Question: How has the Supreme Court become more inclusive of gender and race?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer: Over the last few decades, more women and minorities have been appointed to the court. Lyndon Johnson appointed Thurgood Marshall, the first African American justice, in 1967. Ronald Reagan delivered on a campaign promise and appointed the first female justice, Sandra Day O’Connor, in 1981. In 2009, Barack Obama appointed Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic justice.

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