Allison Eid Life And Accomplishments

Angelica Rae Willis was the distinguished speaker that delivered such a great message. She is a student at A&T with a passion for academic excellence and using software engineering to advance humanity. She has maintained a 4.0 GPA while being a student ambassador to the White House through the White House HBCU All-Stars program, an Apple HBCU Scholar and more in addition to her being the first NC A&T student to become

Thomas became in many ways an opposite to the first female Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, nominated by Reagan because of urging of the court to “rethink vast areas of the law while O’Connor wanted to decide cases narrowly, one by one”. (pg.123-124). O’Connor pulled further also typically wrote a separate opinion of her own and refused to join Thomas even when they were on the same side of a decision.

Sonia Sotamayor has all the experience needed to be the Supreme Court judge. She has over achieved all the requirement

Throughout history many U.S. Supreme Court Justices have served for numerous years on the Supreme court making final decisions on diverse cases that have created long lasting impacts. The current supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and former justice Sandra Day O’Connor have not only made an impact but are proof that women are equal to men when it comes to court room decisions. Throughout the essay I will explain the background of the justice, the president who appointed them, and the accomplishments made on the Supreme Court.

He served as a political appointee, the Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice, during the George W. Bush administration.

Andrea Yates was a will educated women by all means, “she was the class valedictorian, captain of the swim team and an officer in the National Honor Society. She completed a two-year

Her energetic campaign for truth and justice gave her a lot of attention to fuel her crusade. All these factors support the fact that her background made her an ample spokes person for the anti-lynching campaign. Adding to her credibility, personal experiences also gave her more of a drive to continue her crusade.

Bertha Wilson was a remarkable woman who changed the face of the Supreme Court of Canada forever. She was the first woman appointed to the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Canada, and the first female partner in a major law firm. Even though she wasn’t a Chief Justice, it was a huge accomplishment for a woman to be a Puisne Justice. Bertha Wilson was chosen for my Heritage Fair topic because Bertha worked hard even when she knew that no woman had been where she had been before. This essay will explain different times in Bertha’s life and how she made her mark in the books of Great Canadian Women.

The United States president, Barack Obama, nominated a longtime federal judge Merrick Garland to take the position of the Supreme Court and replace the former justice, Antonin Scalia. Merrick Garland’s past decisions related to different issues had made him the talk of the town. Although Garland has a 19 year record on the U.S. court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, this does not lend him to a fast evaluation (Mcshane).

Our Obama source said Judge Faith (born September 21, 1977) is eminently qualified for the Supreme Court position as she is an attractive black woman, appears on MSNBC as a legal analyst and is also featured in Judge Faith, rendering decisions as a judge in a court TV series.

Although she opened this law firm, she spent most of her time raising her three children (“Profile: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor). O’Connor wanted to improve her community which led her to take a role in Republican politics. She served as a “bankruptcy trustee, established a lawyer referral service, served on a county zoning appeal board as well as a governor’s committee on marriage and family, volunteered for the Salvation Army and became an active member of the Republican Party, serving as district chair” (“Profile: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor”). In 1965, O’Connor became an assistant attorney general. In 1969, Governor Jack Williams appointed Sandra Day O’Connor to be the state senator from her district. She became the first woman Republican majority leader in the state senate in 1972. In 1974, she became a county judge for the Maricopa County Superior Court. In 1979, O’Connor was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals (“Sandra Day O’Connor Biography”). She gained the reputation of being firm but just (“Sandra Day

In this paper, I will discuss a number of topics regarding woman and the Supreme Court from historical precedents to objective research to the importance of female judges and Justices and finally to the possibilities of the future. Each of these steps is vital to fully understanding how we got to our country’s current place in female jurisprudence and creating future opportunities for women both on the Supreme Court and in all other levels of the judicial system across the United States.

Justice Elena Kagan is currently the Supreme Court Justice. Kegan was nominated by President Obama on May 10, 2010 and than she assumed the role on August 7,2010.   According to The website Supreme Court Review "As a Supreme Court justice, Kagan has been compared to Justice Scalia because of her quick wit, strong writing and aggressive questioning at oral arguments. Justice Kagan, however, has a unique style and is praised for being the justice most in touch with new technology and popular culture.

There are three women on the Supreme Court, one of whom is Latina, and there is one black justice serving on the Supreme Court (Brown, 2016). This is a major issue. The United States, the “melting pot”, has an extreme lack of diversity in their court system. This is an issue that affects several aspects of society. Decisions made by judges will affect the lives of men, women, and their families. The decisions made by judges can also create law. Unlike political officials, the people do not always have the power to vote judges into their positions. Instead, the people hope that their peers with the power to affect the system choose a candidate that will fight for them. Often times, this does not happen.

The lack of diversity in the judiciary is deeply entrenched in legal culture. A profession that is intrinsically white, male, and middle class is an intimidating environment for those who fall outside this categorisation. The problem with having a single dominant group is not so much the lack of gender, ethnicity and social minorities in the judiciary but rather the lack of understanding of the various life experiences and perspectives of the diverse community the judiciary serves. An understanding that can only be acquired first hand from personal experience. While it is generally accepted that increasing diversity in judiciary will improve the overall quality of judgments there is not really any real sense of urgency to address this issue. A more diverse judiciary is seen as more of a desire than a necessity. This complacency can be partially attributed to an assumption that eventually the judiciary will balance itself but this has proven to be unsuccessful.