Thread by @AngryBlackLady

Please read this. And then vote like the make up of the federal judiciary depends on it, BECAUSE IT DOES. #TeamLegal | The Latest Big Win in Gavin Grimm’s Case Shows Why Judicial Diversity Matters rewirenews.link/2khY32C

i did a little research on the diversity of the federal judiciary.

Reagan’s appointees were 90% white, of those, 86% were men.

H.W. Bush’s appointees were 90% white and of those, 73% were male.

Terrible, right?

Clinton was the first POTUS whose female appointees exceeded 20%.

28% were white; 15% were Black, 4% Latina, and he appointed 1 Asian American judge.

Not great but not bad.

82% of GW Bush’s appointees were white. 10% were Latino. (EE appointed more Latinx ppl to the bench then his predecessors.)

22% of Bush’s appointees were women: ~15% were white; 2.5% were Black, ~4% were Latina, and he appointed 1 Asian American judge.

Again, not great.

And then calmed Obama.

I don’t have data for his full 8 years.

But he appointed the most women and people of color than all of his predecessors.

In his first 5 years, he appointed more women than Reagan and both Bushes, combined.

Also, in his first 5 years, the number of women of color Obama appointed to the federal bunch exceeded the total of any of his predecessors, including Clinton.

Here are my sources:

1. scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/cgi/viewconten…

2. nbcnews.com/storyline/pres…

I'm sure if I looked harder I could find full data, but the point is: DIVERSITY MATTERS.

Studies of the federal appellate court judges have shown that women and PoC tend to vote more liberally than their white male counterparts.

Women/POC bring a different perspective.

We need that as these civil rights cases wind their way through the courts. #TeamLegal

Please pretend that “and then calmed Obama” says “and then came Obama.”

Also he appointed people to the federal bench, not the federal bunch.

🙏🏾

At the risk of tossing a grenade in my mentions, I hope people read this and take the bit about left infighting to heart.

We have got to get it together for November. People’s civil rights are on the line.

We have got to stop the rapid fire confirmation of right wing extremist judges who, for example, think Brown v. Board of Ed was wrongly decided, or that LGBTQ people shouldn’t be allowed to adopt, or that public accommodations can refuse you service because you’re trans.

I’m literally begging you. It’s that bad. Please get it together. We have to. rewire.news/ablc/2018/05/2… #TeamLegal