"While Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson would be unlikely to shift the court ideologically, a Texas A&M expert says appointing the first Black woman to the nation's highest court would have great significance."
Question: The replacement for retiring Justice Breyer won't shift the ideological balance of the court. But if Biden successfully installs a Black woman to the seat, what will be the significance of that appointment?
Meg Penrose, a professor at the Texas A&M University School of Law response:
"A court that more fully reflects America one with race, gender and religious diversity will hopefully produce legal opinions that more fully reflect the diverse opinions in our country.
Nominating a Black woman will have great significance for both race and gender. This nominee will be only the fourth person of color to sit on our Supreme Court. This nominee will be the sixth woman to sit on our Supreme Court. And, while there have been two Black justices sit on the court, this will be the first Black female.
There is value in having children see that our court looks like the society they live in. Regardless of race, gender or religion, a child should be able to look at our justices and see themselves sitting on the court someday. Judge Jackson wrote in her high school yearbook that she wanted 'to go to law school and eventually have a judicial appointment.'
Women currently make up roughly 51 percent of the U.S. population. We have never had more than three women on the Supreme Court at one time. This shift giving us four women moves us closer to reflecting the actual population in our country. In addition, women comprise over 54 percent of all law students. Ensuring that the court is populated with qualified women is a natural consequence of women continuing to enter the legal profession."
https://today.tamu.edu/2022/02/25/how-will-bidens-nominee-change-the-supreme-court/
Question: The replacement for retiring Justice Breyer won't shift the ideological balance of the court. But if Biden successfully installs a Black woman to the seat, what will be the significance of that appointment?
Meg Penrose, a professor at the Texas A&M University School of Law response:
"A court that more fully reflects America one with race, gender and religious diversity will hopefully produce legal opinions that more fully reflect the diverse opinions in our country.
Nominating a Black woman will have great significance for both race and gender. This nominee will be only the fourth person of color to sit on our Supreme Court. This nominee will be the sixth woman to sit on our Supreme Court. And, while there have been two Black justices sit on the court, this will be the first Black female.
There is value in having children see that our court looks like the society they live in. Regardless of race, gender or religion, a child should be able to look at our justices and see themselves sitting on the court someday. Judge Jackson wrote in her high school yearbook that she wanted 'to go to law school and eventually have a judicial appointment.'
Women currently make up roughly 51 percent of the U.S. population. We have never had more than three women on the Supreme Court at one time. This shift giving us four women moves us closer to reflecting the actual population in our country. In addition, women comprise over 54 percent of all law students. Ensuring that the court is populated with qualified women is a natural consequence of women continuing to enter the legal profession."
https://today.tamu.edu/2022/02/25/how-will-bidens-nominee-change-the-supreme-court/
