up more than a quarter of PennsylvaniaThe sad reality is that Pennsylvania is far from an outlier when it comes to representation. A recent tally showed that there were
Take the U.S. Supreme Court, for example. Even if Brown Jackson is appointed by a 100-to-0 vote in the U.S. Senate, there will still be huge problems to fix. I might disagree with court rulings at times, but at least I’ll know that someone like me played a part in deciding them.Life experiences invariably shape the opinions of every judge in the country. What that means in practice is that far too often the experiences of Black women aren’t being represented by judges deliberating important cases that affect us in life-changing ways. Knowing that your perspective is adequately represented in the courts makes handling difficult decisions easier.
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