Maine Could Get Its First Black Justice In High Court

A Maine judge could become the first African American to serve on the state’s highest court. First, a confirmation hearing will be held before a committee of the Maine Legislature, according to the Associated Press.

Rick Lawrence, who has been a district judge for 20 years, was nominated by Maine Gov. Janet Mills to serve on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

Every justice on the Maine Supreme Court Judicial is white, there are no other justices that come from underrepresented groups.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who just became the first Black woman U.S. Supreme Court justice, is not the only Black judge making history in court these days. She will become the first Black female justice when Justice Stephen Breyer retires this summer.

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