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Laila Robbins

Laila Robbins is a researcher in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law.

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Think Congress Is White? Try Looking at State Judgeships

It was a big deal for these two women to win. But it just shows how woefully non-diverse so many crucial state supreme courts are.

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