Rallying for diversity on the bench in Delaware courts

The organization Citizens for Judicial Fairness, formerly known as Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware, held a rally on the Legislative Mall in Dover on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, calling for racial diversity on Delaware's highest courts.

Reverend Al Sharpton asked Governor John Carney to follow the example set by President Joseph Biden.

"Biden has emphasized diversity in the judiciary," said Sharpton. "I was proud to be one of his guests when he appointed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court - a black woman."

Sharpton said the President's regional Circuit Court nominations have followed suit.

"Seventy-percent of them people of color, seventy-eight percent women, forty-percent of them black women," said Sharpton.