Editorial: On Biden's promise to appoint the first Black woman to the Supreme Court: It's about time (via latimesopinion)
Breyer’s reported plan to retire, and President Biden’s appointment of a successor, is unlikely to reduce the partisanship that has beset the court.Biden is correct that such an appointment is, in his words, “long overdue.” The Supreme Court is the ultimate arbiter of the meaning of the Constitution, federal law and numerous state laws that affect the lives and liberty of more than 300 million people, yet only two Black justices have ever served on the court.
The promise itself is important, as is the follow-through, because both underscore the fact that there is now a strong “bench” ofwho would be a credit to the Supreme Court. Though their names have been mostly unknown to the general public, they are well known and respected in legal circles. News reports most often cite Court of Appeals Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger and civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill, but there are many others as well.
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