Los Angeles County-native Leondra Kruger is on a short list of contenders to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s plans to retire set off immediate speculation about who would take his seat on the bench. Near the top of the list is a Californian named Leondra Kruger.
In 2014, former Gov. Jerry Brown tapped Kruger, then 38, for the state Supreme Court, where she still sits today. Breyer’s retirement sets the stage for President Joe Biden to honor a campaign promise to nominate a Black woman to the nation’s highest court. Could Kruger become the first African American woman on the U.S. Supreme Court?1. Kruger was born and raised in CaliforniaKruger was born in Los Angeles County to two physicians and grew up in South Pasadena before heading east to attend Harvard University. Her mother is from Jamaica and her late father was born to Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe.
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