Biden’s Promise Highlights Lack of Diversity on Courts

USA Today: “Biden repeatedly promised during his presidential campaign to name a Black woman to the nation’s highest court for the first time in history if a seat opens on his watch. But that commitment has drawn attention to a lack of Black women on U.S. appeals courts – the pool from which Supreme Court justices usually are drawn.”

“Four Black women serve as appeals court judges out of 179 judgeships – all of them older than 65… There are 35 Black female federal district court judges, according to the center’s data, just more than 5% of the total number of judges.”