Trump and McConnell's mostly white male judges buck 30-year trend of increasing diversity on the courts
- Written by Rorie Solberg, Associate Professor of Political Science, Oregon State University
Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, is one of relatively few women appointed to the federal judiciary by the current administration. Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty ImagesIn nominating Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Donald Trump fulfilled his pledge to put another woman on the U.S. Supreme...