More than a year into his second term, President Donald Trump has appointed 27 judges to the federal bench. Seventeen of these judges — roughly 63 percent — are White men. Seven of them, or 25 percent, are women. None are women of color. These figures alone are not a surprise.
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Yesterday was publication day for Justice Samuel Alito, who drew on his past speeches to write a book – So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country – on his judic
Ohio, North Carolina, and Michigan have open seats on their state supreme courts. These hotly contested races will influence how those courts rule in several high-stakes cases. In the heated news cove
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