Now that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, I feel a tiny bit of sympathy for Sen. Ted Cruz, especially for the way his mind works. Cruz has said, “Black women are, what, 6% of the US population? He’s (Joe Biden) saying to 94% of Americans: ‘I don’t give a damn about you.’”
Before Jackson’s confirmation, there had been 115 Supreme Court justices. Six percent of 115 is 7. Shouldn’t the next six justices be Black women? White men are 31% of the U.S. population and yet 93% of Supreme Court justices have been white males. Shouldn’t we take a break from having white males on the court for the next, what, 300 years, to balance the scales?
