75 Women of Color Judges To Consider for Supreme Court Nominees

Last updated on: October 7, 2018 at 3:36 am by Dr. Sam Kline

75 Women of Color Judges To Consider for Supreme Court Nominees 2018-10-07T03:36:33-04:00 Dr. Sam Kline

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In case you are convinced that Judge Brett Kavanaugh was the best of the best of the best possible nominees the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), I am here with seventy-five reasons to invite you to reconsider your opinion.

I present these reasons, in the form of Women of Color who serve as federal judges, as a matter of principle, not politics.

As a SCOTUS nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s dishonesty about a range of matters while under oath and his temperament during the job interview provided sufficient grounds for concern.

Even if Dr. Christine Blasey Ford did not come forward with sexual assault allegations, these issues had enough weight to prompt searching for another candidate.

As with the game of politics, shoulda turned into woulda, coulda, and didn’t.

Therefore, I have created a non-exhaustive list of seventy-five Women of Color who serve as active Article III federal judges with potential for SCOTUS appointments.

These judges were confirmed during Republican and Democratic presidencies.

In other words, no matter where you politically stand, I believe it is possible to find at least one Woman of Color with the inner fortitude to demonstrate integrity and respect during a job interview for the Supreme Court of the United States.

Likewise, I presume the existence of at least one Black woman who possesses both temperament and jurisprudence suitable for the High Court of the United States.

The practice of over-scrutinizing Women of Color, particularly Black women, while having far less scrutiny over White men, like Judge Kavanaugh, and women in the workforce, is a way unconscious biases can turn into discrimination. Does the phrase “last ones hired, first ones fired” sound familiar?

Although an appointment to the SCOTUS does not require federal judicial experience, I provide the following list to broaden our perspectives about the availability of high quality candidates among active federal judges.

Leslie Joyce Abrams, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
Arenda Lauretta Wright Allen, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Micaela Alvarez, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Christine M. Arguello, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Wendy Beetlestone, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Irene Cornelia Berger, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
Loretta Copeland Biggs, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Cathy Bissoon, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Margo Kitsy Brodie, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Debra Marie Brown, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
Nannette Jolivette Brown, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Vanessa Lynne Bryant, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Consuelo Maria Callahan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Kathleen Cardone, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Denise Jefferson Casper, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Carmen Consuelo Cerezo, U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Pamela Ki Mai Chen, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Julianna Michelle Childs, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
Tanya Sue Chutkan, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Sharon Johnson Coleman, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Marcia G. Cooke, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Virginia Maria Hernandez Covington, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Aida M. Delgado-Colon, U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Bernice Bouie Donald, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Miranda Mai Du, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
Allyson Kay Duncan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Sara Lee Ellis, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Marina Garcia Marmolejo, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Dolly Maizie Gee, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Vanessa D. Gilmore,U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Jennifer Choe Groves, U.S. Court of International Trade
LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Phyllis Jean Hamilton, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Judith C. Herrera, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
Charlene Vanessa Edwards Honeywell, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Denise Page Hood, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Marcia Morales Howard, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Diane Joyce Humetewa, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
Dora L. Irizarry, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Ketanji Brown Jackson, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Leslie Emi Kobayashi, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii
Lucy Haeran Koh, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Rosemary Márquez, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
Kiyo A. Matsumoto, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Vicki Miles-LaGrange, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Alia Moses, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Mary Helen Murguia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Gloria Maria Navarro, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jill Aiko Otake, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii
Linda Vivienne Parker, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Benita Yalonda Pearson, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Nitza Ileana Quiñones Alejandro, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Nelva Gonzales Ramos, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Johnnie B. Rawlinson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Victoria A. Roberts, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Julia A. Robinson, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
Judith Ann Wilson Rogers, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Eleanor Louise Ross, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Esther Salas, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Diana Saldaña, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Lorna Gail Schofield, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Mary Stenson Scriven, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Kara Farnandez Stoll, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Laura Taylor Swain, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Analisa Nadine Torres, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Petrese B. Tucker, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Martha Alicia Vazquez, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
Kim McLane Wardlaw, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Susan Davis Wigenton, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Andrea Robin Wood, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Wilhelmina Marie Wright, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
Staci Michelle Yandle, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

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