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re:disprove it with empirical evidence that contradicts that hypothesis
It appears as though 10-20% is about the correct number according to these statistics. Assuming you use a pool of federal and appeals court judges.
One hundred and eight individuals have served on the US Supreme Court including 2 women. In 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor became the first woman ever appointed a Supreme Court Justice. She remains on the court and was joined in 1993 by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. The two women serve on the current court along with 7 male Justices. [source:: Federal Judges Biographical Database, Federal Judicial Center, fjc.gov
Excluding the Supreme Court there are 1,612 Federal judges, 332 (20.6%) are women up from 154 (9.5%) in 1997. There is little racial or ethnic diversity in the federal judiciary - 1,335 (1,069 male, 266 female) judges are Caucasian, 107 (79 male, 28 female) are African American, 53 (42 male, 11 female) are Hispanic, 10 (7 male, 3 female) are Asian American, 3 are Native American men, 104 (80 men and 24 women) are other or not reported.. [sources:: Employee Relations Office, U.S. Courts, "The Judiciary Fair Employment Practices Report", Fiscal Year 1999 and the Federal Judicial Center, History Office, as of Feb. 24, 1997].
Six hundred and fifty-four judges, including 54 women, have served on the U.S. Court of Appeals and 2525 judges, including 202 women, have served on U.S. District Courts since 1789. [source:: Federal Judges Biographical Database, Federal Judicial Center, fjc.gov |
