Credit: vectorfusionart/Adobe StockStagnant: Appointed Judges Continue to Skew White and Male
During 2024, Gov. Brian Kemp appointed a dozen judges to Georgia state, superior and appellate courts. Of the 12 jurists selected by Kemp, only two are minorities.
January 06, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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What You Need to Know
- Gubernatorial judicial appointments decreased in quantity but technically increased in diversity in 2024.
- Minorities accounted for 16% of state court or higher judicial appointments made by Gov. Brian Kemp in 2024 compared to 8% in 2023.
- Like 2023, Kemp's 2024 judicial appointments included only two minorities.
- White jurists accounted for 83% of judicial appointments made by Kemp last year.
Throughout 2024, resignations, retirements and the legislative creation of new judgeships altered the composition of Georgia's judicial benches.
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