Biden’s attempts to diversify federal courts can’t come fast enough
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-6-2021
ISSN
1521-1568
Publisher
Nexstar Media Inc.
Language
en-US
Abstract
Last week, President Joe Biden rekindled the priority of diversifying the federal judiciary. Announcing his first slate of nominations, President Biden nominated a diverse group of 11 candidates. Three were African-American women nominated for appeals courts and another was the first federal judge in U.S. history who is a Muslim. And, aside from race and ethnicity, Biden drew from public defenders, military judges and other public servants — a broader range of legal expertise and life experience than did his predecessors, who tended to favor prosecutors and partners from white-shoe law firms.
Recommended Citation
Robert L. Tsai & Christopher Robertson,
Biden’s attempts to diversify federal courts can’t come fast enough
,
in
The Hill
(2021).
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