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Client News: Justice Breyer Retiring, Opening Way for First Black Woman to Serve on High Court

By January 26, 2022 No Comments

NNPA – When President Joe Biden campaigned for office in 2020, one of his most profound pledges included naming a Black woman to the United States Supreme Court. He now has an exceptional opportunity to fulfill that promise. Justice Stephen G. Breyer, the senior liberal wing member, is expected to retire with an announcement planned at the White House on Thursday.

Earlier, Aimee Allison, the founder of She the People, an activist group that aims to elevate women of color, called President Biden’s pledge “a step in the right direction.”
“Appointing a Black woman to the Supreme Court may be his attempt to right past wrongs,” Allison insisted.

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