California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger is a leading contender to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court. Leondra Kruger has been a star in the legal profession for more than a decade. Though some Republicans have railed against President Biden’s pledge to name a Black woman, calling it a "quota," when it comes to qualifications, Kruger has all the bells and whistles if Biden names her to the Supreme Court. Kruger, 45, has been a California Supreme Court justice since 2015 and prior to that served in the George W. Bush and Obama administrations in the solicitor general’s office, rising to the position of acting principal deputy. In 2013 she left that office to serve as deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel, which provides legal advice to the president and other executive branch agencies. Her legal experience also includes a two short stints at large law firms in Washington, D.C., and a year as a visiting professor at the University of Chicago Law School. During her tenure in the Department of Justice, Kruger twice received the the attorney general’s award for exceptional service, the department’s "highest award for employee performance." By 2021, […]
