Persevere: Our Ongoing Fight for an Equal Justice Judiciary

“Persevere: Our Ongoing Fight for an Equal Justice Judiciary” (updated February 2025) documents the work during the Biden administration to build an equal justice judiciary by nominating and confirming diverse and highly qualified judges — including people with civil rights and public defender experience — to serve on the federal bench. The civil rights community has long understood that for there to be equal justice in America, we need ethical and fair-minded judges and justices who are committed to protecting the rights of all people and who come from all of our communities. This report details many of the judicial nominees — including Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson — who were confirmed during the 117th and 118th Congresses, explains why their confirmations matter, and calls on lawmakers to bolster our democracy by strengthening the judiciary so that it works for all of us.

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