Here’s what Dallas’ Black female judges say about Jackson’s SCOTUS confirmation KBJ KBJconfirmation
Thursday, adding a Black woman to the nation’s highest court for the first time.President Joe Biden vowed during the 2020 campaign that his first pick in case of a vacancy would be a Black woman. That promise aided in securing a win in the South Carolina primary, a crucial turning point in his run for the White House.
Just seven of the 115 justices ever on the Supreme Court are not white men. Three of the five female jusrices are now on the court. One of the two Black men to ever be a justice is now on the court. has a special meaning for Black female judges. Here’s what Dallas County’s Black female judges have to say about Jackson’s confirmation.“I have a 13-year-old daughter. And I’ve always told her she could be anything that she wanted to be. I always say that but now she can see that. And so what was a dream to me gets to be a reality for her.” — Criminal Court Judge Carmen P. White
Judge Carmen White of Criminal Court 8, poses for a portrait in her chambers, Thursday, April, 7, 2022 at Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas, Texas. White was elected in 2019 to serve her first term.
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