Leah Ward Sears is Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. state of Georgia. She is also Chair of the Judicial Council of Georgia, the 200 million dollar agency in charge of the state judicial system. When sworn in on June 28, 2005, Sears became the first African-American female Chief Justice in the United States. When she was first appointed as justice in 1992 by then Governor Zell Miller, she became the first woman and youngest person to sit on the Supreme Court of Georgia.
She announced in October of 2008, that she would leave the court at the end of June 2009, to "explore another chapter in my life". At 53, with a career filled with "first", she is well positioned to succeed retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter and become the first African-American female Supreme Court Justice.
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I agree - she is a great pick. There really needs to be a more representative group of justices on the Court.
Yes, she would be one of the wisest choices. Of course, the peeps at peoriadotneocon will no doubt 'reason' (I use that word loosely) that it is only because she is a black and a woman. Yes, they will completely ignore her qualifications due to the fact that she is not an old white male.
BTW - Have I told you lately how much I love your blog? :)
@ Themis, Chief Justice Ward has been dealing with neocons in Georgia her entire career and has beat them every time. It would be interesting to see them try and go after her now.
AND no, you have not told me lately how much you love the blog LOL, thank you.
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