The implication is Biden is repaying a political debt to the Black Americans who voted him into the White House, rather than acknowledging an oversight to recognize a deserving jurist.
Both can be true. Supreme Court nominations have always been suffused with political considerations, often reflecting the broader politics of the country with remarkable precision. Over the course of US history, it’s clear making politically savvy decisions and picking qualified judges don’t have to be mutually exclusive.
In the early days of the Republic, the principal divisions in American politics were…
