Commentary “Mr. Biden’s campaign promise that he’d appoint a black woman to the Supreme Court is unfortunate because it elevates skin color over qualifications.” Thus, The Wall Street Journal editorial page captured, in one sentence, the sentiment of many if not most of right-of-center white Americans about the president’s campaign pledge, which he appears to have every intention to fulfill. But, no pun intended, is it all really so black and white? May we ask if ever there might be justification for taking race and gender into consideration as deciding factors in making a Supreme Court nomination? I believe we can answer this question by looking at the one black justice on the Supreme Court, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. Thomas is now the longest serving sitting justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. When he was nominated by President George H.W. Bush in 1991, there was never any question that Bush …
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