{"id":101411,"date":"2016-07-15T10:19:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T18:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=101411"},"modified":"2016-07-15T10:19:25","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T18:19:25","slug":"research-black-judges-are-reversed-on-appeal-more-than-white-judges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=101411","title":{"rendered":"Research: Black Judges Are Reversed On Appeal More Than White Judges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.unz.com\/isteve\/gallup-hispanic-voters-tidal-wave-of-fear-and-loathing-postponed-again\/#comment-1490282\">Comment<\/a>: &#8220;The possibility that diversity appointments just might not be as good at reasoning and preparing opinions never even comes up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2016\/07\/12\/485661659\/research-black-judges-are-more-likely-to-be-reversed-on-appeal-than-white-judges\">NPR<\/a>: President Obama has tried to diversify the federal judiciary by appointing more black judges. 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