The Senate confirmed judicial nominees from Arizona and California, adding two more women to a group far more diverse than those named by past presidents.
By Tobi Raji, The Washington PostPresident Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris with Ketanji Brown Jackson in April 2022 after her Supreme Court confirmation.
Dena M. Coggins, who is Black and Asian American, was confirmed as a federal judge in the Eastern District of California, 50-44, with yes votes from 46 Democrats, two independents and two Republicans. More than four years have passed since Biden promised to appoint judges who reflect the diversity of the United States as part of his presidential campaign’s pitch to Black voters. Since then, the Senate has confirmed 200 of his judicial nominees.
In an emailed statement, Berner cited the importance of bringing her experience as an openly gay person, as well as “a professional background representing workers and their unions” to the federal bench. “For decades, we’ve made it clear: Civil rights lawyers, public defenders, and other lawyers from diverse professional backgrounds belong on the federal bench,” Wiley said in a statement. “And already, many of these fair-minded judges have played key roles in bringing justice to people across the country.”
“In the judiciary in particular, we are called upon to neutrally decide cases that come before us, and the cases that come before us come from all the corners of our community, from businesses, from schools, from people — from individual people — from prisoners,” DeClercq said. “I think that if you don’t have some diversity of perspective and experience, you’re not the best person .”
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