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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Monday appointed Missouri Eastern District Appeals Court Judge Robin Ransom to be the first Black woman to serve on the state Supreme Court. Ransom will replace Judge Laura Denvir Stith, who was the second woman appointed to the high court.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Monday appointed Missouri Eastern District Appeals Court Judge Robin Ransom to be the first Black woman to serve on the state Supreme Court.
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JEFFERSON CITY Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Monday appointed Missouri Eastern District Appeals Court Judge Robin Ransom to be the first Black woman to serve on the state Supreme Court.
Ransom will replace Judge Laura Denvir Stith, who was the second woman appointed to the high court. Stith retired in March.
Ransom marks a new first for the court as Missouri s only Black female Supreme Court judge. She’s the third Black judge, and she’ll join Chief Justice George Draper as the second Black judge currently serving on the high court.
Parson Appoints First Black Woman to Missouri Supreme Court
Gov. Mike Parson has appointed the first Black woman to serve as a Missouri Supreme Court judge.
The Republican governor on Monday named Missouri Eastern District Appeals Court Judge Robin Ransom to the high court. She’s replacing Judge Laura Denvir Stith, who retired in March.
Ransom will join Chief Justice George Draper as the second Black judge currently serving on the Supreme Court. She doesn’t need Senate confirmation. Former Republican Gov. Matt Blunt first appointed Ransom to serve as a St. Louis County circuit judge in 2008.
Parson appointed her in 2019 to serve as an appeals court judge.
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