All White Bench: Study Finds that 85% of all State Supreme Courts Judges are White

Courthouse News reports that State supreme courts remain overly represented by Caucasian men, New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice reported Thursday, saying nearly half of all high court benches have an all-white bench.

The study paints a picture of a state judiciary that is increasingly out of sync with state demographics.

While Caucasian men represented only 30% of the national population in 2018 but occupied 55% of the seats on state high courts in 2019, the study found. Meanwhile, men and women of color, as well as Caucasian women, represented their demographics less often than their national populations, with 22 states having no people of color at all on their high courts. [MORE]