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Jackson-Akiwumi is part of the first wave of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees — picked to reflect diversity in race, gender and, in the case of tapping public defenders, life experience.
Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty images WASHINGTON — The Wednesday confirmation hearing for Candace Rae Jackson-Akiwumi, nominated by President Joe Biden to sit on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, threw a spotlight on the fact that the Chicago-based panel is all white and the lack of Black women and criminal defense attorneys in the federal judiciary. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., highlighted the absence of diversity on the 7 th, which handle...