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.

The view that the scales are unbalanced is shared by many of Ronan’s colleagues. In decision after decision over the years, the U.S. Supreme Court has written an expanding definition of the ...