Report
As the largest minority group in the United States, this group is still overwhelmingly underrepresented in our judiciary, but the 52 justices profiled in this report have nonetheless made significant contributions.
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Only 12 states (24%) have had an LGBTQ+ justice on their state’s supreme court (OR, CO, MA, VT, HI, CT, WA, MN, NV, NY, NM, and CA), while 38 states (76%) have never had an LGBTQ+ justice serve on their supreme court bench.
Report
Historically, AAPI individuals were excluded from many aspects of American society...
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The first Black justice to serve on any state supreme court was Jonathan Jasper Wright, appointed to the South Carolina Supreme Court in 1870. It would take nearly a century for the second Black state supreme court justice to be appointed, when Otis Smith was appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court in 1960.
Annual Report
This report details the current composition of state supreme courts in all 50 states and analyzes key developments from the 2022 election cycle, in addition to important recent state supreme court appointments. This report also examines state supreme court elections in 2023 and 2024 that will have significant implications on the state of democracy for years to come.