Improved representation on the bench has proven to lead to fairer rulings, better decision-making by judges and greater trust in the judiciary.

Going back to Tennessee's founding 227 years ago, there have been only two justices of color – George Henry Brown Jr. and Adolph A. Birch Jr. – to ever sit on our state supreme court.

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This has been true even when the nominee would not have changed the ideological balance of the court, as was the case when Samuel A. Alito Jr. was confirmed to succeed Justice Sandra Day O ...