Fair justice

Judges should reflect the people they judge

State and Federal supreme court justices should reflect­ the diversity of America.

Rich, old white men sentence men of color to prison. Deny women their rights. Allow voter suppression. Pass laws favoring the wealthy.

Judges should represent the race, religion and gender of the people they pass judgement on.

24 states currently have an all-white State Supreme court bench. Check this map to see how well your State Supreme Court reflects the people of your state.

State Supreme Courts

White, male judges

"Only 15% of state supreme court seats nation­wide are held by indi­vidu­als who are Black, Asian, Latino, or Native Amer­ican — though nearly 40% of the nation’s popu­la­tion are people of color.

Men write laws that control women's lives

Women hold only 36 percent of state supreme court seats. Currently, 17 states have only one female justice on their supreme court bench."

U.S. Supreme Court

"Of the 113 Supreme Court justices in US history, all but 7 have been white men.

There have been only five women Supreme Court Justices.

Only three justices of color." -  CNN 

Roberts Supreme Court

Of the 113 Supreme Court justices in US history, all but 6 have been white men.

Ketanji Brown Jackson

Jackson would be the first Black female justice in the court’s more than 200 years of existence.

“For too long, our government, our courts, haven’t looked like America,” said President Biden. -  AP News 

Biden nominates Miami's Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court

"Jackson graduated from Harvard twice, once with honors and once with high honors, and clerked for Breyer — a particularly coveted credential typically reserved for young lawyers with  absolutely stratospheric academic and professional records .

Jackson has been a federal judge since 2013, serving first as a trial judge in DC. In 2021, Biden elevated her to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which is widely viewed as the  second most powerful court in the country  because of its steady diet of cases challenging federal policymaking and other major actions by federal agencies." -  VOX 

A group of rich, old white Republican men oppose Jackson's confirmation. Enough of racist, sexist justice that favors the rich.

Tell your senator to confirm Brown to the Supreme Court.

Joe Biden has appointed a 51-year-old lawyer with an atypical background: She graduated from Harvard and has additionally labored within the workplace of court-appointed attorneys and on committees charged with decreasing racial inequality in justice. Jackson graduated from Harvard twice, once with honors and once with high honors, and clerked for Breyer — a particularly coveted credential typically reserved for young lawyers with  absolutely stratospheric academic and professional records .