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US Supreme Court more diverse than Supreme Court bar
By: KIMBERLY ATKINS, BridgeTower Media Newswires//May 14, 2013//
US Supreme Court more diverse than Supreme Court bar
By: KIMBERLY ATKINS, BridgeTower Media Newswires//May 14, 2013//
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The U.S. Supreme Court is more diverse than ever. But the same can’t be said for the group of attorneys who argued before the justices this term.
According to a report by the AP’s Mark Sherman, only one black attorney argued before the U.S. Supreme Court this term – taking up only 11 minutes of the 75 hours of oral arguments that the justices heard. Only four Hispanic attorneys made their case before the court.
Also, women made up only 17 percent of the lawyers appearing before the Supreme Court this year.
“In an era when three women, a Hispanic and an African-American sit on the court and white men constitute a bare majority of the nine justices, the court is more diverse than the lawyers who argue before it,” Sherman wrote.
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