By Natalie Prieb
TheHill
February 13, 2022
The first Black federal judge in Alabama spoke out against one of President Biden’s potential Supreme Court picks in a letter addressed to the commander in chief that was obtained by NBC News.
U.W. Clemon, a former chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, urged the president not to consider Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the vacancy.
The retired judge said that there are “several exceptionally well-qualified black female aspirants for the Supreme Court” but that he “strongly” believes Jackson should not be considered.