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Posted by: Kate Prince on Feb 21, 2020

The Brennan Center has released an update to its July 2019 “State Supreme Court Diversity” report that highlights the vast racial, ethnic and gender disparities that exist on state Supreme Courts across the country. The new analysis reports on the current composition of state high courts as of Feb. 4, noting 19 new state supreme court openings since May 2019. Fourteen of those openings have been filled, with seven seats going to white men, including in four states where people of color make up over 30% of the population. Four openings were filled by white women, one by a black woman and two by a male and female Native American justice. The report says 23 states have an all-white supreme court bench. The percentage of women who hold a supreme court seat is up one point to 37 percent. Read more from the Brennan Center.