Abstract
Political scientists, law professors, and legal practitioners have long been interested in what diversity on the United States federal court bench might mean for justice as well as the appearance of justice. For much of the history of the federal courts, there were so few female, racial, and ethnic minority judges that little could be said about any differences in approaches these “nontraditional” judges might take in their decision-making processes. The number of nontraditional judges increased slowly during the Carter Ad- ministration, which was the first to make diversifying the federal bench a priority. Each succeeding Democratic president increased this diversity, including great strides made in the Clinton, Obama, and now the Biden Administrations. Among Republican presidents, President George W. Bush appointed a significant number of nontraditional judges. …
Recommended Citation
Therea M. Beiner,
The Impact of Diversity on the Bench for Employment Discrimination Cases,
59
U. Rich. L. Rev.
253
(2025).
Available at:
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/lawreview/vol59/iss2/2
