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Republican lawmaker faults Biden's judicial nominees for lack of straight white men

  • Rep. Glenn Grothman expected 25-30 white male judges appointed but only 5 were, and 2 were gay.
  • Grothman claimed only 3 of 97 Biden judicial appointees were straight white men citing undisclosed study.
  • Biden pledged to diversify federal bench, appointed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, first Black woman Supreme Court justice.
  • Federal judiciary still predominantly white and male, with 78% white judges and 70% male judges, only 4% black women.
  • Biden administration addressing lack of diversity in judiciary, outpacing Trump in total appointments and of women and minorities.
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