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
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
"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.