Rare Supreme Court Diversity Shown on MacArthur Justice Team

The lack of racial and gender diversity at U.S. Supreme Court arguments is well known to practitioners and court-watchers alike.

It’s notable, then, that the whole team behind a recently argued high-court appeal consists of people of color or women.

Amir Ali, who led the MacArthur Justice Center’s effort in Thompson v. Clark and argued the civil-rights appeal Oct. 12, emphasized the importance of that diversity on the latest episode of Bloomberg Law’s “Cases and Controversies” podcast.

“Our group at the MacArthur Justice Center is certainly very conscientious of this and very aware of problems of diversity in the ...