Supreme Weekly: Women on the state Supreme Courts
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February 17, 2011
by Katy Farrell
With yesterday's confirmation of Sabrina S. McKenna to the Hawaii Supreme Court, for the first time in the state's history there will be two women serving on that court at the same time. We know from an earlier edition of Supreme Weekly that six out of seven justices elected to the state Supreme Courts in 2010 were women. This week we studied the composition of the courts to determine how gender balanced the courts are.
There are 108 women serving on state Supreme Courts. This accounts for 32.8% of sitting justices.
Four state Supreme Courts are comprised of a majority of women. Those are:
- California Supreme Court
- North Carolina Supreme Court
- Tennessee Supreme Court
- Wisconsin Supreme Court
Two courts have an equal number of female and male justices, due to vacancies. Those are:
Twelve courts have only one female justice. Those are:
Three courts have no female justices. Those are:
- Idaho Supreme Court
- Indiana Supreme Court
- Iowa Supreme Court (This court presently has three vacancies.)
Of the 52 state Supreme Courts, 18 of them currently have female Chief Justices. Those are:
In Arizona, Georgia, Virginia and Wyoming, the Chief Justice is the only female sitting justice.
See also
- Judgepedia's Supreme Weekly: The States
- Supreme Weekly: This week's news from Virginia, Missouri and Hawaii
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